02-06-2006, 07:11 PM
Quote:On a show I let my friend thrust at me with his semisharp lutel when wearing that stuff and I was not badly injured. Had a bruise though. But not as blue as the ones from waistersparring. hehe.
You. are. crazy. hock:
Be sure to send on the autopsy report so we can gain new insights from your death.
Were you wearing the maille AND the subarmalis or just the subarmalis?
I am amazed at how tough the felt samples I have are against penetration. I can't pierce the larger swatch with my awl without a substantial tap from the hammer. I think that if I had a subarmalis made up of several layers of felt and cloth it would give me a lot more piece of mind.
It would seem to me that once the maille slowed down the projectile, the subarmalis would have a great deal of resistance to puncture itself.
I need to make one and test it, but as always...money is a problem.
Travis
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