The 13th Military History Carnival is up at The Cannon’s Mouth. I was dismayed to read I, Clausewitz’s post explaining why female breastplates don’t need breast-bulges. I suppose next we’ll be told that chainmail bikinis would provide next to nothing in terms of protection in battle.

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18 April 2008 at 9:54 pm
cerebralmum
But the bulges look so pretty! I’m not trading mine in for a safer model. :)
19 April 2008 at 12:09 am
Jack
LOL at the ad which says chainmail bikinis are “street legal”. Not in Glasgow, methinks. But Chainmail Bikini would be an absolutely fantastic name for a blog. Or a band - playing feminist-inspired nu-metal covers of John Dowland and William Byrd, perhaps? :)
19 April 2008 at 4:22 pm
Brett Holman
CM:
Well, that’s your choice … but don’t say you weren’t warned, the next time you’re toe to toe with 14th century heavy infantry …
Jack:
Glasgow might be a bit cold for chainmail bikinis too, I would have thought!
Definitely very metal. Also, there’s a webcomic called Chainmail Bikini … though it’s probably only funny if you are, or were, a hardcore roleplayer.