[Artemisia] help

[ravenmacleod at comcast.net]

Good point, which really ties back to the question of what your really going for. Are you going for a look or for padding?

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-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: morgan wolf <morganblaidddu at yahoo.com> 

> Actually, there's no requirement that you wear a gambeson of any type at all, so 
> it really is all about personal preference. 
> 
> Morgan 
> (who has seen more than a few "minimum armor on bare skin is all I need!" guys 
> in his time) 
> 
> ----- Original Message ---- 
> From: "ravenmacleod at comcast.net" 
> To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list 
> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 11:09:42 AM 
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] help 
> 
> 
> This would really depend on teh time period and the effect that you are going 
> for. 
> 
> There is no "standard that a gambeson needs to adhere to. Are you looking to 
> re-create a akiton look or a lentiner? By the way there are a lot of confusing 
> and almost interchangeable words for "gambison". 
> 
> So to answer your question, there are no "requiremets" on the thickness of a 
> gambeson. 
> 
> Some questions for you: 
> 
> Are you trying to create a period look or ar you just going for padding? 
> 
> What are you wearing over or under this gambeson? 
> 
> In my experience the quilted fabric that you can pick up at you fabric store 
> works well as gambison material and it's realtively thin, though I have a bit of 
> pain tolerance and some natural padding that helps with that. My "favorite" 
> gambison right now is two layers linen on the outside and cotton broadcloth on 
> the inside that's relly thin. 
> 
> Here's a really interesting discussion about gambesons 
> http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=8426. 
> 
> -- 
> Raven MacLeod 
> Esquire 
> 
> En fides abunde virtus, en virtus abunde fides. 
> 
> If people knew how hard I worked to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so 
> wonderful after all. --Michelangelo 
> 
> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "Tiffanyanne Sawyer" 
> 
> > I started quilting some stuff to make a gambeson out of. When i got a few rows 
> > done i realized its not very puffy looking. 
> > 
> > So the question is.... How thick does it have to be?? 
> > 
> > I would rather take it apart now than waste a lot of time on something I cant 
> > even wear. 
> > 
> > Brighid 
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