10-05-2009, 04:42 AM
15mm of felt and linen? Well geez- THAT'S what stopped the arrow LOL Did anyone happen to try a control to see how the padding alone performed? I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the scales were shown to be nearly incidental... LOL I know there are a couple of examples of the subgarment to which scales were attached, which was not likely going to stop much since the weave wasn't tight and the threads quite large, but the nature of the underpadding is completely theoretical, no? Choosing something so significant would seem to be not the best choice since it is going to significantly impede realizing just how the metal portion actually performs. I'd think it actually best to use little if anything to really understand how the armour behaves...
But then this is all getting a bit off-topic I suppose- it's clear that the thickness of metal and the type depends on just what type of scale one is interested in- there's a spectrum (which was actually said right at the beginning LOL)
But then this is all getting a bit off-topic I suppose- it's clear that the thickness of metal and the type depends on just what type of scale one is interested in- there's a spectrum (which was actually said right at the beginning LOL)
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