Anyone else other then me feel that the way shields are being held in Skyrim is wrong?

The way they are being held currently is via a handle in the CENTER of the shield. Shouldn't shields have 2 handles? One to put your arm through and the other to grip with your hand?

Every time I bash an enemy with my shield, i feel like it is going to swing around on the center handle and hit me back in the face.

And every time an enemy hits me with my shield raised, I feel like my wrist is gonna break.

completely agree. It's like trying to keep a metal trash can lid stable...

It you search about shields it depended on the shield viking shields where use one handed and most roman shields were also. With shields with one handle made easy to depose of it damaged or if a enemy would grasp it . your hand works like a pivit point to deflect the blow. Heavier steel shields that were design with two handles were design to take the blow of a heavier weapon most 2 handed shields are curved so that when a weapon hits it would roll of the shield. Spartan shields were made this way but to was created to use as much of a weapon as it was for defense.

Thanks for that.

I think I'm weird because this annoyed me so much that i stopped using a shield, and have been blocking with my sword instead, luckily i didn't go up the left-hand side of the tree yet.