[Ansteorra] Punch tests

Chris Lucas chrislucas2504 at yahoo.com
Wed Nov 11 13:41:08 PST 2009


one of the things that I persomally would like to see taken into consideration with testing ,is that more often then not I have found with experience with lots of different fabrics is wear.  A swatch  carried around in the bag and washed withe the armor , not worn has different wearing out properties. Sweat and dirt , stretching and movment , even just the way a baldric rubs on the chest or back of the garment will wear diff then just a swatch carried around.  I have no issue with and even as of this year taking the doublet off my back for testing. the piece has to pass on any given chosen area or mutiple areas not just in the back at the bottom. If my armor fails then i will wear it as court garb and make new. My set was just tested this summer in this fashion  for the temth time. I fight alot and travel alot and wash it alot so I have it tested at least twice a year The typical tester wouldnt leave that much of a mark on pretty sets and the swatch 
 testing is a good gauge to see if the proposed armor will eventually pass the normal test.  now mind you I aint the average bear and all of this is my opinion. but thought id come out of lurking  and weigh in.
 Now back to my lazy lurking. 
Kristoff



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