User blog comment:KevlarNinja/Highlander vs. Comanche/@comment-181289-20110301023144

Kevlar, I'm sorry to tell you but the Chainmail used by Europeans will stop stabbing attacks. The Butted mail used in the show isn't accurate to what has been found. There is a world of difference between butted mail and rivited mail. Butted mail is easy to pierce because the rings aren't solid and will come apart. Rivited mail has solid rings, which isn't nearly as easy to get through, becasue the rings are solid they won't come apart as easy. Combined with the bunching affect of the mail, all but the most narrow tips can actully go through mail.