Gambeson Patterns (was RE: [Northkeep] last night's smack down)

[Carl Chipman]

You could do that, but it would difficult to THEN put armour over it and
fight.

My lady Gilyan has a gambeson that's more or less 6 layers of fabric,
and beyond that it gets very tough to actually fight in it.

There are reports of people wearing a jack made out of 20, count them,
20 layers of linen.  Reputed to be bout damn near impervious to any
edged weapon.

Jean Paul


Carl Chipman
Nomadics, Inc.
cchipman at nomadics.com
http://www.nomadics.com


-----Original Message-----
From: northkeep-admin at ansteorra.org
[mailto:northkeep-admin at ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Horn, Trisha D.
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 3:53 PM
To: 'northkeep at ansteorra.org'
Subject: Gambeson Patterns (was RE: [Northkeep] last night's smack down)

So could you do a combination of both: muslin lining, 2 cloth layers,
batting, 2 cloth layers, more batting and outer lining? It would
probably
have to be hand stiched, at that thickness, though.