"These are great and should last for a long time. I love it because when the shield is hit it goes thunk instead of sounding like a gong (like my T-6 shield). Have to get him to make me a kite now. I have made these in the past but he did a much nicer job than I did and I did not have to deal with the mess. Buy one, it's worth the money and aggravation." - Count Felix The Just of Ramse'y KSCA (Middle Kingdom)

"The total depth of curve is about 1 1/2" deep. Which is basically just enough to not look flat, but not be too deep where you can't fully extend your arm without the back corner hitting you in the tricep. In other words-it's jussssst right. :)" - Trevor

"I will say that after using it last month, the first thing I noticed was the sound I heard when blocking shots. ... This was a much sharper sound. I liked it. While many of you might think that the sound ones shield makes when it gets hit has no bearing on anything. -- well, in time you will learn that everything has bearing." - Duke Logan Ebonwoulfe