06-28-2006, 03:12 PM
I just got a picture from the Ludus in Los Angeles, showing what they use. As previously described, it's an hourglass or figure 8 shape, but made by cutting away cloth in the center. If that were done with coarser woven materials, fraying would gradually erode the cloth...until there was no crotch cover, more or less.
I'm wondering, based on what seems to be the tendency in the ancient world toward making clothing with rectangular pieces whenever possible, presumably to lessen the need for sewing and hemming, if the strip of cloth would be just a flat-twisted strip of cloth, making the under-leg part be just several layers thick? By measuring me (6ft tall, 220lb or 1.8m 100kg) the cloth should be about 1.8m long by .8m wide (70" x 32") I'm going to try it and get back to you.
I'm wondering, based on what seems to be the tendency in the ancient world toward making clothing with rectangular pieces whenever possible, presumably to lessen the need for sewing and hemming, if the strip of cloth would be just a flat-twisted strip of cloth, making the under-leg part be just several layers thick? By measuring me (6ft tall, 220lb or 1.8m 100kg) the cloth should be about 1.8m long by .8m wide (70" x 32") I'm going to try it and get back to you.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
