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
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