10-05-2009, 07:46 AM
The specifications for the fabric composition were given by the University of Regensburg, apparently based on research AND archaeological evidence. I just made the thing, then. Funny enough, the damaged scales look 100% like original damaged scales. In that the nature of the textile armour seems to be quite exactly of the nature than what was used in the reco. The scales are certainly NOT incidental. They provide the textile "armour" with a stable surface, the spring-like quality of the metal on the fabric, especially when regarding the thread between the scales, deflects blows very well: a splendid composite armour.
Christian K.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.