Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Cuir Boulli armour, production and surviving examples

fearn · 17th November 2009, 02:06 AM

Hi Jim,

Have you seen this link yet? Scanning through it, aside from armor, cuir bouillii was used much as plastic is today, so there were canteens, knife and sword sheaths, jack boots, boxes, and such made out of various versions of boiled leather.

Apparently, it's a common armor material in SCA, so there actually is a living community out there who knows something about how it works for armor. Good stuff.

Best,

F

17th November 2009, 02:06 AM	#2
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	Hi Jim, Have you seen this link yet? Scanning through it, aside from armor, cuir bouillii was used much as plastic is today, so there were canteens, knife and sword sheaths, jack boots, boxes, and such made out of various versions of boiled leather. Apparently, it's a common armor material in SCA, so there actually is a living community out there who knows something about how it works for armor. Good stuff. Best, F Last edited by fearn; 17th November 2009 at 02:19 AM.