[Ansteorra] Rapier armor question
Chris Zakes
dontivar at gmail.com
Sun Mar 29 17:25:24 PDT 2009
At 01:05 PM 3/29/2009, you wrote:
>how many layers must the hood be?
>
>--
>Lady Katrine la Esclopiera
>Province of Mooneschadowe
>Kingdom of Ansteorra
As others have said, enough to pass a punch or drop test. If you make
the hood out of the same fabric and number of layers as the doublet,
you should be fine.
Four layers of Trigger cloth will do, although neither the local
Hancock *nor* the local Joann's are carrying Trigger these days, but
Joann's has a fabric called "Target" that looks to be pretty much the
same stuff. (I bought some last week for my new doublet, and it
passes the drop-test just fine.)
One layer of 4-ounce leather will do, but that will probably be hot,
unless you attach it directly to the mask like this:
http://moondragon.info/wiki/Pictures#Mask_drape
Or, various types of linen, as described elsewhere.
-Tivar Moondragon
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