Talk:Lamellar armour

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I'm confused about how the lamellar field relates to the body armor. Should the link be disabled?

^ I don't think the link should be disabled,

However: the armour is likely referred to as lamellar (if it ever actually is...) due to the crystaline-structure of the iron alloy rather than gill structered layout of the Iron plates.

Ideally, a Chemistry cognicient Traditional Japanese Metal-Smith will (if tradition, conscience and responsabilities permit) explain here the crystaline structure of Japanese metals and Laquers.

And, Has anyone ever isolated Kevlar out of Japanese Laquer? It doesn't seem too far from possible.

I will not change the article. Whoever comprehends Japanese Metal and Chemistries should be the ones who do. V

I'm interested in knowing where they used leather lamellar and when, if at all. All help? R

The Japanese had the technology to produce wootz, if we're looking into metallurgy, but I fail to see how an armor that was created by weaving strips of steel together and laquering them would count as lamellar, aside from that the plates (which were entirely too large to compare to this kind of armor) were held in place with lace. To be honest, the strategy with Odoshi of "sandwiching" strips of steel inside of other stuff sounds much more like brigandine, if we want connections, but the weaving and the use of laquer instead of leather makes even that connection seem strained. M

[edit] "Benefits" of leather lamellar

I have removed the following sentence, "Lamellar was an armour that, when made out of materials such as leather, facilitated high mobility for a comparably high level of protection." The sentence does not make a whole lot of sense and the assertion of mobility is contradicted by many comments I've seen from re-enactors. I've seen multiple interpretations that are quite rigid when complete. Mercutio.Wilder 03:58, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Lamellar

Hey there, if one of you has the time and motivation to work some additional information from a very interesting text into this article, check out the following link. The man who wrote it is an absolute expert and has already published quite a bit of his work. (Don't worry, I'm not him pretending to be an unknown admirer!) It's a very unusual-looking form of lamellar that he describes, but it does seem to make sense. Check out the link below, and follow the text link if you want to know more. Trigaranus 18:06, 10 September 2007 (UTC) [1]