07-15-2010, 12:58 PM
Surely the nearest comparable item is a medieval gambeson, they are laminated layers of linen, that are sewn into tubes to compress them, if you have enough layers of linen these things become rock hard, yet still absorbant to help negate the energy of a thrusting blow, if a medieval soldier was happy to wear one of them going up against longbows and two handed axes, then I would have thought a hoplite would be happy wearing one going up against thrusting spears.
What effect does just glueing the layers produce? I would imagine it makes it stiff but also brittle and that running around in it would make it sweaty and limp.
What effect does just glueing the layers produce? I would imagine it makes it stiff but also brittle and that running around in it would make it sweaty and limp.
Stuart
