Hello All,
I saw an buckler design I've not heard discussed.
I was recently reading A Red Fighting Compendium Part 1 off of the Brotherhood of Red facebook group and I saw an interesting design for a buckler. It was built based off of what appeared to be your standard 12" circle, but with arms protruding forward with a curved interior between them. Picture the Millennium Falcon but with a curved surface between the arms (I have no idea if that's the proper term in that instance).
It was worn on the forearm of a man wielding a red with the arms pointing towards the wrist, and I'm wondering if this isn't a great idea to copy. Theoretically a 6" diameter semicircular gap area between the arms allows for greater wrist movement without necessitating a mechanism to keep the buckler static so much, and allows more shield area with which to block versus a standard round buckler.