Hirdmenn

Prologue The first shield I made was planned around a hypothesis that in the area of Finland there is close to no shield finds, and thus it is believed the shields were made purely on organic material. The shield was highly inspired by a shield find from the swamp of Tira Latvia . After testing my thin, light, pretty, and agile thing that eats weapons, that are struct to it, deep into its board I decided to name it the Pale blade eater. (Go read about it here ) Now the context of a light shield is interesting. It is mentioned in the Egil Skallagrimssons sagas that Norwegians had stronger shields and thus were able to easily overpower Fins (Kareilians). I (Arttu) myself am not a strong man, and find the fast agile light shield superior in sparring, both with sharps in slowed down fighting and in fast phased fights using simulators and safety gear. Anyhow the sagas and most shield finds suggest a heavier shield was highly popular. So to find out how they compare we need one.  The ne shie