10-20-2009, 02:46 PM
Okay, I am the first admitting that there are a lot of suspect things.
But there are also some details that can make thinking the opposite way.
Just two:
- the holes on the rear plaque that compose a decoration. Never seen before, it is hard for me to thing that a "faker"-man decided to make something fake inventing something new and not reflecting what already exist or has been found. In fact those holes appear to me to be put in a strategic point just made to allow the humidity of the body to go out. In fact this is a bad problem of those kind of armours (I tested many many times with my muscolata...)
- the other holes on the bottom of the lorica and on the arm attachments, also in this case never seen before, they could be used to fix leather protection in order to mitigate the possible injuries of the sharp metal to the body OR also used to attach pteruges, or both.
But there are also some details that can make thinking the opposite way.
Just two:
- the holes on the rear plaque that compose a decoration. Never seen before, it is hard for me to thing that a "faker"-man decided to make something fake inventing something new and not reflecting what already exist or has been found. In fact those holes appear to me to be put in a strategic point just made to allow the humidity of the body to go out. In fact this is a bad problem of those kind of armours (I tested many many times with my muscolata...)
- the other holes on the bottom of the lorica and on the arm attachments, also in this case never seen before, they could be used to fix leather protection in order to mitigate the possible injuries of the sharp metal to the body OR also used to attach pteruges, or both.
