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Linothorax vs Quilted linen vs spolas
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I'd love to go to Marathon. It would be a dream, and I'm a firm believer in making dreams come true. Get some horses there and it would even be better. We could do some realistic combat training with bodies lying everywhere. :lol:

However it depends on dates and when I'm working. I'm self employed and a day not working is a day not earning. And I do like to maximise income. Smile

I started reviewing the Greek kit we use for the business last July. All our time periods are continously improved as a sort of rolling programme. It normally doesn't take long. However, to get the Greek kit where I want it for this period is taking a very long time. Much of it I'm having to make myself. But it's a very enjoyable challenge.

Back to topic, at first I didn't warm to the idea of alum tanned leather. I think I suspected that we would all advocate what we were used to working in. A 18th century re-enactor would be used to alum tanned leather. I'm used to working with vegetable tanned leather. Bolied vegetable tanned leather is very very tough. I've spent a few days in various lamellar armours this week. They are incredibly tough. But having read abit about leather production lately, I am coming around to alum tanned leather. Due to it's availability, and it's colour. Of course this is my highly subjective opinion, and I'm open to influence. Smile
John Conyard

York

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Re: Linothorax vs Quilted linen vs spolas - by John Conyard - 02-27-2009, 07:55 AM

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