[Elfsea] Fighting Shield Question

[Scott]

Morgan,

  Thanks for the info. I'm not sure when I'll be able to attend fighter
practices again but I hope that will be soon.

  Scott

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Morgan Mckenzie [mailto:morgans916 at sbcglobal.net]
  Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 9:32 AM
  To: sdickers at ix.netcom.com; Barony of Elfsea
  Subject: Re: [Elfsea] Fighting Shield Question


  Scott,

         The best way to find the correct positioning to  hang your sheild
would be if you could bring it to one of the fighter practices along with a
marker. Any one  of us would be glad to help.

              Morgan

  Scott <sdickers at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
    Greetings to one and all,

    Last November I posted a question as to the proper construction of
"Heater"
    style shields. The feedback I
    received was great. So I'm asking for a little more help again. Due to
    mundane job issues in December I had
    to postpone my pursuit of being involved in SCA. I also had a computer
hard
    drive crash and lost all of the
    questions I had posted about Heater shields. The only thing I cant
remember
    is the proper positioning
    of the shield handle basket and leather strap for the forearm. I held
the
    shield by the upper right hand
    corner and then marked a line from the corner perpendicular to the
ground.
    Where on that line should I place
    the shield handle basket? Maybe a better question might be where should
the
    top of the shield be in relation
    to the top of ones head while in fighting stance? I would think that
would
    dictate where the handle should be
    positioned.

    On another note can some one direct me to information on names that were
    common from 1480 up to about
    1580.

    Scott

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