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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 6860176" data-attributes="member: 87792">Define "Medieval type". And what sort of blunt impacts - boffer swords are a world away from edged maces.I see them, like Umbran, as buckler equivalents - but they barely even do that job well. They are very useful against flying bottles and other projectiles (better than bucklers), no use at all as viking round shields for duelling, and the strapped nature of the shield means that they are little use for any of the other single person combat offensive uses shields were put to. And you have little mobility to, for example, protect your legs any lower than mid-thigh. Frankly it appears to mostly be for flying bottles and rocks aimed at your head (and to be vastly superior to unarmed and probably pretty useful versus clubs and knives). Of course this covers approximately 99% of riots, with the rest involving shots fired - so that's not a problem.I'm a bit more impressed by the lightweight roman legionary style rectangular shields - they have an offensive use (shield wall and crush) but this takes a lot of people, and they do at least protect your knees (and if you've ever tried walking with a shield that protects your knees you'll know why the circular ones are normally preferred).</blockquote>