Talk:Hauberk

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hauberk is armour

[edit] Change of Spelling?

use maille rather than mail, makes for easier text searching to distinguish from letters. Any objections? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Talroth (talk • contribs).

I object. "Maille" is not an English term, it is French. "Mail" is the spelling used in just about every English source. It should not be changed as a matterof convenience. Context should prove sufficient for differentiation, as is typically the case with language. --Eyrian 19:20, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Use of hauberks

I changed the sentence stating that hauberks and mail were used "up until the 14th century" to "through the 14th century". Chaucer mentions a knight wearing a haubergeon in his Canterbury Tales, written at the end of the 14th century. ([1], line 76)--Tabun1015 00:50, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Use as scouring pads

This claim is unsupported, and doesn't hold up to even casual logic. Why would functional armor be dismantled for use in a kitchen? More likely it would be handed down to a knight or lord's men at arms until totally used up. Maille is not cheap and even if largely supplanted by plate would be of more use on the field than in the kitchen. --Agent032125 —Preceding comment was added at 06:32, 14 January 2008 (UTC)