Zulu Shields

[Terryb]

Appreciate this is probably a stupid question, but would the inside of the Zulu shields mirror the exterior colour eg black/white or would they be a brown shade.

[FierceKitty]

Plain hides.

[MaleGriffin]

Here are some pictures of the inside of various Zulu shields.

[MaleGriffin]

More pictures of the inside of various Zulu shields.

[Cubs]

Appreciate this is probably a stupid question, but would the inside of the Zulu shields mirror the exterior colour eg black/white or would they be a brown shade.

As the pics show - just tan or brown inside. The shield is a single layer of stiffened ox hide, so the outside has the hair and the inside is the bare leather.

[Plynkes]

As Cubs said, the exterior still has the cow's hair in place (that's why they come in all sorts of colours and patterns), the interior, for obvious reasons, does not. Vintage shields from yesteryear can and will have aged to all sorts of hews. New ones tend to be a beige colour.

[Terryb]

That’s great, thanks for all your help guys😃

[FierceKitty]

"Hew" is what a berserk with an axe does to an enemy.

[FifteensAway]

@FierceKitty - gives a new meaning to the phrase Hew and Cry. 

[FierceKitty]

 

@FierceKitty - gives a new meaning to the phrase Hew and Cry.