SCALES the fast way

[Crispvs]

The twine wasn't my idea - it was one I took from someone else. However, it seems a legimate answer to the problem of how to use a single large hole to attach scales to a backing garment. Many surviving scales have a large hole which seems to be intended for use in attaching the scale to the backing garment. If the hole was intended for a single stitch why would it need to be so large? In fact, for stitching the scale to a backing it would make more sense to have two smaller holes, which would allow less movement and consequent wear in the stitching. A single large hole points to something other than stitching and using it as a means to loop a thread over a cord which is already attached to the scales themselves seams, as I said above, as legitimate interpretation of the single larger hole. It is also cheaper than using rivets to secure the scales to the garment, and in any case, the surviving scales do not show evidence of rivetting.

Crispvs