Terrs. The Omani Battle Shield. A Buckler.

[ariel]

Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi

The metalwork are interesting as they are usually of brass ....and have two roles; In disarming by twisting a trapped blade....

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

So the attacking blade is supposed to hit the protrusion of the shield, slide down and get trapped under the brass fitting?

This is interesting: is it really functional? Shouldn't the space between the fitting and the shield be bigger? It might be awfully difficult to squeeze the blade in such narrow crack.

In some examples here the crack does not seem to exist at all, and the hide "rings" would seem to prevent sliding of the blade and some would seem to obliterate the crack altogether.


Or am I not getting something important?