Was the leather muscled curiass of the later times sexier?

[Robert Vermaat]

Cut at a leather belt with a reasonably sharp cutting tool with a sawing action and it will cut fairly easily. Put the belt on a yielding surface, to mimic a human body with some padding over it, and hack at the leather and it will be surprisingly resilient.

I'm not doubting the resilience of leather. I'm doubting that the 'it must be leather' opinion is based on real evidence. Like you said earlier, no finds have turned up. That makes the whole discussion rather hypothetical, and I'm not in favour of arguments like "it must have been because it could have been", at least not when I can help it. :wink: