Hybrid Armor?

[Kumori]

I was thinking of Researching/Crafting an armor and was wondering if the research was necessary. The plan is to make a Leather armor inlaid with metal inlets. So it's more like a hybrid armor of metal and leather, taking the flexibility of leather and durability/hardness of metal. While not as strong as complete metal armor, it is still as flexible as leather and more durable than leather.

[Murasaki]

Pick one, probably. If you think it counts more as leather, craft it as leather. Chain as chain. This means a leather armor can include metal accessories and a plate armor can very much include a cloth uniform underneath for decoration. Part of the crafting claim verification and approval process involves checking to make sure if the item that's crafted is really representative of the armor class that it's made for.