Random chosen pictures of the Oriental beauties

tom hyle · 2nd May 2005, 02:01 PM

No commentary on the mail? High quality mail is rivetted or welded. The links are often of flat or rectangular section; I'm not sure why, other than to facilitate rivetting (sometimes only the ends of the links are flattened). Interesting in combination with the lavishness of the decorative work; the low quality often noted on things meant for show rather than use? These mail coifs are of often questioned usefulness and are often spoken of as decorative, but many I've seen are of proper battle mail, and while it won't save your skull from cracking, it's still of some help....

2nd May 2005, 02:01 PM	#34
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	No commentary on the mail? High quality mail is rivetted or welded. The links are often of flat or rectangular section; I'm not sure why, other than to facilitate rivetting (sometimes only the ends of the links are flattened). Interesting in combination with the lavishness of the decorative work; the low quality often noted on things meant for show rather than use? These mail coifs are of often questioned usefulness and are often spoken of as decorative, but many I've seen are of proper battle mail, and while it won't save your skull from cracking, it's still of some help....