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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 8144734" data-attributes="member: 6788736">I raise Asia because I've also worn Armor. There. For real. Specifically a plate carrier with ceramic inserts and a helmet. Something like this:[ATTACH=full]129896[/ATTACH]And it's heavy, cumbersome and hot and sweaty. And just like you, I looked forward to taking it off at the end of the day, despite its ability to actually keep me alive.There is no way I would wear armour, even modern motocross armour or a plate carrier etc around all day, every day. There is no way (and no historical precedent) for a person to wear medieval armour around all day, every day. Warriors don their armour only for battle or ceremonial reasons, because (compared to normal clothes) it's heavy, hot, cumbersome and socially inappropriate to wear in most other situations. Knights didn't just wander around town in chain mail hauberks doing their shopping, any more than Samurai wear their armour while doing the same thing, or modern special forces wear their plate carriers when doing it.There is a reason warriors do (and have always) only ever wear heavy armour (or indeed any armour at all) when preparing for battle, or for ceremonies.It's because armour is a pain in the ass to wear for extended periods of time (it's hot, cumbersome and heavy, and it pinches and chafes you), and its socially (and in many places legally) inappropriate to do so.</blockquote>