More glue - bah

[Dan Howard]

To quote from Cawkwell's "Orthodoxy and Hoplites" discussing the firm stance many take on the 'orthodox' way of hoplite battle (p.385):
"Against such fixity of belief, one can make little progress..."

When some evidence is found to support glued linen armour then it could be seriously studied. Until then it takes away resources from the study of real armour. It is no better than all those boofheads shooting arrows at butted mail and pretending that it has any relevance to the riveted mail worn in battle. If resources weren't squandered on the glued part of the tests then so much more could have been discovered about quilted textile defenses.

I'm just frustrated at the wasted opportunity. Dr. Aldrete grew, harvested, processed, spun and wove his own flax fibers into linen. Then he goes and buggers it up with glue. That effort could have been better invested in further exploring the possiblities of quilting.