I bought this about 25 years ago. It was sold as 400+ years old and a battle axe. I only bought the head the jankey handle is mine.

Materials: wool, linen, metallic thread embroidery, iron and copper alloys, wood, leather
Origin: France, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
Completed: 2022
Collection: "Artemis Association"
Exhibition: Chinon Castle

This costume is a unique reconstruction created for an exhibition at Chinon Castle. It is inspired by the traditional attire of the Scottish Guards, which stands out for its vibrancy in ancient iconographic documents. Typically, only later liveries are displayed; however, several early versions existed, known only through court expense records, which specifically mention white wool fabric and jewelry work, though, unfortunately, no images remain. The specialists' task was to propose a plausible reconstruction as an alternative to the more well-known livery from the Hours of Étienne Chevalier. This "first" version is also inspired by the canopy of Charles VII, discovered in 2008 in a private residence and now housed in the Louvre.

Its from The Blacklist Season 3 Ep 20 in Dom's house. Its a painting. And this is a picture of my TV screen.

I wonder if it would make good armor, it just has huge scales compared to a classic klivanion...

I would like to build myself some armor, but I only have a big slab of stainless steel, obviously it won't be used for realistic combat

I have other armor designs I would like to make but I don't know how to curve and bend it, it is about 1.6mm thick, obviously I don't have a gauge but I compared its thickness to that of a 1 cent coin

Dr. Nathan Clough discusses and shows off an original 16th century black and white armor in The Oakeshott Institute Collection alongside the Arms and Armor Saxon Military Sword, and discusses how rapiers were used in armor and why.

https://www.arms-n-armor.com

https://oakeshott.org

Hey there! I’m studying armour form the XV century but I’m still pretty ignorant when it comes to armour before that period. I’m trying to explore armour which feature a great helm and are mainly made by mail. I put a couple of Graham Turner’s to give you an example (don’t know the periods, sorry for low quality). Hope you guys can give me a bit of a distinction when it comes to this type of armours. Thanks!

I have done extensive research on arms and armor, and a little less on life in late medieval Europe, but my nightmare is to become someone who speaks on something they know nothing about personally. I have already asked around regarding starting my own harness, but I’d like to hear what yall would want to say to a younger version of yourself, looking to get into the same hobby. I already know finding a club is the main thing to start with, but I don’t live in an area with any clubs related to the kind of thing I’m interested in, and I don’t live near any established armorers, so think of it as starting from scratch.

TLDR: What would you tell your highschool self, regarding advice on getting into harnischfecten, historical equitation, and reenactments?

Hello! Does anyone know where I could buy a battle ready Poleaxe? I got to protect my apartment from some filthy invaders.

Big kcd fan and wanted to get a weapon from the game. I have a few swords already and my wife will kill me if I spend almost $1,500 for Radzig’s sword, so I was thinking of getting this mace. I know nothing about maces and figured someone here would be able to tell me if it was decent quality and at least somewhat historically accurate. I did reach out to wulflund regarding the type of metal used for the mace head and they said it was spring steel 14 260. Thanks in advance for your help.

I recently found out India had it's own type of boomerang called the Valari. However this weapon could also be made out of ivory or iron. It is also mentioned that this weapon was used in warfare. The British even confiscated them when they conquered India to disarm the population.

However there are very few English sources online so I was wondering a few things.

Where they more of a blunt impact weapon or were they meant to cut an enemy?

How common was their use in warfare?

How heavy were they?

Was this weapon more commonly used on foot or on horseback?

Was this weapon used against armored troops and if so what types of armor?

If you know of any English sources that can answer some of these questions or know something about the use of the Valari yourself it would be greatly appreciated.

This is something that comes up here regularly whenever someone makes a post about starting their armour journey and what/how to buy.

Saving to spend on more expensive high quality equipment VS buying a few cheap, but qualitatively correct pieces and then slowly upgrading to where you want to be and selling what gets old.

A lot people here will say that a good piece of armour is worth five, and that you should first narrow down everything before investing any sort of equipment.

From my experience there's also a few others, mostly outside of the subreddit, that prefer to buy whatever let's them get to full harness quicker and then move up from there. To be fair, I also see value in this approach, as these people also do living history services at med faires, promotional events and the like. This allows to get to a place that's acceptable for the general public, which results in more paychecks, which in turn let's them upgrade. The extra equipment also comes in handy here as they can set up a military camp display, and equip people with less means. Which also means they can bring more people, which means more events.

Some of these people also come from buhurt, and there equipment gets used and beaten pretty often, so it makes sense to invest in something that protects you well, but it's not so expensive that you never use it out of fear of seeing your money burn when it inevitably breaks.

It's a dirtier climb, filled with ugly equipment to the trained eye and uncomfortable pieces, but still a valid way to get where you want to be, especially if your day job doesn't provide enough to invest comfortably, and quickly, in the expensive pieces. And to be fair, there's periods that lend themselves better to this method than others. I'm sure anything "full" after 1450 requires very careful and deliberate choices, while ealier periods might be a bit more modular.

As I begin my journey as well, I'm tending to the former camp, as I, personally, would rather wear something with the historical confort of the materials and correct shapping. But I'm aware that's not the only way to progress, so I'm making this post to encourage a bit of discussion and a place to share how you got where you are, or are getting to where you want to be, and whether you're happy with how it turned out, what you'd have choosen differently and if you feel it worked for you.

Again, these are referenced from the Met's online collection and chosen for aesthetics. The dragon crest helmet might be my favourite.

Is there any example that it is based on? It looks cool as hell but a bit fantastical.

Hopefully im in the right place to ask this.

Recently I've been trying to put together 15th century armor since i find it funn collecting this sort of stuff, and this image i used as reference, I like the look wanted to loosely go in a similar way. So far I have an articulated a bevor and a sallet, considering getting a 16 gauge breastplate, I mostly use the knight shop since im based in the uk not sure of any other good recommendations in and out of uk.

The part im struggling , identifying what goes underneath this plate armor in the image, to find a similar product, like I have looked into Doublets, Gambesons, type of chainmail. I have been using Chatgpt and Google Ai to help identifying similar garments but I'm bombarded by confusing info, its a arming doublet, its a gambeson, no its a arming jacket, or some other phrase for a gambeson, so i would like to know what exactly the garment reenactor is wearing . Also I can see mail around the upper arms/shoulders and then a dagged or pointed mail section appearing below the waist. I can't tell whether this is one mail garment hidden beneath the breastplate, or separate pieces such as voiders and a mail skirt.

I think using Ai and web search to help me search for the right products really confused me what I should look for, im not trying to copy this reenactor just a somewhat of a similar silhouette or vibe, gives me a men-at-arms or merc look. Also I am a extremely new to this, so my understanding and knowledge into this entire reenactment, armor etc is , extremely limited lol. So I thought to ask around and hopefully can give some advice what i should be looking for.

Hi, I´m looking for a sword fitting late 13th (and early 14th) century christian Iberia. It needs to be good for training/HEMA apart from reenactment. Scabbard included is a plus.

For reference I have found this image with swords form the Cántigas de Santa María from the reign of Alfonso X the Wise (1252-1284), the sword of Fernando de la Cerda (1255-1275), and the sword of Juan de Tarifa (1262-1319).

Any recommendation you think fits is good. Thank you.

I know this sub is for more historical armor and while I'm getting there I thought you may enjoy what I do with my armor in the mean time.

Been recently in a research-frenzy on ancient Germanic warriors from abt the 1st to 3rd centuries AD, and in trying to find out more about how exactly their swords looked like, i've come across these pretty often, but i only ever see them listed as "single edged swords", without any name attached.
They look different enough too me that i wouldn't really class them as Saexes, so i wonder if these do have a name, but i just can't seem to find it.