tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post6608481006468893984..comments2024-01-29T13:20:07.366+00:00Comments on Little Corner of the Earth: ROMAN SHIELDS AGAIN!Avushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post-16401281810400614432010-08-06T20:21:04.970+01:002010-08-06T20:21:04.970+01:00Lovely painting!
I'm really curious about t...Lovely painting! <br /><br />I'm really curious about the shape of the shields; the cavalry shields look much slimmer than the more rounded infantry. Is there particular histrical evidence for that? I can see a logic to it if the cavalry are fighting mainly to the front, and want to protect their chests, left leg and the flank of the horse.BigRedBathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05622983082204451158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post-47156557714741382512008-09-24T14:34:00.000+01:002008-09-24T14:34:00.000+01:00Love the shields, great choice of colours. I might...Love the shields, great choice of colours. I might have to use your design for my figures.Secundushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03315796155081335530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post-90923231309207825692008-03-27T15:52:00.000+00:002008-03-27T15:52:00.000+00:00Nea:My Pa was an apprentice-served carpenter and j...Nea:<BR/>My Pa was an apprentice-served carpenter and joiner. I inherited his great tool chest with all his life's tools when he died. Many exquisite wooden planes therein.Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post-53030242872632144782008-03-22T19:21:00.000+00:002008-03-22T19:21:00.000+00:00Ah, of course, these are for their re-enactments n...Ah, of course, these are for their re-enactments no doubt. And will be used.....well, they are built to last so they will take it.....Nick doesn't set his on a shelf either...haha I have bought him a couple at local fairs, although they are not nearly as big or as nice as yours.<BR/><BR/>I have a thing for clocks and watches also. I like pocket watches the ones with fobs. I wish that I had the money to just buy them and collect them. I go on ebay and look at them, but don't buy them, I have collected things over the years, only to then end up giving them away or selling them. My knife collection is small, but what I have, I enjoy. Oh, I also like locks and keys......the old, really old kind.......for awhile I liked pulleys. The kind you would find on ships.....but they can get kind of heavy, and what do you do with a whole bunch of pulleys, I also used to collect old tools, but I ended up letting my husband keep them during the divorce. I know they meant more to me than to him, though.....I had some really nice old wood planes....and levels.Neomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483213915316279993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post-28742259450015703102008-03-22T13:36:00.000+00:002008-03-22T13:36:00.000+00:00Got the shield bug then, Avus!Got the shield bug then, Avus!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post-15770277881042871012008-03-22T10:43:00.000+00:002008-03-22T10:43:00.000+00:00Nea:Far from appreciating and taking care of these...Nea:<BR/>Far from appreciating and taking care of these, they will be used and abused, just as shields would have been at the time. But they have to start off "new" at some time. As the maker I have the satisfaction of a good job done, what happens to them later is out of my hands.<BR/>As to boys love of knives, etc. Since a child I have been so inclined - it isn't that they could be used to do damage, just the simple beauty of an object crafted for one purpose - fountain pens and watches influence me similarly and they are scarcly objects of aggression!Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post-76722168099119367252008-03-21T20:55:00.000+00:002008-03-21T20:55:00.000+00:00What am I saying, I also love things that will cu...What am I saying, I also love things that will cut, I have my own knife collection...haha...I guess he got it from me. It is just that I love them for the fact that they have been around for so long, not that I could hurt someone with them. I think little boys would like to poke something.....Neomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483213915316279993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post-89071267539288781472008-03-21T20:54:00.000+00:002008-03-21T20:54:00.000+00:00I was just thinking the same thing, what in the w...I was just thinking the same thing, what in the world would it cost them if they actually tried to buy one of these. I have a bit of an idea because my son Nick is a avid sword and shield enthusiast. He has been for years. It all began when he was very young and as he has grown so has his love of swords and shields. so he has branched out from plastic to wood, and now he would love to have metal. It is a bit hard for a Mother to understand this love of <BR/>"things that cut", but I do understand the love of things that last....so I love things made of metal. (and rock) <BR/><BR/>These are lovely, if Nick saw one, he would be gaga over one. I hope that they appreciate your hard work and take care of them. It would be nice to think that they would last for a long, long time.Neomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483213915316279993noreply@blogger.com