Leather Armor? (NO HOLDS BARRED!!)

[Dan Howard]

As far as puncture resistance I have to disagree. I have seem many a pair of 'leathers' protect or save people from some nasty impalings by metal tools, many of which would have points or edges as serious as any gladius.

So have I. But this leather was too thick to be the flexible material in your sculptures.

I doubt that an arrow could puncture it

Arrows can puncture it quite easily - even light hunting arrows. It is useless as armour unless it is layered or too thick to provide any flexibility.

but arrows have been known to puncture plate as well. The French Knights at Avignon had the best plate armor protection available and it was still inadequate to the English long bow.

This is a myth best left to another discussion. You are thinking of Agincourt, not Avignon, and the English longbow could not puncture plate armour.