We DOC staff and officers would raid private and parish jails four times yearly.
Was searching housing unit in Winnfield. Held by magnets from head phones to the bottom of the bed was two 12 in X 1 in X 1/8 in steel pieces. Each sharpened to a point like a dagger. The handles were medical tape wrapped. All had cords to tie on the wrists. If the inmate got stunned in a fight he would not loose his weapon.
Inmates used the concrete walls and floors to sharpen and shape the weapons.
Many of the private run jails my team and I searched we routinely found lockblade pocket knives and few fixed blade tactical knives. Smuggled in by corrupt officers.
This is a pict of cloth armor from the viking age.
Quite thick but same principle.
Sometimes worn under armor and sometimes was the main armor.
