10-04-2013, 12:55 PM
Leather makes good armour - it has been used for millennia.
Linen makes good armour - it has also been used for millennia.
Neither are as good as metal armour.
Previous threads here on RAT have produced enough evidence to be pretty certain that classical Greeks made armour from both linen and leather.
Williams has shown that hardened leather provides less protection than a similar weight of quilted linen. So in order for leather to provide the same degree of protection as layered linen, it has to be heavier than layered linen.
Linen armour is not made by "weaving together" multiple layers. I've already said how it was made in a previous post in this thread. We know this because we have surviving examples dating from the Bronze Age right through to modern day along with documents explaining how they were constructed.
Linen makes good armour - it has also been used for millennia.
Neither are as good as metal armour.
Previous threads here on RAT have produced enough evidence to be pretty certain that classical Greeks made armour from both linen and leather.
Williams has shown that hardened leather provides less protection than a similar weight of quilted linen. So in order for leather to provide the same degree of protection as layered linen, it has to be heavier than layered linen.
Linen armour is not made by "weaving together" multiple layers. I've already said how it was made in a previous post in this thread. We know this because we have surviving examples dating from the Bronze Age right through to modern day along with documents explaining how they were constructed.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books
