How To Curve A Shield - Reenactment, LARP, Cosplay, HEMA Tutorial

A tutorial to help you in you Shield Making ;)
I will teach you 2 different technics in order to curve your Shields.
Both could be used for Reenactment, Cosplay, Larp....

You will need plywood for that !

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Music :

Let's Do This! - Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum
Cuckoo's Nest - Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum
Covid Come Not Near - Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum
&
Glenn Canyon

[alexanderpeters]

Thank you, nice french man with glorious hair from the past

[dan]

I added two 2" x 24" pine studs and screwed them to a .5" x 24" plywood sheet.
I added two 1/4" pine plywood sheets 24" x 48" I pushed the first one then added a lot of wood glue with a glove by hand covering it as thick as possible before adding a second 1/4" and about 100 lbs of weights.
2 days later I add a canvas cloth to the front, back and sides with more wood glue.
I drilled 4 holes to add carriage bolts at a 30 degree right angle for the leather straps.
This was a good experiment since I had the wood from a home project sitting there doing nothing. It did take about a half gallon of wood glue and canvas I didn't have. Price was about $50 because I used a high premium wood glue. Next time a good general wood glue.

[thomass]

If the price of wood goes down around here, then I'll definitely try doing one of these. This would be a killer prop that could actually be used for playing around with

[cgnovice]

Great video! For durability’s sake though I think real shields were not only covered in linen fabric but also had one layer between the wood layers. The grain of each layer should also not be parallel to the layer below. The should be perpendicular to prevent splitting.

[ziimbey]

Pour un français, faire une vidéo en anglais comme ça déjà je dis: bravo.
Super vidéo en plus ! J'en ai vu une d'un type qui courbait le bouclier directement contre le tronc d'un arbre à l'aide de sangles, tu as essayé ?

[prophetrexlexful]

if you do it historical accurate with rawhide the curve happens automatically... you just have to clamp it to intensify it.. (the rawhide schrinks and makes the planks curve)

[carwynweller]

looks like the one you made at the end is delaminating a bit. If you welt the plywood first (soak it for a whole day or something) i think it will bend and set easier

[ToweringPepsiMan]

What are those belts called? I need the right type for next time

[AdriandeCarcassonna]

J'avais mis ça de côté, je la regarde que maintenant... Prmeière réaction : Toi, t'es français, non ? Ahahah

[FPAM]

On appel ça un guide, un "jig"