11-16-2007, 11:39 PM
Michael said:-
...that sounds very interesting, Michael, especially the reference to rawhide's springiness...while rawhide's toughness and protective qualities are well known, this and an ability to keep enamel/colour are news to me !
I would certainly encourage you to try this material as an 'experimental archaeology project', to see if it fits the bill. D 8)
Quote:As far as Rawhide , I have worked on Edo period Rawhide Amour . I was surprised at the time of its qualities .. So its use and Spring like qualities .. also its ability to hold a shape or keep a material like Enamel or Other Color on its surface .. made me think of it on this subject .. especially since it must be protected from the elements !
...that sounds very interesting, Michael, especially the reference to rawhide's springiness...while rawhide's toughness and protective qualities are well known, this and an ability to keep enamel/colour are news to me !
I would certainly encourage you to try this material as an 'experimental archaeology project', to see if it fits the bill. D 8)
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff