The Armour Archive

James B.

http://effigiesandbrasses.com/static/14thcenturyarmour/finished.php This is a page by our very own Galfrid atte Grene. He's created arms very similar to the ones you are asking about. Though you might not be able to tell from this pic, he attached the spaulders directly to the rerebrace. Wow great ...

James B.

Ok so looking last night only the one overlaps and I can see why you thought of a double breasted suit; it is v necked to a point then goes straight down the body but it does so close to the side seam not in the middle of the front like a double breasted suit.

James B.

James - My big interest was the jerkins, which were leather, if I recall, and a number survived. I was wanting as much info as I could on their contruction, the variants, pinking, sleeves/no sleeves, etc. As I recall, at least one had a fold-over opening, like a double-breasted suit. Others had spe...

James B.

Sigh - never another run? Blaine was talking about a different book. I don't have much time to post up at the moment, but I've got to say, the clothing section seemed really really really really lacking. I don't own it, but instead got it on a short loan from another university's library. It's been...

James B.

[quote="twoswords"]I am trying to find good sources for English shoulder armor 1350. I am looking for if (and how) they were attached to the rerebands, their typical design and how they were attached to the shoulder. Anyone sitting on some good documentation?[/quote] Likely they just laced...

James B.

First run is sold out. This happens with historical books all the time, they sell out and people ask stupid prices for them and then a second run happens and back to normal price.

James B.

The Cevelliere lives on into at least the early 15th century. I am doing Agincourt era research and have found quite a few on soldiers in that time frame but not on upper class men in full armor.

James B.

English Knights in the 14th and 15th century rode horses too it is just they used dismounted tactics often in that time frame.

James B.

Eltz-Kempenich wrote:My impression is that they're basically bascinets cut off about ear-level and lacking a well defined point. They're actually kinda similar to US WWII helmets.

This; I have one for La Belle Compagnie with a bascinet point.

James B.

jarlragnar wrote:Look at your Landsknechts, dude.

Landsknechts were soldiers not knights; there was still a separate knightly class in Germany at that time.

As Cian has pointed out during much of the 100 years war and War of the Roses the English in particular would dismount and fight on foot often.

James B.

Baron Conal wrote:Why the really really really long handle?

Brick ovens.

James B.

I saw this posted on facebook during Pennsic, I am so there.

James B.

James, You have a few images of the painting "Embarkation of Henry VIII from Dover", from when Henry was headed to France for the Field of the Cloth of Gold. I recall one of the men in the lower portion, walking toward the viewers right, wearing a blue jerkin, black doublet and white hose...

James B.

I have a trestle legged bed I squeezed into our Lord Grey's double bell. I have pictures but all you can see is the 1x10 sticking out on the side a bit.

James B.

There are several pairs of boots in Before the Mast in the leather/shoe section. The cut of the upper on the foot and the quarters look the same in all the listed art as the finds on the Mary Rose.

James B.

Vilhelm550 wrote:But no one was wearing any lamellar

Well there was only what 1 and maybe a fragment of a second and the one was really old and retro fitted

Heck even many of the found CoPs were a bit old school at the time; Wisby soldiers were not thought to have the most up to date gear.

James B.

I have a set of Clangs rivet set tools, they work way better than trying to peen a dome rivet on a flat surface.

James B.

Ok so I bought a hand full of armoring tools at Pennsic and I have already started playing around with them. Thing is they all have badly pitted surfaces which of coarse damages the face of the metal when I hammer it. What have people here done to clean up the surfaces of their dishing forms and swe...

James B.

I have never paid attention to these panels before, must have been a fashion thing like the panels behind a woman's V neck gown opening in the front. They don't seem to serve any other purpose.

James B.

Looks like fun.

James B.

I tie mine to my arming cote.

James B.

Well, what I meant was something similar to the garment worn by the chap on the left in this pic - Effectively a type of jerkin - with points potentially. I understand what you mean and again the red area under the doublet stops mid-body so I doubt it is such a garment and there is no evidence of l...

James B.

Something like a pourpoint possibly? That does not make any since really, the item does not go up all the way and the references to sleeveless garments in the 15th century are to replace the sleeved type to hold up your hose under a thick jack (with arms) where the sleeves would bind. Also note tha...

James B.

I think it died, I believe the free service being used was under investigation for hosting illegal site and shut down. It was also plagued with spam.

James B.

Just want to let people know this is sold

James B.

Looks like both items have sold.

James B.

Robert it was mentioned to me that it had a two tongue tie end like an earlier sword belt might, could you confirm that when you have a look

James B.

I like it, especially the eye slits so few people do them correctly.

James B.

Many folks at the CoT wear gambosed cuisses and skip the maille, myself included. I have maille just have not worked it into wearable shape yet.

James B.

True enough, but that is mid 13th century versus the 14th century.

James B.

Looks a million times better than the Tudors.

James B.

There is one surviving tunic with a slit for riding, it is depicted in Woven into the Earth, the slit is not on the body of the tunic it is on the gore in the front of the tunic. Moselund tunic: http://www.kostym.cz/Obrazky/1_Originaly/01_Goticke/I_01_29.jpg Typically when slits are depicted in art ...

James B.

What part of the 14th century are you asking about? They are in plenty of manuscript images up to the mid century along side splinted armors and full pate legs. In my opinion they are not a stand alone form of armor, they are worn over maille because you always see maille on the lower half of the le...

James B.

Pity we only have a side view. Back-of-the-envelope dimensioning tells me this thing could have a haft no wider than 3/4" inside the wings. Woodworking axes in Hungary are almost universall of the "wrapped eye"/offset type, rather than having the axe blade centered relative to the ha...

James B.

That visor on the second bascinet looks really dead on for Agincourt.

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