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Would it be possible to create a flexible and useful armour with woven metal wires?
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Essentially could I make flexible cut proof clothing with flexible metal wire? Or would making the wire flexible require making them so thin that slicing is easy?
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Essentially could I make flexible cut proof clothing with flexible metal wire? Or would making the wire flexible require making them so thin that slicing is easy?
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What kind of armor are you trying to make? And for what kind of weapons? Because before fire arms: gambeson (basically layers of woven normal clothing) was very popular and effective during the medieval era for normal self defense use. If one added chain mail to that, they basically had what you are looking for.
– Artsoccer
25 mins ago
Cont. But if you're looking for protection on the medieval battlefield then anything less then plate armor (probably with more gambeson underneath) is inadequate. Chain and gambeson and or your metal fabric will only do so much against a lance blow, and just chain mail does nothing for blunt force impacts (that's where the gambeson comes in). And if your world does have fire arms, try woven Kevlar armor instead of woven metal.
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20 mins ago
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Essentially could I make flexible cut proof clothing with flexible metal wire? Or would making the wire flexible require making them so thin that slicing is easy?
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What kind of armor are you trying to make? And for what kind of weapons? Because before fire arms: gambeson (basically layers of woven normal clothing) was very popular and effective during the medieval era for normal self defense use. If one added chain mail to that, they basically had what you are looking for.
– Artsoccer
25 mins ago
Cont. But if you're looking for protection on the medieval battlefield then anything less then plate armor (probably with more gambeson underneath) is inadequate. Chain and gambeson and or your metal fabric will only do so much against a lance blow, and just chain mail does nothing for blunt force impacts (that's where the gambeson comes in). And if your world does have fire arms, try woven Kevlar armor instead of woven metal.
– Artsoccer
20 mins ago
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What kind of armor are you trying to make? And for what kind of weapons? Because before fire arms: gambeson (basically layers of woven normal clothing) was very popular and effective during the medieval era for normal self defense use. If one added chain mail to that, they basically had what you are looking for.
– Artsoccer
25 mins ago
Cont. But if you're looking for protection on the medieval battlefield then anything less then plate armor (probably with more gambeson underneath) is inadequate. Chain and gambeson and or your metal fabric will only do so much against a lance blow, and just chain mail does nothing for blunt force impacts (that's where the gambeson comes in). And if your world does have fire arms, try woven Kevlar armor instead of woven metal.
– Artsoccer
20 mins ago
What kind of armor are you trying to make? And for what kind of weapons? Because before fire arms: gambeson (basically layers of woven normal clothing) was very popular and effective during the medieval era for normal self defense use. If one added chain mail to that, they basically had what you are looking for.
– Artsoccer
25 mins ago
What kind of armor are you trying to make? And for what kind of weapons? Because before fire arms: gambeson (basically layers of woven normal clothing) was very popular and effective during the medieval era for normal self defense use. If one added chain mail to that, they basically had what you are looking for.
– Artsoccer
25 mins ago
Cont. But if you're looking for protection on the medieval battlefield then anything less then plate armor (probably with more gambeson underneath) is inadequate. Chain and gambeson and or your metal fabric will only do so much against a lance blow, and just chain mail does nothing for blunt force impacts (that's where the gambeson comes in). And if your world does have fire arms, try woven Kevlar armor instead of woven metal.
– Artsoccer
20 mins ago
Cont. But if you're looking for protection on the medieval battlefield then anything less then plate armor (probably with more gambeson underneath) is inadequate. Chain and gambeson and or your metal fabric will only do so much against a lance blow, and just chain mail does nothing for blunt force impacts (that's where the gambeson comes in). And if your world does have fire arms, try woven Kevlar armor instead of woven metal.
– Artsoccer
20 mins ago
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You basically already have that, it's a chain Mail. The wires are just shaped as rings for better mobility and structural strength.
Woven fabric
Chainmail
answered 1 hour ago
Faed
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Nitpick, but that fabric looks knitted, not woven.
– Guran
1 hour ago
the genius of chain mail is that the linkages provide flexibility, while the links retain their rigidity for protection. producing those in the middle ages must have been quite a process.
– theRiley
46 secs ago
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up vote
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You basically already have that, it's a chain Mail. The wires are just shaped as rings for better mobility and structural strength.
Woven fabric
Chainmail
answered 1 hour ago
Faed
1,193220
Nitpick, but that fabric looks knitted, not woven.
– Guran
1 hour ago
the genius of chain mail is that the linkages provide flexibility, while the links retain their rigidity for protection. producing those in the middle ages must have been quite a process.
– theRiley
46 secs ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
6
down vote
You basically already have that, it's a chain Mail. The wires are just shaped as rings for better mobility and structural strength.
Woven fabric
Chainmail
answered 1 hour ago
Faed
1,193220
Nitpick, but that fabric looks knitted, not woven.
– Guran
1 hour ago
the genius of chain mail is that the linkages provide flexibility, while the links retain their rigidity for protection. producing those in the middle ages must have been quite a process.
– theRiley
46 secs ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
6
down vote
up vote
6
down vote
You basically already have that, it's a chain Mail. The wires are just shaped as rings for better mobility and structural strength.
Woven fabric
Chainmail
answered 1 hour ago
Faed
1,193220
You basically already have that, it's a chain Mail. The wires are just shaped as rings for better mobility and structural strength.
Woven fabric
Chainmail
answered 1 hour ago
Faed
1,193220
answered 1 hour ago
Faed
1,193220
answered 1 hour ago
Faed
1,193220
answered 1 hour ago
Faed
1,193220
1,193220
Nitpick, but that fabric looks knitted, not woven.
– Guran
1 hour ago
the genius of chain mail is that the linkages provide flexibility, while the links retain their rigidity for protection. producing those in the middle ages must have been quite a process.
– theRiley
46 secs ago
add a comment |Â
Nitpick, but that fabric looks knitted, not woven.
– Guran
1 hour ago
the genius of chain mail is that the linkages provide flexibility, while the links retain their rigidity for protection. producing those in the middle ages must have been quite a process.
– theRiley
46 secs ago
Nitpick, but that fabric looks knitted, not woven.
– Guran
1 hour ago
Nitpick, but that fabric looks knitted, not woven.
– Guran
1 hour ago
the genius of chain mail is that the linkages provide flexibility, while the links retain their rigidity for protection. producing those in the middle ages must have been quite a process.
– theRiley
46 secs ago
the genius of chain mail is that the linkages provide flexibility, while the links retain their rigidity for protection. producing those in the middle ages must have been quite a process.
– theRiley
46 secs ago
add a comment |Â
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What kind of armor are you trying to make? And for what kind of weapons? Because before fire arms: gambeson (basically layers of woven normal clothing) was very popular and effective during the medieval era for normal self defense use. If one added chain mail to that, they basically had what you are looking for.
– Artsoccer
25 mins ago
Cont. But if you're looking for protection on the medieval battlefield then anything less then plate armor (probably with more gambeson underneath) is inadequate. Chain and gambeson and or your metal fabric will only do so much against a lance blow, and just chain mail does nothing for blunt force impacts (that's where the gambeson comes in). And if your world does have fire arms, try woven Kevlar armor instead of woven metal.
– Artsoccer
20 mins ago