Hardness of Roman Armour

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Hardness of Roman Armour

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12-13-2013, 12:58 PM

Quote:Therefore I would think that Roman iron got its hardness from just such treatment with a lot of this hammering, [...].

In this video about medieval armour Jeffrey D. Wasson states that according to surviving examples of armour the curving of sheet metal was always achieved by hammering:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgzQiO9liNw
So your assumption regarding work-hardening might be true.

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Hardness of Roman Armour - by Eleatic Guest - 12-12-2013, 10:03 PM

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Hardness of Roman Armour - by XorX - 12-13-2013, 06:45 AM

Hardness of Roman Armour - by PhilusEstilius - 12-13-2013, 11:10 AM

Hardness of Roman Armour - by Dan Howard - 12-13-2013, 12:33 PM

Hardness of Roman Armour - by Thomas V. - 12-13-2013, 12:58 PM

Hardness of Roman Armour - by randallmoffett - 12-13-2013, 02:25 PM

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