Re: 2 sword fighting

From: Henrix <henrix_at_...>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 01:33:45 +0200


On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, Mikko Rintasaari wrote:
> Are you sure? The sourses I've seen seem to say that the chainmail was
> made from flat hoops of metal. The hoops had tiny holes at the ends and
> a tiny rivet was driven through them to keep seal the loop.

Yes. Celtic chain mail, which is among the oldest in the world, seems to have been made exclusively from punched out iron rings, either riveted together, or "merely butted together (like bath-plug chains)", however that is supposed to be ;-)

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Henrix

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