Armor: How effective was Chainmail

[Dan Howard]

Has anyone actually read my article? It is fully cited and easy to follow up if you don't believe any part of it. Mail was preferred by some people even when plate was readily available. There is one example from Hungary where a mail shirt cost six times more than a steel breastplate and the buyer was prepared to wait two months for it to be made when he could have had the breastplate in two days. Think about why someone would want to do that. I think the problem is the inability of people to believe the real protective capacity of a properly riveted mail shirt.