Custom Scottish Targe Shield Reindeer Fur Buckskin Leather HEMA Martial Arts

Description

Custom made Scottish Targe
Targe (from Old Franconian *targa "shield", Proto-Germanic *targo "border") was a general word for shield in late Old English. Its diminutive, target, came to mean an object to be aimed at in the 18th century.
The term refers to various types of shields used by infantry troops from the 13th to 16th centuries, or earlier. More specifically, a targe was a concave shield fitted with enarmes on the inside, one adjustable by a buckle, to be attached to the forearm, and the other fixed as a grip for the left hand. These shields were mostly made of iron or iron-plated wood. From the 15th century.
From the early 17th century, until the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the Scottish Highlander's main means of defence in battle was his targe. After the disastrous defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden, the carrying of the targe had been banned, and many were destroyed, or put to other uses. Those that remain have intricate patterns, and are decorated, indicating that they would have originally belonged to important people.
Reindeer fur back
Buckskin face
Leather grip
Some of the nails are out of position( they're there just unaesthetic)
It has been used in Sparring and held up well with no damage. The wood is thick but not overly heavy.
Made by a practitioner of Scottish martial arys(George Silver, Thomas Page, Sir William hope)