Helm Padding

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From: Zebee Johnstone
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 23:39

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I'm in the middle of looking at armour standards and enforcement of same
as part of Lochac's approach to Kingdom.
  
The current West (and Society) standard is 1/2" of closed cell foam,
which down here we take to mean the stuff the sleeping mats are made
from.
  
If the object is to absorb shock, is this a suitable padding?  IT is
pretty incompressible, and it seems to me that a combination of this and
less dense foam is better.  

What about suspension harnesses?  Has anyone tried them?
  
IT would seem from pictures of period helms that the lining was attached
in such a way that it may have been used as a sort of suspension
harness, holding the helm away from the head, instead of being
shock-absorbing padding.

Has anyone any info on this?
  
Silfren

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From: zebee@wattle.itd.adelaide.edu.au (Zebee Johnstone)
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Subject: Helm Padding
Date: 11 Jan 93 23:39:31 GMT
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