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.
The assertion suggests that banded armor is essentially an upgraded version of traditional chainmail, with the addition of leather straps. He proposed that no authentic examples still exist due to the natural degradation of leather over time.