SOTW now carries the Keltica line of Shield bosses
as well as the Lego V scutum blank
Aramentaria (UK) now has the DSC made XX legion pattern scutum and the
two DSC auxillia shield patterns
Deeppeka MAY possibly make some updates to their XIIII legion pattern
scutum.

Posts may be now moderated due to spammers invading Yahoo groups.
Anyone having shield product suggestions or improvements is welcome to
post them here and I will make sure that they are passed on to the
manufacturers.
John

ANyone

I have no idea.  Maybe the hosting bill did not get paid?

Lee

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I don't know either...I tried emailing jasper through his
romanarmy.com account, but I haven't gotten a reply yet. Does anyone
have his other email address?

Given the message it almost seems like a financial issue, though I
can't see how RAT would be behind in paying...

Anybody interested in a step by step on making a scutum using modern,
easily available materials?  (regular plywood, Tite Bond carpenter's
glue, normal wood fillers, etc.)

I've started just such a series, with pictures and text.  Lemme know.
This seems a logical place to put one, doesn't it?

M. Demetrius

A couple more pictures added.
D

--- In Romanshield@yahoogroups.com, David Wills <dwills777@...> wrote:
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> On this group, in the folder called "Modern Scutum Making" are
photos with captions, Right now it concerns an oval Republican scutum,
but the principles and steps apply to any.  I'm starting a regular
rectangular scutum in a couple of days, and will splice in the steps I
use to bend the plywood then.
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> --- On Thu, 1/15/09, Mr Mark <ancient1s@...> wrote:
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> Subject: RE: [Romanshield] Building a Scutum
> To: Romanshield@yahoogroups.com
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I got the design painted on the Republic shield I'm making.

Only the edging and attaching the boss remain, plus building a handle
of the appropriate height from the shield to make proper balance.
Putting the curved metal on top and bottom has proven to be much more
difficult than I'd envisioned.  The problem is the metal has to curve
along two axes, seen from the front, and seen from above.  I started
with metal that was much too thick, and I can't get it done that way.
  So thinner metal has to be cut.  I think I'll use steel, since I can
heat and bend it more easily than copper alloys.  Can't put the hot
metal next to the wood, though.

Anybody have any good ideas as to how to go about the shaping?  I can
attach it easily enough.

I dished out a boss for the parma in Republic Shield folder.  Copper
alloy, made from a circular copper plate from a second hand store.  I
didn't know how much the metal would take as far as bending outward,
so I didn't press it very far.  Odds are, I could have made the boss
dish deeper, but it didn't need it to be, so I stopped.  I guess
that's better than finding out I hit it one too many times, and made a
tear in the metal.

Sure is a heckuva lot easier to work with this metal than steel!

Please toss into the air for some blue sky background and post the
photo!  20 years from now it will appear on a UFO website as the real
thing!

Posting this message so their is "activity" and Group is not delested by
Yahoo groups
John

All are invited to sign up

to Ludus Militis now online. at www.ludusmilitis.org

It is to be a list of photo essays and documents to assist reenactors, living
historians, and other interested parties in the "how-to" of the hobby, mostly
Roman.

The first (of many to come) document that has been posted is TACTICA, a
well-researched and footnoted Roman drill manual. Come and see what you think.

Wool plaid tunic with fringed lower hem. Tunic is constructed from 100% wool in
nice earth tone colors. Size 42/44 chest.

Trousers based on Thorsberg style in 100% olive green wool. These do not have
the feet as the Thorsberg style 36-38 waist.

I will also include some wool leg wraps based on ones from Danish Bog finds.

Generic Celt Iron Age spear head with decorative notches cut in edge and triple
holes in blade. This was loosely based on several Contenental styles from the
Iron Age.

British Battersea style shield constructed from 1/2 inch plywood and covered in
heavy canvas and then painted with pale cream colored paint. The front bears the
image of a "Celtic" boar in red paint and small checkered decoration. The center
is a hand hammered boss from 16 gauge steel and hand made nails used to attach
the boss to the shield.

The only thing missing from this basic kit is a pair of shoes and a simple
leather belt. Would be perfect for someone interested in ancient re-enacting or
Living History.

275 USD plus shipping costs for the shield. I will take some photos this
weekend. If you are interested, please contact me directly at BrenMk1@...

Reposted from RAT

Re: AH3982S Roman Situla (Tinned)

New postby Marcus Mummius » Tue 22 Dec 2009, 5:09

     caiustarquitius wrote:I recently received a letter by one of the major
German deepeeka dealers that the lead content of the tinning in these vessels is
so high that they are by the German health department not deemed appropriate for
cooking or even storing food in them, since the maximum lead allowance is
exceeded by more than 200 %
     Same for the patera and other tinned vessels, it seems. So, here“s this
information for you all, in case you intend to use any of these for cooking
etc., better leave it.



Yikes, that isn't nice. Thanks for the head's up. We'll have to start looking
for another source then.

We have been actively using these in the past... :cry:

Jef Pinceel
a.k.a.
Marcvs Mvmmivs Falco

Too late for us as well, as we have cooked food in these for a couple of
years now.  What is Germany's  lead standard compared to that of the USA?

Lee

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>     caiustarquitius wrote:I recently received a letter by one of the major
German deepeeka dealers that the lead content of the tinning in these vessels is
so high that they are by the German health department not deemed appropriate for
cooking or even storing food in them, since the maximum lead allowance is
exceeded by more than 200 %
>     Same for the patera and other tinned vessels, it seems. So, here“s this
information for you all, in case you intend to use any of these for cooking
etc., better leave it.
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for another source then.
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> Marcvs Mvmmivs Falco
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All I have to say is... Really?!  You guys trusted cookware from India?  No one
should be eating off anything that comes from India ever.  Just look at the
Depeeka equipment, really there is hardly any Quality control (that the
reenactors aren't doing for deepeeka). Why did anyone think they would be doing
any better at cookware?  There is a world wide trend towards cheap(not to be
confused with inexpensive) and if you buy cheap expect to pay for it eventually.

It's like the sign in a blacksmith friends shop which reads "you want it bad? 
You'll get it bad.  Want it worse?  you'll get it worse."  Words to live by.

Dean

 

All I have to say is... Really?! You guys trusted cookware from India? No one should be eating off anything that comes from India ever. Just look at the Depeeka equipment, really there is hardly any Quality control (that the reenactors aren't doing for deepeeka). Why did anyone think they would be doing any better at cookware? There is a world wide trend towards cheap(not to be confused with inexpensive) and if you buy cheap expect to pay for it eventually.

It's like the sign in a blacksmith friends shop which reads "you want it bad? You'll get it bad. Want it worse? you'll get it worse." Words to live by.

Dean

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----- Original Message -----

From: D. M. VARIANvS

To: Romanshield@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 9:05 PM

Subject: Re: [Romanshield] Re: Lead in Roman reproduction cookware warning

except for the fact that Indian stuff is still WILDLY BETTER than the original stuff was. Our expectations are way too high--modern people want fuckin' Excalibur, not what they had then. And if it ain't from India, where? Like I'm gonna pay someone $330. for a brass pan.
Marsh