03-01-2006, 06:58 PM
Quote:Caballo raises an issue I have long thought about.
The solution is not in the subarmalis, though, but in the doubling of the hamata worn over the subarmalis. I have a hamata that has thick leather backing on the doubling. The effect is not unlike a set of football shoulder pads.
I am currently experimenting with doubling backed by rawhide.
So the doubling itself is padded and re-inforced with rawhide over the top of the existing hamata?
Travis
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