How are 14th reinforced cuisses constructed?

Thorgrim · Post by **Thorgrim** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 2:41 am

You've seen them on effigies, the cuisses covered with fine fabric and showing quite a few rivit heads in a nice even pattern. What is under the fabric? Scales? Lames? Vertical splints, or horizontal bands?

Sasha · Post by **Sasha** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 2:48 am

Most likely vertical steel or horn straps.

The thing is that just breaking up the surface of boiled leather with rivet heads is sufficient to render it far more resistent to cutting edges anyway. So perhaps many were just leather and rivets.

Sasha
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Payn · Post by **Payn** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 2:49 am

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Thorgrim:
You've seen them on effigies, the cuisses covered with fine fabric and showing quite a few rivit heads in a nice even pattern. What is under the fabric? Scales? Lames? Vertical splints, or horizontal bands?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

YEAH YEAH... WHAT HE SAID
I have seriously been trying to find out for about a month... hopefully the book that I want is in at the library tomorrow... and it will have the info.

As far as I can tell it is a plate cuisse with mounts holding the fabric on. but I am not sure how far around the back of the leg it goes though.

Fritz the peasant

Scot (ld Murdock McArthur · Mon Jan 08, 2001 3:01 am

According to what I'm reading now, "European Arms and Armour".

It's little bits of metal kind of like brigendine or a cop.
pic 194 on page 157 is circa 1350.
and similarly on pg 175 fig 218.

book is avalible at Barnes and Noble. I got mine for about $9.00 on sale. It was $30.

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