Viking shield – 75 round shield ready for use

Round shield 75cm Ready for use

We made this Viking shield ourselves. High quality, stable and lightweight! Decades of shield construction and combat experience have gone into the production of this shield.

As in the early Middle Ages, it is covered with linen on the inside and wild boar on the outside. In addition, the edges are reinforced with rawhide and sewn with rawhide tapes.

Features of the Viking shield

Materials: boar skin, linen, wood, metal

Construction: Core is glued from 3 x 3 mm poplar plywood. Linen is inserted between the wood. This results in an incredibly stable composite material.

Delivery time:

2 weeks from order. Sometimes faster, should the order situation allow us to do so.

A little more protection and later in time? Here is a ready-to-use drop shield.

History

Round shields in general were quite popular in every era. Today, these shields are simply called Viking shields and are attributed exclusively to the Vikings. However, this shape was characteristic and common for all European peoples, such as Slavs, Germanic tribes, Scandinavians and Vikings (not a people, but a gathering of like-minded people associated with this shield shape).

A sign was a consumable product. It had to be strong enough to last two fights and be quick and cheap to produce. These round shields fulfilled the stated purpose in the best possible way. This is why they were so widespread in Europe.

Sometimes the shields were only painted, sometimes they were first covered with skin and then painted and sometimes they were simply taken into battle in their natural state.