Re: Badger\'s really nuts over this scale-mail thin
Edi, you're right, by the way.
Those chain links made for nice impact-shrapnel when you get hit with a spiked ball-and-chain or a crossbow bolt. And we're talking the days before modern battlefield medicine.
The problem isn't completely insurmountable though-a lot of chainmaille armour was backed with leather, which would catch most or all of the little links before they could puncture your liver or an artery, but unfortunately, that does cut down on flexibility-again, not the same with scale.
Chain's also relatively harder to clean and keep rust-free than scale.
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