[tanksoldier]

Originally Posted by Agemegos

I've lost track of the conversation.

ak_aramis wrote that they would be familiar with resin impregnated cloth:

Originally Posted by ak_aramis

starched linen armor dates back to Roman Republic-era ... linen armor is a known historical thing.

Likewise, wax-soaked leather was in use in the 18th C, and into the 19th in the Orient. And for men's shoe uppers. From which we get the wonderful tradition of spit-shining our boots.

Women's shoes have been hardened with various resins and resin-like substances, including wax, pine resin, pitch, tar, hide glue, and more, for centuries.

So the concept would be readily familiar to clothiers, cobblers, tailors, and materials scientists alike. They might not know what the resin was, but would recognize the mode.

I was pointing out that modern soft body armors don't resemble resin impregnated cloth in any way.

I didn't write that.

True. Bad cite. Fixing.