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As I am just a lurker here, I probably shouldn't jump in, but back in
my early SCA days a friend of mine made a pair of mailed gloves (mailed
on the back only) that were litterly icepick proof. Granted they were a
tighter link than most period mail, but impressive none the less.<br>
Eric Blackmoor<br>
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<pre wrap="">On 10/12/07, Garnet Stevens <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:scooterjester@yahoo.com"><scooterjester@yahoo.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">It is more than obvious
that a thrust will take out a hand with a chainmail
covering, so that would not need to be tested.
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I have to say that it's not obvious to me *chuckle*
Has anyone done any testing of this? The only tests with thrusts
against chainmail
that I've seen have been against something like a sleeve (the gloves
I've seen have smaller links/rings) with long swords and the like. I
do know that a butchers chain glove has kept my cousin's hand safe
from slips with a point.
Curious,
Ceallach mac Donal
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