08-20-2010, 06:05 AM
Gentlemen,
I march in armor and the only thing that bothers me is the summer heat. Alternately and on occassion, I teach archery class in full armor. But I have removed chainmail from the sleeves and brought it up well above the knee. Enough was left over from a sleeve that I made a helmet aventail from it. No offense, but some reenactors are not as physically fit as they should be. My guess would be that if you wore the stuff day in and day out, it would simply "grow on you." 8)
I march in armor and the only thing that bothers me is the summer heat. Alternately and on occassion, I teach archery class in full armor. But I have removed chainmail from the sleeves and brought it up well above the knee. Enough was left over from a sleeve that I made a helmet aventail from it. No offense, but some reenactors are not as physically fit as they should be. My guess would be that if you wore the stuff day in and day out, it would simply "grow on you." 8)
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb