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hollow-reenact In reply to aguiaia [2009-08-19 09:49:27 +0000 UTC]

first start researching here:
[link]

then i wrotre a tutorial how to bulid a lamellar, but in german, u can find it here:

[link]

and if u have specific questions just ask.

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aguiaia In reply to hollow-reenact [2009-08-19 16:12:57 +0000 UTC]

thx man !! XD

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rurrumaru In reply to Misiek92 [2013-01-24 15:53:08 +0000 UTC]

the truth is that lamellar armor could be from leathr, metal, wooden and bone... (yeah, a bit late for this comment)

by my point of view, I think that leather are the best for hostorical reenactment because trough those times, metal were more expensive than leather though, so this type could be more seen... anyway, nice pic bro!!

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Misiek92 In reply to rurrumaru [2013-01-24 16:57:05 +0000 UTC]

Best for reenactment are those that where found, the metal ones. Shose sole's can survive in the ground so leather lamelar's would to. Every thing other that that are presumption's and more fantasy than history IMHO.

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rurrumaru In reply to Misiek92 [2013-01-24 17:18:20 +0000 UTC]

well it's true that are presumptions, but also it is said the wooden and bone `cause it were used those materials commonly, for me the omre odd are wooden (wood could resist a weapon blow without cracking immediatly?, the same for bones)

but its design could avoid cutting injuries ( [link] )

and saiyng that they were poor people and not many of them could afford them, due to it's simple form it's not crazy to say anyone could make one this way and could've been burned up or broken when (or not) they died.

the metal ones were for richness ones who could afford it. and of course those were the ones found 'cause its durability.

(but I don't negate that wooden and bone are more from fantasy, as the horned helms are)

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Misiek92 In reply to rurrumaru [2013-01-24 19:14:31 +0000 UTC]

I know that it would be some kind of protection becouse mongols used them. And I would like to have a wooden or leather one than nothing, but its not the point.

And dont want to talk about the poor/rich aspect becouse i would have to re-write here some whole books.
Please read more viking culture/archeo/history books and you will know yor'r wrong (that they could use it)

Trust me im a Cultural studies student, and a reenactor.

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rurrumaru In reply to Misiek92 [2013-01-24 20:48:11 +0000 UTC]

it's true if we're going to speak the poorness because it gives it lots of lines, and speaking about it the quantity of armors are 1 above 10, or less.

I've said the reasons why I say that are more posibilities of the leather ones, so please don't misunderstand me with all the people who thinks like the "fantastic" barbarian like vikings, I am always investigating about dark ages, I'm not a history student, and I am not plenty of resourses like you as cultural student; so if you say me to read more of those kinds of books I'll be glad if you recommend one, but don't think I confuse the true skandinavian form of live with the ideallistic viking of litterature or fantasy

so the point, you said that it's more historically the metal one because the archaeological sites, and I said leather is the same historically because the conditions of their forms of live which made metal armors more difficult to get

and I admit that the quality of the protection si not the point here

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