Linothorax vs Quilted linen vs spolas

[Dan Howard]

You know of that 2002 dissertation on Scale armors that showed no loss in protection when bronze scales were mixed with rawhide, I saw you refer to it on another forum when I was trying to find a copy. Do you have access to it?

Another test by the same author (Hulit) definitely DID show a difference between all bronze scale and alternate bronze-rawhide. I can't remember the details but recall that the latter used parameters that were closeer to what would be encountered in battle. Hulit summarises these tests in Malloy's book "The Cutting Edge". Hulit's PhD can also be downloaded here.
http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did= ... hos.247577