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blackened buckler with polished cross
blackened buckler with polished cross
 

Hardened steel buckler with cross [32×32]

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Description

The steel buckler with cross on the umbo.

This steel buckler is supplied with a leather wrist strap for extra punch damage.

The central handle is enlarged to fit with the most popular gauntlets.

Specifications of the buckler:

  • Weight: 1400 g (3.09 lbs)
  • Diameter: 32 cm (12.6 in)
  • Edge: 5 mm (0.2 in)
  • Thickness: 1.7 mm (0.067 in)
  • The thickness of cross: 1.7 mm (0.067 in)

Buckler (French bouclier “shield“, from Old French boce, bocete, rondelle de poing “boss”) – small, 20-45 cm in diameter, most often a metal round shield. It was designed mainly as an auxiliary weapon with a sword.

The History of the Steel Buckler

The earliest known book on the art of sword fighting, describing the sword and buckler technique is Royal Armouries Ms. I.33. Most experts date the folio around 1300, or between 1270 and 1340. The authorship of the document is attributed to a certain German priest whose name is mentioned in the folio as “Lutegerus”, in the German form “Liutger”.

Based on the contents of this book, it can be said that the buckler fighting technique was popular in Europe during those times. Buckler, according to I.33, just covered an unprotected part of the hand. The fencing process itself is almost exclusively carried out with a blade and guard. It is also noteworthy that the buckler was one of the most common forms of the shield in the era of plate armor. There is mention of the use of a shield of this type by the Celts, Franks, and Byzantines. In Western Europe, the fist shild is widespread in the XII – XIII centuries.

The first references

The first references in French written sources date back to this time. In the XIV century, it was also found in Germany and England. In the XVI century, the Italian fencing school, which also used the fighting technique with a buckler, gained a powerful influence among the nobility. The fist shield came into fashion. In the sources of this time, images of knights and ordinary warriors armed with bucklers are very frequent. They are carrying them on the battlefield and in normal life. This allows us to conclude that sword and buckler fighting systems were very common and effective not only in combat. The shield was worn on a belt or hook at the waist, sometimes on the hilt of a sword.

By the end of the XVIth century, the Venetian fencing school abandoned the fist shield. Their left arm became armed with a parrying dagger. The XVIth century was the sunset of the sword and buckler technique.

The Usage and Buckler Techniques

The use of two-handed weapons, such as pikes, halberds, and two-handed swords, in the late Middle Ages forced the infantry to abandon large shields. However, in short-range combat, the buckler was absolutely necessary. The shield could not only passively protect against enemy weapons, but could also be used as an additional weapon.

The lightness of the shield and the curved center made it convenient to deflect the blow. Such a parry left the attacker open for a quick counterattack, and the strength and sharp edges made it possible to strike directly with the shield.

Medieval manuscripts contain descriptions and images of various techniques for using bucklers in battle. Nevertheless, all these techniques can be reduced to the following:

  1. Deflector technique: the lightness and curved shape of the shield make it ideal for repelling attacking blades
  2. Hand protection: the main use of a buckler to protect an unarmed hand or sword hand.
  3. Floating armor: the buckler is held on the outstretched hand facing the opponent. This method of defense reduces the area of the body that is open for attacks.
  4. Blinder: the buckler is often used as a kind of shelter for the blade of the sword, which allows for hiding the direction of the next blow.
  5. Binder: lightweight and small size allows the use of buckler in grappling.
  6. Metal fist: a steel buckler could be used to directly attack with a flat side or edge.
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Additional information

Weight 1.4 kg
Dimensions 30 × 30 cm
Type:

Polished, Blackened, Blackened with polished cross

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7 reviews for Hardened steel buckler with cross [32×32]

  1. Mark S –

    Buckler has arrived. Love it. Can’t wait to use it on Sunday. Thank you and stay safe

  2. Anonymous (verified owner) –

    Excellent product and great customer service

  3. Camron S. (verified owner) –

    Fantastic little buckler. Got it to pair with the long saber and it works great. Light in the hand and durable in the block.

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  6. Andrew Cooke (verified owner) –

    Extremely light, super fun to use!

  7. Kasey Gehrts –

    As a full blown SHTF-collapse prepper, I actually do train in the 13-14th century Walpurgis MS-i.33 sword and buckler style because I’m looking WAY ahead to the post-collapse future where there’s not only no more modern civilization, but more ammo left after the collapse happens- don’t laugh, we all have our beliefs about where society’s headed.

    Anyway:

    Why I train is because in my view, everyone will then be forced back to full melee weapons in the post-SHTF world.

    So I got this shield for myself and immediately dropped it in a huge tub of gun-bluing solution to turn it black, and it turned out VERY nice. Also Not only does it now LOOK scary from being all black, but in the heat of the sun I can press its hot surface against the faces or hands of SHTF looters who attack me… and it’ll cause possible 2nd-degree burns to make them stop coming at me – but that’s not the main thing;

    The point is, I already have my fully sharp combat-grade 1-handed arming sword as part-1 of the centerpiece of my core SHTF defense arsenal. So all I needed then was a buckler shield that was made for actual fighting to go with it, thereby becoming part-2 of that same centerpiece.

    Now I have this steel buckler, and I am NOT disappointed.

    See, if you review all the raw footage of all the melee street fighting during the Charlottesville thing, then the George Floyd riots and the entire summer of 2020, people DID make their own clubs and smaller melee shields, and they did use them on the streets during the riot violence. Some groups of rioters even painted their shields with different colors, patterns and symbology – they organized their sub-groups into defacto segmented units under ‘team colors & logos,’ thereby designating specific divisions of their hordes (just like specific knightly orders did in medieval times to denote which lord’s banner they were fighting under).

    So imagine THAT horror, in unending perpetuity, continent-wide, with no inhibitions due ot the total disappearance of ALL law and order, once modern civilization fully and permanently collapses.

    Once everyone else has used up all their last remaining ammo on each other (from which I will be far away in safe hiding instead of being a part of it), whoever’s left will break out their mechetes and homemade shields again, take to the streets, and do whet they’re gonna do.

    But how many of them will have a professionally made hardened steel buckler like this, that’s literally made for full blown lawless combat? I’ll have mine, but a lot oftheirs will be pvc plastic or plywood.

    AND, most all of them will have no official HEMA training like I will, let alone the canon arsenal for it like me.

    And I’m not planning on LOOKING for trouble once SHTF starts or anything, nor am I gonna go out LOOKING for conflict like this to take part in by intention, don’t worry. But we all now that trouble will come looking for us whether we want it or not, when the streets are once again full of violent looters in paintball masks & hoodies with their mechetes and homemade wooden or plastic riot shields and baseball bats as war clubs.

    The least I should do then, is get prepared to at least attempt to survive that chaos on my way out fo the city whiel the getting’s good. But I’d be a fool to think that my EVERY effort to avoid all hostile human contact before I make it out of the population center alive will ALWAYS be successful – I have to be equipped and trained to fight well when John-Q-Hoodie-Thug spots me despite my trying to stealth my way out into the less populated high country beyond the city limits.

    I’m therefore SOOOO glad I have this shield to go with my Arming Sword & matching companion dagger. This thing will save me, when you really look into why the MS-i.33 sword & buckler fighting system requires a thorough understanding of geometry & angles, etc for proper use of the buckler shield against an enemy’s weapon (such as a rioter’s mechete in the streets).

    NOW AS FOR THIS SPECIFIC SHIELD ITSELF:

    It just FEELS strong in my hand, yet surprisingly not so heavy when hung on the left side of my belt, just behind where the handle of my sword is. And when hanging there, I actually almost don’t even feel its weight hanging from my hip.

    As for its strength… I’ve already busted up cinderblocks with it, smashed through glass bottles, and even severely dented up other things made of various metals with it.

    THIS IS AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON AS THE MS-i.33 SWORD & SHIELD STYLE TRAINS IT TO BE, NOT JUST A BARRIER TO ENEMY ATTACKS – and DANG SURE, THIS IS NO WALL DECORATION!

    So I can tell anyone who’s still considering buying this type of shield but hasn’t done it yet: GET YOURS FROM MEDIEVAL EXTREME. THEY MAKE WEAPONS, NOT WALL DECIRATIONS. And I’m grateful to them for it.

    Whatever you want a buckler shield for, this is your strongest candidate if you want one that’s worth having.

    Thank you.

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