07-15-2012, 03:03 AM
Quote:Some years ago in the SCA Some years ago in the SCA some people researched the protective properties of chainmail. Why? Because in tourneys you were supposed to deliver a killing blow that would penetrate light chainmail. So they took a pig carcass and put a chainmail hauberk on it and hit it with various weapons. Surprisingly, only thrusts with a short sword penetrated the mail.They tested modern crappy imported mail, not a reconstruction of historical mail. The differences are obvious just by looking at the pics already in this thread. A sword thrust is easily stopped by a decent mail shirt.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books