With all the targes being built I finally got in gear and completed the one I had been working on. Front is two layers of 5 ounce leather and 450 brass tacks center boss started life as a candlestick base Targe with the threaded plug in the boss Without the plug Back is two layers of blanket wool covered with German oil tan Elk hide with spike in place, Hand filing and threading the spike from a 3/4" bolt took more time then I thought. It took about twenty five hours from design to finished targe. All I have left to do is to attach the strap to carry it on my back and then I'm ready for the next Jacobite uprising comments and suggestions for the next one I build are welcomed OK Livingston, you have to get yours finished and pictures posted
Last edited by Joe Gondek; 22nd November 06 at 07:12 PM.
I'm an 18th century guy born into the 20th century and have been dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century. We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing"
That is absolutely awesome!! I dig very much! You did a great job on it.
Christopher Grinder Scottish - Polk/Pollock, Henderson, Malcolm, Forrest/Forrester, MacGregor, Montgomery, MacAlister/McAllister and MacKenzie Welsh - Edwards, Davis
Some people have too much time on their hands! Seriously though it is very, very nice. Well done Cheers
-See it there, a white plume Over the battle - A diamond in the ash Of the ultimate combustion-My panache Edmond Rostand
Wow! It's stunning! Good pattern and design. You took the effort to make the back site look as good as the front. Good job!
Beautiful. Ingenious with the spike sheath in the back.
That's the nicest targe I have ever seen. Beautiful work. O'Neille
Excellent job! I don't see how you could improve upon it. I like how you embosssed the leather. Did you do that while the leather was wet? What tool did you use? (I've used the back of a butter knife in lieu of anything better...!)
Brian "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~ Benjamin Franklin
What a braw targe! I am simply in awe of the amassed talents of our members.
that's awesome!!!!! good job.
Frighteningly deadly lookin'. There's a small targe-like shield with a flintlock pistol mounted in its center in the Harding Collection of Arms and Armour at the Art Institute of Chicago...in case you needed any ideas for the next one. Nice work. Best AA
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