- Steel with leather outer covering. We can engrave the leather as shown in the picture.
- 20 Gauge Steel. Lightweight, this is a little to thin for most martial arts work.
Please order by itself - this item cannot ship with a rudis, your order will incur additional shipping if added to rudis order. Please do not combine into one order.
It was more dishonorable for a man to lose his Buckler than his sword in field, because it is more praise-worthy to defend a friend than to hurt a foe. As the Roman General, Titus Flavius Vespasian, once said:
"Mallem unum civem nisi quam occidere centum hostes."
“I had rather save one good Subject, than kill a hundred enemies.”
It’s Dangerous to go Alone…Take This!
Return with your shield…or on it.
"Come back with your shield - or on it" (Plutarch, Mor.241)