12-08-2007, 12:02 PM
I recall the finds from Carpow, which had scales riveted to each other and a twisted string that laced the scales together. However, not as in the image above but horizontally. The way above will surely induce chafing damage to those laces! I had in fact to re-lace several rows of my scales when after a few months the string went.
I did not use a twine like Crispvs, but a leather thong that was stitched to the backing. This twine also served to reduce chafing from one scale to another.
If scales have only one large hole, I think they must be laced to each other and the backing in one go. With 5 holes of which one large, I think that single one is best explained as the hole through which the twine/string/thing is sewn onto the backing.
I did not use a twine like Crispvs, but a leather thong that was stitched to the backing. This twine also served to reduce chafing from one scale to another.
If scales have only one large hole, I think they must be laced to each other and the backing in one go. With 5 holes of which one large, I think that single one is best explained as the hole through which the twine/string/thing is sewn onto the backing.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)