The wikipedia article on "Mongolian armour" says that is the case. So it looks like silk is strong enough that it isn't torn by the bullet or arrow if there is something behind the silk that will stop the projectile, and the silk is strong and undamaged enough to pull the the surrounded projectile out by. If you just had a square of the silk clamped down and open air behind it, the silk could get stressed to the breaking point before the projectile lost its velocity. I hadn't heard about this stuff before, and am finding it fascinating.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2010-10-14 03:05 am (UTC)