Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-26347028-20160815113037/@comment-26347028-20160816205958

Aramirtheranger wrote: It carries a great deal of relevance. It's not much better than a gambeson alone. Here's footage from ARMA that shows thrusts against riveted mail.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kl-ec6Ub7FM

As you can see, the half-swording was the only thing that would have had a hope of causing real injury. Whereas a piece butted mail can be ripped apart by your bare hands, as seen at about 2:40 in this video.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VtJS1MziI98 It depends upon many other factors, and also if you consider that lateral stress is not the same as actual vertical stress to some extent, along with actually piercing or cutting being a whole other story. Look, we're not here to debate the difference between two types of mail. They're similar enough to be of no real consequence.