07-11-2007, 06:39 PM
The author probably never put on a mail shirt. A lot of historians and archeaologists I have read come to conclusions, that, once you try them out, just don't work.
Mail without a subarmalis is worse than no armor at all. How a subarmalis was made is a mystery, but there are tantalizing clues. There are several threads that cover this tortuous trail here on the RAT.
Recently, a friend of mine made a discovery that may be an important breakthrough in this quest, though at the time he is working on it, and, out of respect for him, I won't go into it till he is finished.
Mail without a subarmalis is worse than no armor at all. How a subarmalis was made is a mystery, but there are tantalizing clues. There are several threads that cover this tortuous trail here on the RAT.
Recently, a friend of mine made a discovery that may be an important breakthrough in this quest, though at the time he is working on it, and, out of respect for him, I won't go into it till he is finished.
"In war as in loving, you must always keep shoving." George S. Patton, Jr.
