Glued Linen Armour- a simple test

[Lýsandros]

To leather: there is, beneath of course the famous and often cited two lexica of late antiquity about spolades, also a reference (I know it only second-handed) to a finding which was intepreted as part of a leather armour of the 8th c. BC, so I would not say that we have less "evidence" for leather than for linen. We have indeed no evidence for nothing and the nice opportunity to discuss it further and further and so avoid boredom.

There is, indeed, more than enough of room for speculation to keep us busy. I am currently working on a reconstruction of what a t-y leather thorax might have looked like and later to try it its functionality and protection attributes. It was mentioned before (maybe it wasnt even this thread, things get complicated ) that the availability of resources is the main factor when it comes to armor and arms production. In localities with lots of mountains and abundance of ore, bronze is most likely to be the primary resource for armor. On the other hand, in localities with a lot of pastures and cattle, leather would be the preffered material. Same can be said about localities with abundance of linen (abundance is probably a strong word, as linen cloth was still very expensive in most places).

Please note this is an experiment Only the skirt and the scales can be considered as finished, the upper torso and flaps will undergo a lot of work before I will be satisfied.