11-15-2012, 07:13 PM
Quote:If I'm reading it correctly, on p. 105 they hypothesise that the scales were cut fom strips that had been forged directly from the bloom to the correct width. The scales were not cut from sheets of plate. The only cutting involved is the straight edge along the top (step 1) and the curved edge along the bottom (step 2).Hrm, for some reason I pictured the width of the strip being the length of the scale, rather than the width (so the base and top would already be straight, and a single cut up one side of the scale would separate it). I did misread that passage though so you are correct.