(08-23-2022, 12:05 AM)Dan Howard Wrote: It would be disconcerting to add up how much you have spent so far on this project.Absolutely! I could probably figure it out, too. A LOT of money. Between it and other projects and hobbies which are all quite expensive, a tremendous amount of my income goes into them --money I could be saving And, since the armour projects are pretty much all experimental, there always remains the chance that things could go wrong or not work out. I am confident at least that the linothorax will work out, though my assumptions about construction would ultimately best be verified by more archaeological finds.
What really bugs me is that I was just getting into beating bronze into helmets, and shields, etc. Inspired by Jeffrey Hildebrandt, and then abruptly lost my access to any space to continue on with those projects --which I must store, half-finished, for for a few more years until I can get back to them. Life is too short, is my takeaway.
Qui sepeliunt capita sua in terra, deos volantes non videbunt.
--Flavius FlavĀ