09-20-2007, 12:13 PM
Quote:the Japanes box-yoroi also looks like this, and is often cloth-covered metal to boot !....parallel development - doesn't mean greek hoplites discovered Japan
No, but it does mean that at least somebody else found such armor functional. This idea first solidified for me when Dan showed me densely stitched Kendo armor as an example of how stiff linen could be made. Even in these sport armors, although the shoulder protection is quilted, the thorax is protected by stiff plate (bamboo slats or fibreglas, but modelled after steel armor). A little cut and paste and you get the Kendothorax:
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
