Recreating a Greek Cavalryman

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Such thorakes from Thace that resempled the bell cuirass of the archaic greece were almost the same but had parts of the neck and arm holes made of iron. The lower part,the "rim" of the bell was also made of iron. Very often those parts are missing,most probably due to the fact that iron isn't preserved like bronze. The holes we see on the edges were not for the linning but for nailing the iron parts.
I don't think this has to do with Xenophon's description.
Khaire
Giannis