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"shield-splitter" /Early Vikiing shield Archeological specifications added

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Wolfsongforge:
Skraelings!

half eye:
..... ;D....leave it to a Viking

ken75:
crap ! i just had a G2 overload !  ;)

Randy:
It would take a mighty strong man to wield a shield of one inch oak.  Here is link that says close to what I've read while reading "dry scholarly" works.
http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/manufacturing/text/viking_shields.htm

I wonder about the shield splitting capability of an arrow driven by an English warbow...

aero86:
good info.  looks like an arrow would have gone through a bit..

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