Question for expert armourers!

[JVL]

What would be the most authentic option for the neck plates? Rolled? Flared?
or lining with brass? a combination?

[Matt Lukes]

More artifacts that I'm aware of are flared than are rolled, so flared only would seem the most 'authentic' statistically, however because there are examples of just rolled and even a couple of rolled then flared, really any choice is accurate- my mentioning of rolling and flaring was really to point out that it's actually not the norm as is usually thought, not that it's inappropriate :wink: Bound in copper alloy is again just a postulate, there's no real evidence for it.

[Matt Lukes]

I'm sorry if it sounded like I was implying a roll with the flare. I meant to say turn that flare into a roll or fold it completely back. I would hate to try putting a role on a flare.

Well I don't believe anyone actually means roll in the medieval/renaissance armor sense Brian- that kind of has a flare to it anyway- technically it is true that what is the case on Roman armor is a fold. And the one clear example from Vindonissa I can think of is a very minor fold, with a minimal flare actually...