09-21-2007, 12:58 AM
Quote:Yes you are right about the belt – the armour is new and this was the 1st time I had worn the suit this year. Due to the extra width of the padding, scale (and ever grown beer belly) my belt wouldn’t go round :lol: Though, I have also noticed that the new belt may need a shoulder strap to help keep the belt in place. The scale is loose and slippery and is hard to keep a tight military belt around the scale with out the scale buckling or sliding between the separate levels.Hi Jamie,
If any one out there has the same kind of armour, what kind of belt techniques have you used :?:
Great looking squamata, what does it weigh?
I have the same problem, both with the physical aspect (my belly grows from bad food rather than from beer though :wink: ) and armour too stiff to be able to get the belt tight enough.
My solution for now is to hitch it over the baldric, so that it rests on it. That works well enough. A better method would be the wrapping of linen and strapping the belt over thataround the waist (it´s been discussed here before, I just can´t remember the name). That also prevents damage to the belt from the scales, another common problem with the squamata.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)