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Your Ideal Armour 1066 - 1546
jason77:
Wow, how long have you been involved in the ACL?
jason77:
What is everyone's opinion of stainless steel armor? I've seen some US Knights in the ACL wear it and it is quite hard and it seems to make a good maintenance free armor albeit it is a poor choice for weapons for breakage reasons.
Sir James A:
Stainless is harder on tools and costs more. Not everyone will work with it. It's popular for ACL / BOTN since that's more "sport" armor and is sort of like a "modern equipment" philosophy FOR SOME people.
If you find something you like and it's available in stainless, and you aren't doing living history, get it. Perfect for renn faire or things where you don't need high historical accuracy and want to have reduced maintenance. You'll still need to replace straps or busted rivets, but you won't have to worry about rust.
Joshua Santana:
Stainless steel in my opinion can work for Armored Combat (including Harness Fencing) and for the Ren Faire. Living History is a complex and very expensive path to take. More likely my kit will be in Stainless steel for the purpose of Ren Faire, Presentations and Harness Fencing.
BTW; I see we got the 14th Century Mafia going on here lol, must be some 14th Century conspiracy lol.
Thorsteinn:
I don't like Stainless for helms as it doesn't deform and eat energy as well. So for armor bits that really should deform to protect the wearer it can not be good.
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