Timeline for What kind of cloth did Genghis Khan use in his armor?
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| Nov 2, 2012 at 6:36 | vote | accept | Neocortex | ||
| Oct 29, 2012 at 15:57 | comment | added | MichaelF | I'd heard this a long time ago, it's good to see this confirmed again. The ease of removing arrows with silk was something I've seen mentioned again and again in regards to many Asian warrior cultures. | |
| Oct 29, 2012 at 14:14 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | Cute as my above comment may have been, this does appear to be the answer to the question asked. I doubt it worked as reliably as you imply, but for the time I could see where silk might have been the best available equivalent to wearing Kevlar. | |
| Oct 28, 2012 at 23:48 | history | answered | ihtkwot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |