Comitatus at Wallington

[jvrjenivs]

How many scales are in the horse armor, to the nearest thousand?

Well, I don't know about the armor that horse is wearing, but I can tell something about the original it is based on. Each scale covers 2cm (horizontale). The original piece was 122 cm long, so that need 61 scales every row. The original is reported to have 31 rows on either side of the garnent. Not all rows are completely (because of the saddle hole), but just imagine they are, that thus is made up of 2 x 31 x 61 = 3782 scales. So something between 3500 and 4000 would be a good estimate for the main body.

I've 4000 scales based on the same find lying in front of me and they should become a similar piece of horsearmour within the next two months, as I need it for a show in three months, and I want a little time to get the horse get used to it. Seems I'll spending most of my sparetime sewing scales for the weeks to come.