[LT] Banded mail

RobKamm · 07-14-2011, 05:39 PM

I'd be very careful with this one. Yes, it is an artifact of historical contingency but there is also practicality involved. Heavier weaves of mail don't leave much room for bands of leather to be threaded through them -- and even if they do the flexibility of the armor disappears really fast (to the point where you can't bend it around a human body). I've got a 10g experiment that suffers from this problem.

07-14-2011, 05:39 PM	#3
RobKamm Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicago	Re: [LT] Banded mail I'd be very careful with this one. Yes, it is an artifact of historical contingency but there is also practicality involved. Heavier weaves of mail don't leave much room for bands of leather to be threaded through them -- and even if they do the flexibility of the armor disappears really fast (to the point where you can't bend it around a human body). I've got a 10g experiment that suffers from this problem.