Lorica hamata / segmentata

[markusaurelius]

His estimations are very inaccurate I'm sorry to say.

In what way are they innaccurate, Erik? David Sim is normally very careful about recording the times it takes for him to perform every manufacturing process - he is, after all, a very experienced blacksmith. His explanation of the method for producing butted mail seems entirely logical to me - but then I have no experience at all at working with iron!

Do you think that perhaps he was also factoring in actually making the sheet iron as opposed to the thin wires required to make the mail rings? I would think that flattening a chunk of iron, either by hammer or mechanical would be quicker than making enough wire to complete a mail armor suit.