Glued Linen Armour- a simple test

[Matt Lukes]

It's unlikely- that glue is EXTREMELY expensive. I thought to try my hand at making a composite bow at some point and was amazed at the cost of the glue.

I just see this all as a good description of why Occam's Razor should be considered- why make things overly complicated when simpler works; layered linen, even combined with an inner or outer layer of something else (leather or whatever), stitched together sounds as if it could make reasonalby good armour- although that's something else to be tested- so why go to the lengths of factoring in the rather significant issues glue brings along? At least without demonstrating that it is practical...

You might be remembering more fondly or it might be really the case Byron- but unless you were wearing semi-rigid layered linen armour, it's hard to say if that observation would stand- hide glue doesn't need much moisture, and heat helps it melt a good deal so you have the factors regardless. It'd be interesting to try- maybe on a hot day I'll put a swatch of test 'armour' on and wear it around outside- we only get to maybe 30C on the really hot days here so it might not be quite Greek heat, but if even that does the job, that'll be telling.