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Interesting info. i was pondering the length myself, if only to fit in my car at some point.
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He looks grateful for that warm cap, to be sure.
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And now the question about the effectiveness of leather scale armor is answered at last. Thank you. :wink:
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Clarifications:
- Its hide covered with thin leather.
- Its heavy.
If the armorer promise not to kill us we are going to test it with the crossbow
Richard can possibly get answers or get more confused in the linothorax threads.
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Quote:since i rivited a failied iron cuirass inside it- in a sort of makedonian echo -I feel invincible
That feeling is only 9mm from a startling discovery of error... :roll:
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Just kidding. Leather over metal would be better against blades, no doubt. It seems to me that it would be difficult if not impossible to keep rust from forming on the metal under the leather, though.
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more hoplites more thracians
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What a great setting you have there! It's good to see you have your folks out doing what you love.
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Tower is a watch tower from the 13th/14th century. (period of the Duchy of Athens)
It is located in Marcopoulo NE of Athens near the new airport.
It was built over the foundation of an ancient watch tower-hence the square shape. (Medieval towers in Eastern Europe were round by that time)
So because of its square shape fits nicely for an ancient "action setting"
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That is interesting information. I too like that tower.
We need to see the armour as integral with the shield, and the aspis is a serious bit of kit.
The archaeological evidence is lacking, inconographic evidence is very limited, and writing evidnce can be misleading. But I am willing to believe that bthe cuiras is composite, and frankly I would be attaching every bit of metal I could to my leather base. It does worry me why such bits of metal were not used more for display, rather than presumably hidden by leather and even linen. But I do believe they were there.
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I was talking about the 9mm projectile proving the armor wasn't nearly thick enough. Too subtle. My fault.
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