3 ms·
Yeah, the metal knitting solution makes the most sense for all use cases - in military camps, buried with women, etc. What sold me was the story of a woman who
by lubujackson 1y ago
Yeah, the metal knitting solution makes the most sense for all use cases - in military camps, buried with women, etc. What sold me was the story of a woman who saw one and immediately knew how to use it. It explains the different sizes of the pegs and the holes in the middle, as well as why they never showed up in historical documents. The shape is clearly a nod to mathematical/religious values, but not required for its actual purpose.
- sethrin 1y agoThe only problem is that knitting wasn't invented until hundreds of years later.
- Timwi 1y agoBut chainmail was a thing, so how did they manufacture it without knitting? Maybe “knitting” is just a way of describing this, while the knitting you're thinking of is specifically knitting involving textiles.
- Ekaros 1y agoChainmail is made from individual rings. Romans made it from punched out metal rings alternating with rings made of wire and then ends of those rings made out of wire together. Not really too much riveting you can do with textiles. Well maybe plastics, but they did not have plastics.