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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8302059" data-attributes="member: 6796468">But by the end of the 16th century, that Horseman's Plate Armor was -naughty word-. It was the blast-furnaced wrought iron fined into low-grade steel. Yes it was less expensive, yes it was faster, it was also much lower in quality.So while the sheet-plate was less expensive you had to get it thicker to make it work, which the larger armies of conscripted soldiers couldn't wear for any length of time, and actual good armor that -would- be able to be worn by the conscripted was too expensive, particularly when you consider the quantity of soldiers that were conscripted.It's funny how mass-produced lower quality products helped to doom the industry. That feels relevant for some reason...</blockquote>