So this I found quite interesting. A reconstructed, much more

Looks like it might restrict movement a lot?

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This is with very little padding below the mail, one layer of wool and one layer of linen. A gambeson or similar can be worn over the mail to increase padding.

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>>1062248
Chain is more nimble than you'd think.

This is him in a position that is pretty demanding for the arm and armpit.

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>>1062240

That's Arne Koets. He knows what he's doing.

Modern reenactors over pad the fuck out of their armour because they're facing a different threat and have a different idea of what level of injury is acceptable.

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>>1062248
>>1062274
High position

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Riding position

>>1062276
Yep, that's the guy. Mail tailored by a guy called Isak Krogh.

>>1062240
Does he wear some sort of padding underneath?

>>1062240
Holy shit, when mail is tailored to the owner it actually seems to work a lot better?

Who would have thought?

>>1062240
I'll tell you this... I'm a rugby prop... and for reanactments, we are frequently used because we have the body that a medieval army would have... and man... I would never fight in that... fuck that, I need my jaw and fingers free... the former for communication and the latter to handle weapons...

>>1063587
all these ellipses make your comment sound like Dan Carlin desu

>and man
>COULD YOU EVEN IMAGINE
>fighting.....in that....folks

>>1063603
Needs sports analogies
>It was like these guys in this incredibly capable armor came down from a higher league
>When you're competing with a guy who's armored head to toe in nimble, protective mail, you're gonna have a hard time keeping up, let alone beating him

>>1062248
Nope.

>>1063603
ageeeeen and ageeeen

>>1063587

>he thinks medieval reenactment is anything like actual medieval battle
>he thinks he knows more about medieval armour than Arne Koets

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>>1063587