TheokinsJ
Troubadour
I've been doing a bit of research for my WIP, as well as starting to make same chain mail in my spare time (It's surprisingly easy, but time consuming) and I've been wondering how effective it actually is compared to, say, plate armour. I've heard different stories about what it can and can't do, and I'm wondering if you guys can help me separate fact from fiction. For example, I've been doing a bit of research and heard that chain mail (if well made) was supposed to be very good at stopping arrows from penetrating, and that arrows and swords couldn't pierce it (Well, not easily any way)- however I've been looking on youtube at people testing chain mail and firing arrows at it, and then revealing it penetrates. So if chain mail doesn't work as well as people say, why would you wear it instead of solid plate armour which provides more protection, and can be made much more easily?