PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoChainmail, the Ottoman Empire, 17th century ADlemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down11
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minus-squareCarrolade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days agoVery stylish V-neck design, though that small hole on the left looks just about the size of an arrow, and does not inspire confidence. 8/10
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days ago Very stylish V-neck design, though that small hole on the left looks just about the size of an arrow, and does not inspire confidence. I don’t know the specifics of this piece, but 17th century is about the right time for the unpleasant and newfangled surprise of a bullet!
minus-squareCarrolade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoAh, that makes sense. Can’t really ask a hauberk to stop a bullet, not really its job.
Very stylish V-neck design, though that small hole on the left looks just about the size of an arrow, and does not inspire confidence. 8/10
I don’t know the specifics of this piece, but 17th century is about the right time for the unpleasant and newfangled surprise of a bullet!
Ah, that makes sense. Can’t really ask a hauberk to stop a bullet, not really its job.