Heater Shield
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The following is a conclusion drawn from a thread on the Belegarth Boards ([1]).
On the subject of making A heater shield.
Heater shields are extremely popular with knights (on Belegarth), but contrary to popular belief many non-knights used heater style shields throught the middle ages. So, it isn't "blasphemous" to own a heater shield and be "non-chivalry" (To Para-Phrase Magnus of Taurendor).
Belegarth heater style shields generally look like this:
Or this:
(These images courtesy of [2])
But real heater shields look like this: File:Realheater.JPG