How To build a Period Viking Round Shield

Thrand and Eldgrimr build a Viking round shield with linen and milk glue lamination and 1/4" planking featuring Medieval Shoppes center boss/umbo.In this episode Thrand and Eldgrimr create the most period shield that can be created with modern available materials.So be prepared for an Anachronistic approach to create 9th century period historical equivalent to what the actual warriors from the Viking era and dark age actually used.Medieval Shoppes center Boss is used in construction as seen in the previous Video testing it.So be prepared for an informative video explaining Linen shield lamination and extreme testing to see if it was worth the trouble of doing.This also Covers Society of Creative Anachronism(SCA) legal shields.Steel reenactment is mentioned as well as period shield testing with live steel weapons.

Evidence cloth used on Viking shields
combatarchaeology.org/was-linen-or-textile-used…