Reconstruction of Felt Subarmalis and Linen Pteryges

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Antonius wrote:

When he says he twisted the extra felt which naturally occurs… can he elaborate on that? Because if I cut a rectangle from felt, there isn’t any naturally hanging threads anywhere near long enough to twist into tassels. Did he cut them up, leaving several long slivers, and then cut them again and twist those?

Doc (initially) wrote:

Then there are the pteryges made from layered linen and then enveloped in a finer linen stiched on using a metallic thread. These pteryges were designed using some of the statues found on tclark's web site and in books elsewhere.

Note that the material inside each pteruge is layered linen, not felt.

Linen will fray, if cut and left un-hemmed. But I do wonder if he "helped" the process along somewhat by cutting the edge into strips and twisting them, as you suggest.

I might be interested in ordering one of these subarmali. Can you provide contact info for the tailor?[/code]