Scale Armor & Accuracy

[Dan Howard]

If I'm reading it correctly, on p. 105 they hypothesise that the scales were cut fom strips that had been forged directly from the bloom to the correct width. The scales were not cut from sheets of plate. The only cutting involved is the straight edge along the top (step 1) and the curved edge along the bottom (step 2). Note that this might be the best way to replicate some Roman scale such as the Carlisle armour, but in the photos that Markus presented above it looks like they have been cut with shears.