05-14-2014, 09:19 AM
Patrick.
When you come to make a cuirass that drawing I have shown might be of some use to you for it does help to hold the two halves of a cuirass together without them falling over each other.
In fact they can also be used along with rings and thongs and they do not take up a lot of room under the armour inside and I made these tongues and brackets from 0.9 mm brass sheet and even the brackets only come out at 1.8 mm deep.
They could I suppose even be made from 1 mm thick stiff leather and maybe give a bit more flexabllity when worn but the brass ones are stronger and did not cause any problems.
In fact with most Roman armours we must stop and give thoughts to just what we are creating, and I'm sure that this might just be the method used in ancient times for all of the cuirass we look at always look so neat and tidy.
When you come to make a cuirass that drawing I have shown might be of some use to you for it does help to hold the two halves of a cuirass together without them falling over each other.
In fact they can also be used along with rings and thongs and they do not take up a lot of room under the armour inside and I made these tongues and brackets from 0.9 mm brass sheet and even the brackets only come out at 1.8 mm deep.
They could I suppose even be made from 1 mm thick stiff leather and maybe give a bit more flexabllity when worn but the brass ones are stronger and did not cause any problems.
In fact with most Roman armours we must stop and give thoughts to just what we are creating, and I'm sure that this might just be the method used in ancient times for all of the cuirass we look at always look so neat and tidy.
Brian Stobbs
