[Low-Tech]Question about silk horse armor

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Inky

Makes sense - after all, there must have been some reason why anyone bothered with mail.

Well, the main historical reason is that for most of TL 2 and 3 large iron or steel plates simply weren't available and mail compares well to the various armors that are made of small plates linked together. Once large plates were available the point of mail became "I want flexible or concealable armor".