![]() The shield is robust and is suitable for light sparing, however, please check your group's requirements for shields before purchasing. The back of the shield has a large, thick wooden handle which is also riveted to enable the best grip and control. ![]() In the center of the shield is a full size steel boss which is securely rivetted with steel rivets. The edge of the shield has a steel protective ring to minimise damage to the edges of the shield during combat. This shield is made from 12mm thick wood with a quality black and red paint finish. You cannot delete your posts in this forumĪll contents © Copyright 2003-2023 myArmoury.Make your own Viking experience with this full size round Viking shield. Reidar Sendeman, from King Sverre's Saga, 1201įorum Index > Historical Arms Talk > typical size of heater shield? Can you see blood on their cloths and weapons? No. See, they are looking around them before they fall, to find a dry spot to fall on, or they are falling on their shields. The difference is mainly better protection for the shoulders, and coverage for the tights on early models. Most likely, these where developed to give better protection against angled attacks (weaknesses I have noticed when switching between kite and heater shields.) As leg armour for knights developed further, cavalry heaters shrunk, until they where back to the 60cm pass-over-the-horse dimensions. The heater is a result of two upgrades to the kite, namely the addition of square corners and a widened base. This means less "excess" wood to carry, the hand straps gives better control as opposed to the central grip, and you can pack you infantry as tightly as in a flat roundshield shieldwall.Īt the same time, the early kite has a vertical grip that lets it be tilted over the back of the horse to cover the chest when fighting enemies on the right side, allowing its efficient use on horseback. The result is a shield that perfectly fits the silhouette of a standing man. One is to imagine a small round shield stretched down to cover the leg. There are several ways to envision the creation of the kite. This does however not cover the legs, and the shields are to small for massed infantry combat. The result of this is eastern cavalry using smaller, 60 (2ft) cm round shield, that can be moved over the top of the horse. Such a shield would not be practical for horseback use. Thus a round shield that covers you from knee to shoulder (about 90 cm/3ft) will also be 90 cm broad. Though my experience with domed shields is limited(mostly based on one of our guys having a large specimen), they share the down sides with their flat bretheren for one, they are as broad as they are tall. Steffen What are you going to use it for? Display? living history? combat?ĭan: The development from the round, domed shields used by frankish or eastern cav to heater shield goes by way of the kite. Posted: Sun 24 Oct, 2010 2:09 pm Post subject: Steel shields like the rotella or rondache seem to become popular after the use of the heater seems to have been mostly over and mostly for foot combat by infantry or possibly by a knight if wearing 3/4 or 1/2 armour or even just a buff coat and breast plate in later periods ? ( Late 16th and early 17th centuries ? )Īnyway, maybe I'm not giving answers so much as adding questions + speculations. To what degree the fighting styles would be different on foot or on horseback between a round shield and a heater is an interesting question ? Maybe not much of an advantage to either when both are of modest size ? The long kite shield does protect the whole side of the body on horseback when armour consisted of mostly just maille and they get smaller as plate leg armour starts coming into use.Īs they evolved into smaller and smaller heater shields the shape efficiency advantage would seem to be less, but the shape being maintained maybe by evolution or conservative tradition. The shape makes sense in the ancestral very large kite shields since a large round shield the diameter equal to the length of the kite shield would be wastefully heavy and inefficient I think. Would the size of a round shield also correspond to body size? Thanks for your replies, you have been most helpful.ĭan Howard asks a interesting question, i would also be interested in the answers. So around 50x75cm (20x28"), a bit larger than i had envisioned. ![]() Posted: Sun 24 Oct, 2010 1:49 pm Post subject: Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada Joined:
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