Split Sleeve Jackets, Why Split?

[Verlyn]

Ya know, Matt, anywhere else on the planet, we'd have to pay a lot of money for the kinds of information you freely provide. Once again, thanks for the free history lesson.

[Woodsheal]

Slashed-sleeve doublets were also popular in the rest of Britain and on the Continent during that same time-frame. The origins of the style may have had something to do with easing restriction on one's sword arm....