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Boris R.
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 Posted: Wed 04 Jan, 2012 6:28 am Post subject: knightly metal girdle |
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Hi y'all
I'm interested in a girdle/belt made from small metal plates, like this one -> IMAGE
what are they properly called, and who makes them today? preferably in Europe?
Thanks 
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
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Chad Arnow
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Boris R.
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Thank you very much Chad!
are they usually leather -backed or just linked by wire?
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
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Chad Arnow
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| Boris R. wrote: | Thank you very much Chad!
are they usually leather -backed or just linked by wire? |
It's hard to say as many didn't survive except in pictures/sculpture. In art, some definitely show flexible tongues based on how the buckle is fastened/knotted. It's not clear, though, whether that means a leather backing or simply whether a tongue of leather was affixed to the otherwise metal belt.
You'll see reproductions done both ways.
ChadA
http://chadarnow.com/
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