[MR] Chainmail Cod Piece Pattern

[David Chessler]

At 11:15 AM 1/15/2008, vivianvaz at lairhaven.com wrote:

>Loose maile would probably help deflect a blow, but fitted maile
>wouldn't do a THING for bludgeoning damage.  I'm sure you'd rather be
>hit in the groin with a bat than a sword, but is that BEFORE or AFTER
>you get hit in the groin with a bat?

Well, if I'm going to be hit in the groin with a sword, I'd rather be 
wearing chainmail than cloth. If I'm going to be hit with a bat, 
wearing chainmail won't help.

But, if you do get hit in the groin a lot, consider
http://www.jamesthejust.com/images/Misc.h33.jpg
or, for custom work http://www.jamesthejust.com/images/Custom26.jpg