02-15-2006, 06:51 PM
Travis,
your first conceptual pattern is about exactly how I made my subarmalis the other week but with out the pteruges. I wear a Lorica Hamata and I did not find it necessary to tie or close off the flaps, although I think you might have to with a Lorica Segmentata or a Lorica Musculata.
I found the weight of the mail and the way it hangs on my person to be enough to keep it in place and from bunching up. I did have to roll up my mail initially though to straighten it out a bit after I had slipped it over my head and hooked up my doubler.
I wore my mail around the house for about 90 minutes to include doing some house work , jumping up and down in full kit, and going up the stairs a few times chasing after my dog, and breaking out the gladius for a few repetitive moves ( I have a room with absolutely nothing in it, so I safely get away with this ) I was comfortable and it never once shifted around on me.
Best yet, a non-crafty guy like me made it very quickly. I used a thin layer of felt sewn in between two layers of linen for padding.
Cheers!!
Mike
your first conceptual pattern is about exactly how I made my subarmalis the other week but with out the pteruges. I wear a Lorica Hamata and I did not find it necessary to tie or close off the flaps, although I think you might have to with a Lorica Segmentata or a Lorica Musculata.
I found the weight of the mail and the way it hangs on my person to be enough to keep it in place and from bunching up. I did have to roll up my mail initially though to straighten it out a bit after I had slipped it over my head and hooked up my doubler.
I wore my mail around the house for about 90 minutes to include doing some house work , jumping up and down in full kit, and going up the stairs a few times chasing after my dog, and breaking out the gladius for a few repetitive moves ( I have a room with absolutely nothing in it, so I safely get away with this ) I was comfortable and it never once shifted around on me.
Best yet, a non-crafty guy like me made it very quickly. I used a thin layer of felt sewn in between two layers of linen for padding.
Cheers!!
Mike
Mike Daniels
a.k.a
Titus Minicius Parthicus
Legio VI FFC.
If not me...who?
If not now...when?
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a.k.a
Titus Minicius Parthicus
Legio VI FFC.
If not me...who?
If not now...when?
:wink: <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt=":wink:" title="Wink" />:wink: