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

[Carl Chipman]

And as Piotr said, we *ARE* in Ansteorra...

Although I'd like to make the 20 layer padded jack one day, the idea of
it plus an Ansteorran summer (heck, even an Ansteorran Winter) scares
the bejeezus out of me.

JP

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 Marc Carlson
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:44 PM
To: northkeep at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: Gambeson Patterns (was RE: [Northkeep] last night's smack
down)

>From: "Horn, Trisha D." <tdhorn at saintfrancis.com>
>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.

That could work quite well.   And yes, I think you'd start hitting the
whole
hand stitched thing.
I probably didn't mention for fear of scaring JP that the period
versions
would be 10-15+ layers of heavy linen, and frequently with a vegetable
tanned deer skin outer layer.

For a first time gameson though, I'd stick with the batting  and the
simple
inner and outer layers :)

M/D

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