Homemade Armor Using FLOWERS? (Totally Impenetrable!)

Can flowers really protect me from all the wages of war? We're making a linothorax out of flower stems (fabric) and hide (leather). Check out to see if this Ancient Greek armor is worth the HUNDREDS of hours of craftmanship.


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[joejia]

Andy developing his own body armor so he doesn't need to buy life insurance

[nikolaikostka]

I’m pretty stoked for when Andy lands on the moon

[SuperBeardWill]

Shame Kate didn't join the channel as well as I liked her, but all the best to Lauren with HTME :)

[Joe]

Is having an adorable kitty a requirement of being on the HTME team?

[arnfinns]

Welp that's certainly a new type of sponsor

[afek]

9:18 Respect for sacrificing your floor for the cause

[lukelave]

Another good vid! As a person who moves furniture for a living, i nearly clawed my eyes and ears out at 9:19 when she literally slid that heavy rock across that hardwood floor..wow

[jimcooper]

as a fellow experimental archaeologist (flintknapping mostly) i would like to point out that stone tools were utilized well into the iron age for various reasons but the thing i noticed is Lauren struggling to cut the linen and later you struggling to cut the leather with the bronze tools a stone flake could have been used to produce a finer cut look into a stone tool called a hoko knife.

[MisterRorschach]

You should totally breed silk worms and try and make your own silk. If you are able to get enough you can also try and make ancient silk armor.

[valbourne]

this is like reverse clickbait. I could not care less about making armor out of literal flowers, but linen armor is actually an interesting topic.

[maximianocoelho]

4:41 I feel happy to know that everything is OK with Analeese. I really miss her.

[dfhjvghvvg]

"We didn't specify which bits of leather we wanted so we got inside out cow faces" boom face couch

[bswtsp]

Darn, I thought Katie was really cool.

[avoirdupois]

I love Andy's dialogue after wearing the armor: "I feel very moisturized." These observations, including the difficulties in the cutting, piercing, sewing of this armor, and the remarks about how it is the nature of armor to resist being cut and pierced, really bring home the cost of these ancient technologies and how much we take modern tech like tool steel and sewing machines (and all that they entail) for granted.

[ketsuekikumori]

Kate: I hope the cat doesn't attack this.
*Cat attacks the strings*
Kate: Hey! No!
*1 minute later*
*Kate attacks weighted strings*
Me: Clearly, she wants to be the dominant cat.

[SF-likh]

Finally, we found out what happened to Analeese. I thought her decomposing body was somewhere around 😂

[julianaocallaghan]

I love Lauren! She brings so much fun to the show with her personality and humor. She clearly is also a hard worker and did a great job with her projects. Total delight to watch and Winky rules.

[matthewmunro]

The Chinese used laminated paper and made "dragon scales". You should check it out, it's lighter and just as strong.

[joannahernandez]

i have a tattoo of a corndog is when i knew she was the one

[laneyb]

That loom was so cool and seemed a lot more feasible imo. She did a good job too!