Lorica Squamata closing method

[Crispvs]

For what it's worth, mine laces up. I felt that having the armour open on both sides was a potential weakness so mine only opens down the left side of the body. I use a single long lace to do it up, which laces through the leather edging rather than the scales themselves. I find this makes for an excellent closure. It is true that I can't do it up on my own, but as has already been stated, it is most unlikely that a soldier would need to don his armour in isolation. To begin with, lacing up the side was time consuming, but as the same couple of people tend to consistently lace me up, they have both become much faster as they know what to do. It probably takes around a third as long to lace up now as it did to begin with. So - not necessarily accurate, but then again we don't know what method/methods the originals used, so as good as any other suggestion.

Here's my thread on how I made my squamata (sadly I made it before Markvs Montanvs revealed the edging method used on the Carpow scale to us all).
http://www.romanarmytalk.com/20-roman-re...tml#296165

Crispvs