• melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee
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        3 months ago

        look, I wouldn’t count on the average contemporary person knowing the difference. so its still effective armor, in kind of the same way as a chainmail bikini; the concept of being armor still applies, if you dont think about it at all. how many people have ever thought about factoring armor into their violence!?

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          3 months ago

          To be fair any type of chainmail is likely a winning move in your average knife-fight as i don’t think there is a huge overlap between people who are likely to stab you and people who know how to penetrate a butted chainmail