I finally have my shield finished! Martin McAree of Legion Ireland did the leather rim over a rope to protect the sides and also riveted the boss to the shield itself putting washers on the back to hold it firmly in place (Thanks Martin!). Unfortunately I didnt get a chance to take a picture of it untouched as I used this weekend in Lough Gurs reenactment and as you can see the boss and leather got some hammering from combat, I prefer a well used look to shields anyway, hopefully this is the first of many such hammerings it will get.
3 comments:
This is lovely! The design is beautiful.
Thanks Niamh! The designs are from Iron age finds, The front design is based of a disc from Anlore, Co. Monaghan and the back is from bone flakes from Lough Crew so I cant take credit for them. Tho the round shield is a bit of fiction, there were ones from the bronze age and early middle ages and from other cultures in the iron age so I just invented a little. Only one shield found in Ireland from the iron age and it would be a pain in the A to do, would like to some day tho.
I cant seem to find the place to comment on ur blog, love the dress by the way! Thats truly beautiful. And also I think I know some people that went to the Duncannon show, namely pajo, bec, sean, mel and Jess, not sure if they went to that one but I have heard them talk about it before.
Post a Comment