Sword and Shield - Dark Ages Style

[Imperial Dave]

Thanks for those Anthony

[Erpingham]

These descriptions and discussion of the Szczecin shield may prove useful Pt 1, Pt. 2 Part 2 has some speculation on the battle damage and use.

Add : Worth looking at Sean Manning's thoughts on shields on his Book and Sword blog https://www.bookandsword.com/tag/shield/ . He's mainly interested in shields of Antiquity rather than early medieval but his interest in technical aspects of construction (materials, weights etc.) might be useful.

[Imperial Dave]

Indeed yes. Much obliged 

[Erpingham]

Here's another one for you

https://www.thegns.org/blog/princely-shields-part-3

This is part 3 of a series but has helpful links to parts 1 and 2. Lots of interesting archaeology and reconstruction discussion.

[Imperial Dave]

That's also a good site. My continued thanks