2nd February 2010, 05:04 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 227
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Originally Posted by M ELEY
Wow, Stephen, that's an amazing and rare piece! I'll fold to the other experts in leather cleaning on this one. Just wanted to compliment your shield. I'm NOT an expert on Scot armor, but are you sure this is a targe? It resembles some of the rhino hide African (Sudanese) shields I've seen-  |
...actually it is a Somali shield - a Gaashaan - but I call it a targe because it's the most accurate English word to describe it. There is even one in Braveheart...
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