Any reasons why the plates are stacked like that? Because it seems like a strike from the top down would get cought by the plates and not slide/deflect off.
Probably because most stabby blows are going to come at an upward or horizontal angle, less from the top down at an angle that could penetrate. Holding a pointy weapon above your head and driving it down at close range exposes your torso. You could use a halberd or billhook for a top-down strike, but that’s still not super likely to be at the right angle to slide between the pieces. Longer weapons like that were used more for poking than swinging like an axe anyway.
This was my thought. The way the center line is angled it looks like they want thrusts to hopefully deflect away from your neck and up and over your shoulders.
Just a guess though.
We need to get Lindybeige in here
No clue, I’m afraid! Best I can do is proffer the wiki page for this general style of armor.
I feel like the other link you posted was pretty informative. It sounded like this particular design was probably mostly decorative. And it was the inspiration for this armour which is pretty cool: https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/768x768/public/d8/images/methode/2019/03/26/b8c93022-46db-11e9-b5dc-9921d5eb8a6d_image_hires_180322.JPG?itok=ayb3KxEd&v=1553594610
I am going to guess that segmentation provides flexibility, and to down stacking prevents from lateral blows, which most sword blows would look like. It would not be great against anything top-down, but most blows would not likely b elike that (top down stabbing comes to my mind, but that would be rarer i guess, much more rare at start or moddle of fight, because at the end, the winner might like to stab to give a finishing blow)
I mean… They said it was Polish
Oh, this may have just given me a new project to try. Thanks bloody awfully for that (says the owner of two complete sets of homemade chainmail).
This would be dead easy to make with modern tools and materials, and probably a damn sight faster than making an entire suit of chain. And it looks cool.
Share your results plx!
Bechter or Behterets. A search without the ‘h’ results only in this thread 🤣
lmao, my bad, I’ll fix it
