Leather Armor? (NO HOLDS BARRED!!)

[Dan Howard]

[b]Hmmm! I had seen experiment of archery test with some kind of Spaniard padded armor, like a subarmalis, but very thick, the enemy weapon was the californian bow, if I'm not wrong?, I think more stonger than some european, dunno the distant that was shot, but it couldn't penetrated through the human body...

Was this garment flexible? Nobody disputes that rigid leather or leather layered with other armour provides good protection.

BTW: I would love to demostrate step by step my experiment with very thick leather cow!.

Is this flexible? The contention between Travis and I is whether a flexible leather garment such as those depicted in Roman scupltural evidence is capable of resisting any of the common battlefield threats - i.e. spears and arrows.