07-11-2007, 10:33 PM
John,
Just to clarify, the subarmali I was talking about (or gambesons as we called them in my eleventh century combat days), although hot, did not cause anything approaching heat exhaustion in their wearers. The overall thickness was probably similar to the thickness of the tip of your little finger and acted extremely well to protect from blunt trauma. We were very impressed by its performance as we too had assumed that greater thickness would be required for the necessary level of protection.
Crispvs
Just to clarify, the subarmali I was talking about (or gambesons as we called them in my eleventh century combat days), although hot, did not cause anything approaching heat exhaustion in their wearers. The overall thickness was probably similar to the thickness of the tip of your little finger and acted extremely well to protect from blunt trauma. We were very impressed by its performance as we too had assumed that greater thickness would be required for the necessary level of protection.
Crispvs
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