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Linothorax vs Quilted linen vs spolas
With some trepidation I have to disagree with Paullus Scipio about buff coats. I've owed a few and researched them at length. My last one was sold to a museum as a display piece. The leather isn't doubled around the body. It may be lined with linen, but there is no double layer of leather. Thick upper sleeves can be attached to the body, with thinner lower leather sleeves sometimes used. The leather is butt stitched. Some were high value objects, but the majority were more cheaply made for troopers. The leather is dressed with oil, generally fish oil, to make it flexible and resistant to weather.

Buff can be very stiff. But I when I see the upstanding yoke I think of laminated leather stuck together by it's own gelatins as done in India, or by dairy glues as in Europe. Layered leather was used as armour in India, Egypt and North Africa, and later in Islamic Spain. I can sense a move towards laminated leather by some on this thread.

If laminated leather was used as a base no doubt panels of rawhide, hardened leather or metal could sometimes be fixed to the surface to strengthen the curiass. Possibly, maybe, perhaps.

The shape of the armour always impresses me. The yoke protects inside the colour bone, while the soft belly can be protected by a double layer of armour. It's light and relatively easy to wear.

My pteruges are the right length, but my body is too short. The pteruges will be shortened as soon as possible.
John Conyard

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Re: Linothorax vs Quilted linen vs spolas - by John Conyard - 03-17-2009, 08:03 AM

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