Equestrian Draft:Glossary
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- Heavy leather
- Stiff, oak-tanned leather nominally 4.4 mm (11/64 inch) thick. Often referred to as 11oz. leather.
- Rigid material
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- Steel of no less than 18 gauge, or aluminum of no less than 1.9mm (0.075 inch)
- Other metals of sufficient thickness to give similar rigidity to those listed above to include treated steel or aluminum
- High-impact-resistant plastics such as ABS or polyethylene of sufficient thickness to give similar rigidity to those listed above
- Heavy leather (as defined above) that has been hardened in hot wax, soaked in polyester resin (properly catalysed), or treated in such a manner as to permanently harden the leather
- Two layers of untreated heavy leather
- Other materials equivalent to those items listed above (Any armour of unusual construction or material must meet the approval of the Kingdom Earl Marshal or their designated deputy.)
- Non-brittle
- Material that will not break or shatter upon being subjected to a stiff strike.