ANST - Chainmail Trousers???

[Scot Eddy]

Lord Alistair,

The Men-at-arms series has 2 books on the Normans and they have some 
drawings of theoretical mail chauces and suspension system. 

Since the hauberk covers the upper leg and knees I believe that a 
padded cloth knee pad (made from mattress pad or moving pad) with a 
knee cop and the mail sewn to the lower edge makes the best solution. 

I've seen both lacing up the back of the leg and one solid "tube" of 
mail for the lower leg. Since we don't generally rivet our mail 
(awesome job if you did) the "tube" idea sounds the best. Wear a belt 
under your fighting tunic and use 3 straps to hang the chauces. Tie it 
to the belt and down to the tops of the padded knee pad.

Hope this helps!

Grace and Peace,

Jovian
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