Scale Armor & Accuracy

[markusaurelius]

Regarding the leather edging/stitching. The dura examples are noted as being rawhide by the author. The dark leather section of the Dura finds are believed to be rawhide that has been treated to preserve it (hence why it is nearly black). The Carpow find lists the edging as tanned leather. I think the argument could be made either way, as it would be hard to tell rawhide from tanned leather after 2000 years. That being said I did it with veg tanned calf hide, which worked very well, and still remained flexible.

I left both sides of the armor open, simply because I saw no reason to have it closed, or any evidence for it being closed on original pieces. Not that this is any reason, but I also thought about todays body armor that is open and attached on both sides. Clearly the ease of getting the armor on, storing it flat out weighs any protection benefits.