Making a round shield

This is a guide to making a round shield.

What you need:

• 1 × 9mm thick plywood, big enough for shield.
• 1 × sheet of hessian or similar cloth to face the shield with.
• 1 × handle, or bit of wood to make into a handle.
• 1 × shield boss.
• About 10 × nails or rivets.
• 5 or 6 to affix the boss
• 4 to affix the handle (can sometimes share nails with boss)
• 2 to affix the strap
• jigsaw
• hammer
• nail
• 1 × length of wire, longer than the radius of the shield.
• paint