07-18-2005, 01:51 AM
Matt Used a modern hide glue called elmer i think Connolly dosnt say, Yes hide and protien glues can be made waterproof by the addition of lime but this is something that appears to have been unknown in the 5th Cent BC, I looked for days to find a reference but could only come up with indirect evidence that they did not know how to make glue waterproof; no glue used in ship construction, bows having to be dried to work proplery, leather covers for shields
Dan i really tried to find glue for the linothorax but none of the evidence that i could find from the time would suggest that they were.
Dan i really tried to find glue for the linothorax but none of the evidence that i could find from the time would suggest that they were.
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