14th century fauld construction question.

Mad Matt · Post by **Mad Matt** » Tue Mar 11, 2003 1:56 pm

Ok so it just hit me today that I don't know how it's supposed to go together.

Anyone have any suggestions on how a 14th century fauld is supposed to work. I'm talking about the type with exposed metal lames.

I'm not really sure if it should be sliding rivits alone or sliding rivits and leathers or just leathers.

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William Frisbee · Post by **William Frisbee** » Tue Mar 11, 2003 2:17 pm

Heh... I wonder whose 14th century faulds you are working on...

From what I have seen it looks like it's just articulated with leather...

But don't take my word on it, I'm sure there are many others who are MUCH more up on it than I.

Mad Matt · Post by **Mad Matt** » Tue Mar 11, 2003 2:29 pm

I was thinking leather but figured I might as well see if there's a specific way it should be done.

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Erik Schmidt · Post by **Erik Schmidt** » Tue Mar 11, 2003 5:20 pm

Matt, as there are no surviving 14th century faulds with external lames, your question is a bit difficult to answer.
You may want to ask; "What was the common method used on early 15th century faulds, leather or sliding rivet articulation?"

We know for a fact that articulation of faulds was commonly done by riveting the lames to a cloth cover in the 14th century. In the case of the external lame types, the cloth cover may just have been shifted to the back to become a cloth backing. It's a small step from there to leather articulation, which seems to have been used to articulate arm armour of the period already.

Erik