He asserted that banded mail was simply chainmail with leather thongs threaded through, and suggested that no specimen survives because the leather would have disintegrated between the armour's heyday in the 13th century and today, leaving conventional chainmail.
He argued that banded mail is merely a form of chainmail, where leather strips are added for reinforcement, and posited that no surviving specimens remain because the leather would have disintegrated between the 13th century and present day.