More glue - bah

[Dan Howard]

I'm sure there are plenty that are looking into quilted armor. Nothing in this entire process has been squandered, except for maybe arguing with your negativity and neophobia.

It is interesting that you accuse me of neophobia when you are the one clinging to an old, outdated theory that has no historic basis. It is only recently that Connolly's proposal has been seriously questioned and found lacking.

And I'm not sure where you got that "Dr. Aldrete grew, harvested, processed, spun and wove his own flax fibers into linen" when this is never hinted at.

It was taken directly from the wikipedia entry on this subject.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linothorax ... ax_Project
If the above quote is incorrect then it is yet another lesson for people relying on that website for research. Especially when it contains misleading statements such as:
"Some have claimed that it was made of leather, or possibly other materials, but there is little evidence to support this"
and (empsasis mine)
"the linothorax was composed of either quilted fabric layers, or more probably, laminated layers of fabric using animal-based glue (such as rabbit skin glue)"

That page should begin with something like "The word linothorax is a misnomer applied to a type of Greek armour of the "tube and yoke" typology. The Greeks themselves never used the word to describe this armour and it only serves to mislead researchers. During the Classical and Hellenistic periods most of the evidence points to this type of armour being made of leather, not linen."