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Hmm,this is is tough question. It probably doesn' thave concrete answer. You can measure the angle in the photo of the yoke i posted in the first page of this thread. One of the problems is that the flaps aren't straight (at least on mine) but curve ourtwards so to measure the angle you have to draw a straight line from the base of the shoulder flap to the upper corner of the flap,over where it would attach to the body. I hope this makes sense, it is difficult to describe.
Khaire
Giannis
PS,if you want, post photos of your papyrothorax,and eventually photos of the cuirass in construction, in a thread of itself!
Giannis K. Hoplite
a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
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I've made progress on the cardboard pattern. I now need to gather materials together.
Question: Is 18/3 linen thread heavy enough to stitch the seams and bind the edging? The twine I used to make my aspis looks too heavy (and was a bewar to work with).
Thanks for any information.
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I didn't want to comment in your other thread for fear of sabotaging your sale. It looks wonderful but I'm not sure about the wax. It is good for waterproofing leather - In medieval Europe it was used on bottles and containers but there are two main arguments against the use of wax on armour:
1. It lubricates the weapon and helps the point pass through more easily.
2. A lot of leather armour was decorated in paint and/or gesso; it is impossible to apply these decorations to wax-hardened leather.
It seems that leather armour was strengthened either by water hardening or by baking it in an oven. A good reference is: Chris Dobson, "As Tough as Old Boots? A Study of Hardened Leather Armour, Part 1: Techniques of Manufacture", IAA Conference Proceedings, 2003.
Personally I think that the spolas was strengthened simply by adding more layers of leather in the chest.
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this is really cool i hope to do something like that one day