04-19-2013, 10:42 AM
Theo wrote:
I wonder how such a ring pull device is supposed to be mounted onto the shoulder. If it's mounted on a single plate I don't know if that puts too much stress on it. Any ideas?
If the shoulder flap is simply an extension of the back plate of the armour, like it seems to have been the case in many Roman anatomical cuirasses, with the actual connection between the back plate and the front plate on top of the shoulder, the shoulder flap simply covering the fastening up with a nice hellenising detail, the shoulderflap is only tied down to keep itself in place. That would put little force on the connection with the ring.
I wonder how such a ring pull device is supposed to be mounted onto the shoulder. If it's mounted on a single plate I don't know if that puts too much stress on it. Any ideas?
If the shoulder flap is simply an extension of the back plate of the armour, like it seems to have been the case in many Roman anatomical cuirasses, with the actual connection between the back plate and the front plate on top of the shoulder, the shoulder flap simply covering the fastening up with a nice hellenising detail, the shoulderflap is only tied down to keep itself in place. That would put little force on the connection with the ring.
