A \'new\' look at the linothorax

[Dan Howard]

Nothing in the above post makes much sense. It is almost entirely based on speculation. You need to do a lot more research into quilted textile armours. There are many extant examples and even primary documents detailing exactly how they were made. The best textile defenses were made of multiple layers of cloth (up to thirty) with tight rows of quilting. They were used all over the world - Europe, Russia, the Middle East, South America, India, etc., etc. - for thousands of years. They were used as both standalone armours and worn layered over mail. The proper application of quilting can increase the level of protection significantly compared to just layering the cloth with no quilting. This increases the weight but not as much as simply adding more layers of cloth. The Royal Armouries demonstrated that a quilted jack layered over a mail shirt can stop a heavy English longbow at short range.