Iron reinforced shield

[Scorup]

On the Polish forums there has been a lot of talking about KilDar's suggestion - a new type of shield. It would be better, than the wooden one, would be made out of wood, have nailed iron strips, which would strengthen the shield. I know, there is already the targe, but steel is more difficult to get.

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Project: Manufacture an iron reinforced shield
Object: Reinforced shield (24 def)
Days needed: 2
Raw materials needed:   100 grams of iron
Objects needed: wooden shield
Tools needed: hammer

[formerly known as hf]

I like this.

Although, to be honest, I've always wondered why the iron shield is actually made of solid iron. Mot shields would have been wood, clad with a metal, solid iron shields would have been far too heavy, expensive, and without very good refining processes, the quality of the iron probably wouldn't have been all that great...

[SekoETC]

There is already a sticky topic for weapons and suggestion, merge this.

[Scorup]

And the idea will soon be forgotten.

[KilDar]

Yes! I like it Great idea! Super Gut

[marshall]

Agree

[formerly known as hf]

There is already a sticky topic for weapons and suggestion, merge this.

'Merging' just involves manually copyng and pasting the posts from here and 'quoting' them in another thread. Anyone can do it.
I vowed not to do it again, it gives me a headache after doing it the umpteenth time...

[Racetyme]

I suppose we could do this. But it seems like this, if implemented, should be far harder to make than either an iron shield or a wooden shield, due to the fact that it requires the joining of two different substances.