Just FYI ....

The Spring 2004 London Park Lane Arms Fair catalogue has a wonderful article entitled :
Problems and Pitfalls in the Identification of European Mail, by David Edge.
* and a certain well known sword company out of Minneapolis are mentioned in it as well ;-)

Copies can be purchased via Ken Trotman Ltd.

Mac

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is the short cut in the center of the neck of the shirt pictured on the catalog Mac posted about intentional or is the shirt just missing some links? i have been having a difficult time lately trying to figure out how to effectively/efficiently adjust the tailoring on my own hauberk and wondered if it is a means of stress relief for the centermost top links.

Seems to me that it would be a relief cut to allow the neck opening to accomadate the particular wearers head and what he may have on it at the time of putting on the shirt.

Craig