PLATENER - historical armour reproduction

[Roger_de_Gilbert]

Thanks

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Little website update before end of the old year.

I add photos of armour set based on german knights effigies: Beringera von Berlichinge 1377 and Voita von Rieneck 1379 which I made in the end of last year. Thanks to kindness of my client I can share them with you:



Also I wish to share with you refresh version of arm harness which I made few years ago. Plate arm harness with gauntlets made from medium carbon steel, second half of XIV c. Gauntlets are made without welding. All heat hardened and tempered up to 38-42 HRC = 372 - 416 VHP.









More photos during forging the gauntlets you can find here http://www.platener.eu/wprodukcji_en.html

I wish you all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[bartholomew]

Gotta say it looks way better in person than it does here!

[MJBlazek]

How much for that breastplate with the covered fauld?

[PartsAndTechnical]

Hey there Piotr .....Andrew Young here, via facebook. Good to see you here my friend!

[Mikael d'Armstreet]

Love it! Perfectly clean lines! Bravo!

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Thank you Dan

MJBlazek PM with prices and specification send.

Hello Andrew, it's good to see you here too

Thank you very much Mikael I try to do my best.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Good day!

I wish to share with some new pieces which I made recently:

Leg harness made of medium carbon steel, late XIV c./early XV c. Fully heat hardened and tempered, final hardness is 38-42 HRC. Weight of one full greave - 1,260 kg. Weight of one cuisse 1,950 kg.







Hourglass gauntlets made without welding from medium carbon steel, second half of XIV c./begin of XV c. Heat hardened and tempered up to 38-42 HRC. Weight of one gauntlets 830 grams.





And little controversial interpretation of early XV c. italian pauldrons of symmetrical construction design for foot combat. Heat hardened and tempered up to 38-42 HRC.







Another version of full cuirass made of medium carbon steel, end of XIV c. - begin of XV c. Fully heat hardened and tempered, final hardness is 38 - 42 HRC.







And last but not least another version of visored bascinet based on helmet CH16 from Churburg. Visor have additional ventilation holes and side lock. Skull made from two halves raised on hot from 2,5 mm steel. Visor raised on hot from one piece of 2 mm steel. Helmet weight 4,250 kg.











More pictures you can see on my website.

[Gustovic]

"Little controversial" lol...

Guilty as charged.

But still, gorgeous work. Impeccable, as always.

[Mark Griffin]

He's so dreamy.....

I've said this on another forum but well done on your king Louis bible helmet. Its one of the few out there that have got it right. Lovely work.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Augusto you are tough However thank you that you like it

Mark thank you again That pot helmet was my first helmet of that type and so far the only one.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Greetings!

After longer silence here I wish to share with you almost complete harness set for middle of XIV c. It was based on compilation of sources like effigiess, sculputres, iconography and also surviving armour pieces from about 1340-1360.

Arm and leg harness made of anatomicaly formed leather, wax boiled and dyed to oxblood color. Steel elements made of medium carbon steel, heat hardened and tempered up to 38-42 HRC.













Coat of plates also made from medium carbon steel, heat hardened and tempered. Covered with printed red linien. Arming chains based on surviving examples from 'Puzzle Armour' from Inglostadt:
http://www.wallacecollection.org/blog/2 ... le-armour/









Bascinet with nasal made of mild steel. Heat hardened and tempered up to 30 HRC. Nose guard inspired by surviving example from Netherlands.







Currently the great helm for this set is under construction and from later period the gothic leg harness for second half of XV c. - I should be able to share with the final result soon.

More photos as always you can find on my website.

I wish to kindly inform that I have some free spots in work schedule in first half of 2016 (March/April/May). If you are interested in some custom made, high quality historical armour reproduction please don't hesitate to contact with me.

[MJBlazek]

Wow!

[Sevastian]

Wow!

What he said.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Greetings

After longer pause here I wish to present some news from my workshop.

First of all the great helm - fulfilment of mid. XIV set which I present last time, wear over the bascinet http://www.platener.eu/bascinet_with_na ... IVc_9.html Made of various thickness of steel: 2,5 mm; 2 mm and 1,5 mm. Heat hardened and tempered up to 30 HRC.







Next are gothic leg harness for late XV c, made from customer specification. Fully made of medium carbon steel of various thickness. Upper legs heat hardened and tempered up to 40-42 HRC. Also for this project I made the steel buckless: http://www.platener.eu/gothic_leg_harne ... ss_10.html











Gothic couters and forearms, late XV c. Made to refer the design with above legs harness. Couters raised from a cone. Fully made of medium carbon steel and heat hardened and tempered up to 40-42 HRC.











And last but not least another pieces from XIV c. - bascinet with side mounted klappvisier visor. Heat hardened and tempered up to 30 HRC. It have hand sewn lining and wedge riveted avential from 9 mm rings.









More photos you can find on my website.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Good day!

I wish to share with some news.

Armour set for middle of XIV c. on it owner (without the great helm here). Photo made by https://www.facebook.com/verabosfotografie/



Visored bascinet with so called frogmouth visor. Based on iconography from end of XIV c. and begin of XV c. Skull made from two halves raised on hot from 2,5 mm steel. Visor raised on hot from one piece of 2 mm steel. All made of high quality mild steel of 0,3% carbon content. All heat hardened and tempered up to 30 HRC. Helmet in blackened finish. With hand sewn lining (linen with wool felt) and riveted mail.







And finally my first XVI c. armour piece. Close helmet based on example of Nuremberg origin, c. 1520, currently in Musée de l'Armée in Paris. All made without welding from high quality 2 mm mild steel of 0,3% carbon content. Steel thickness change after raising process, for bowl it's at range of 2,5-3 mm on the top and about 2 mm on the side edges. All engravings are hand made. Equipped with plume holder.

























For more photos I invite you to my website.

[Keegan Ingrassia]

Incredible...glorious!

[Paladin74]

I'm LOVING that splinted armor with the coat of plates, LOVING it!

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Thank you, I'm very pleased that you like it.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

I wish you health, happines and all the best for Christmas, happy New Year and only successful historical reconstructions in 2017!

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Greetings

I wish to share with you here with most interesting armour pieces which I have made within the last half year.

At first armour set (without gauntlets) which is one of possible version of harness depict by men-at-arms from silver altar of St. James in Pistoia Cathedral. All pieces are finished to rough satin finish - more suitable for men-at-arms- with some marks after forging, raising and hammering and also with some minor scratches after grinding.

At first breastplate with V-pointed fauld in downward lapping construction this time.





Arm harness articulated on internal leather straps with small round spaulders.



Leg harness with poleyns which have addtional "hoods" and interior wings.





Helmet is based on two sources: skull on bascinet from Sion and visor on klappvisier from Marburg, University Museum, Inv.-Nr. 185. For the visor I made additional vent holes on left side and divided eye slot into small rectangles for better protection.





Poleyns based on effigy of Sir John Blanchefront, circa 1350.





Breastplate made from medium carbon steel 2 mm and 1,5 mm (side plates). Based on effigy of Eberhard von Rosenberg, circa 1387. Equipped with lance rest (based on Churburg CH13 piece) and handmade very solid steel buckles. Heat hardened and tempered up to 42 HRC.







That's all for now and more photos you can find on my website.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Greetings

I wish to share with photos of recently finished early XV c. armour set in north Italian style with parts covered in 24 karat gold.

Helmet based on Churburg CH16, made of high quality mild steel and quenched to 30 HRC. Equipped with crest for feathers. It have hand sewn lining and riveted mail aventail.

Arms, leg harness and breastplate with fauld made of medium carbon steel and heat hardened and tempered up to 42 HRC (despite full greaves and sabatons). Cuirass based on depict from Pistoia silver altar. Equipped with lance rest and V neck guard. Spaulders in north Italian style to be wear over short mail sleeves. Poleyns and couters have characteristic horizontal ridge.



















Thanks to kindness of my customer I can share with photos of full set:









For more photos please check out my website.

[Keegan Ingrassia]

Glorious. What an inspirational work of functional art!

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Thank you very much Keegan for kind words.

[Paladin74]

Beautiful work, man.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Thank you

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

It’s time for some changes. I decided to make a new armourer mark, which consist of my initials. I have been using old mark since 2008 and it become little outdated, that’s why for long time I have been thinking to replace it. So here it is:

[Gerhard von Liebau]

Hey Piotr.

I just got through reporting a number of great helm auctions on Ebay from Indian vendors who stole images from your website. In some they were able to reduce the contrast between your watermark and the photo enough that it was hard to see, and they have also started adding their own watermarks for effect. You might want to consider making a more bold and permanent-looking watermark for the website images. Cheers!

-Gerhard

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Thank you very much Gerhard for your action, however it's difficult to fight with these Indian swindlers, becouse they are putting new auctions again. I have seen that they cover my watermark with they signs - I don't want to make to watermark to strong visible so it don't cover to much of the harness. However thank you for advice, I will think about it. Some time ago I point some auction in this topic: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=184728 You must be aware that this is fraud and when you order something from them it will be object much different than harness from stolen photos.

In the meantime I wish you all:

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Greetings

I wish to share with some new armour pieces.

Refreshed version of early mittens gauntlets for late XIV/begin of XV c. Made from medium carbon steel and heat hardened and tempered up to 42 HRC.





New approach to composite arm and leg harness for second half of XIV c. All steel elements made from medium carbon steel and heat hardened and tempered up to 42 HRC. Leather is 3 mm thick and dyed to oxblood color.











Arm and leg harness from early XV c. armour set for jousting purpose, part I. Arm harness consist of vambraces with integral spaulders in English armour style, hourglass gauntlets and manifer/gardebras. Manfier hot forged from 2 mm steel for best protection. Full leg harness which have poleyns with characteristic addtional horizontal ridge. Equipped with hand made steel buckles. All made from medium carbon steel, heat hardened and tempered up to 42 HRC.





















More from above jousting set coming soon...

For more pictures please visit my website.

[Novice]

FABULOUS work on that 1520 Musée de l'Armée close helmet. I just had the privilege to see one of the intellectual brethren (that is, Napoleonic replicas) of that helm in person this December, and I must say that your reproduction is flawless. I'd even be so bold as to say yours exceeds the helm I saw. Keep it up--you're doing us all a justice with this kind of work!

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Matthew I'm very pleased that you like my version of close helmet from Paris. It was big challenge for me and it took a lot of time to make it, however I think that it is my vey best work - of course I'm aware that on some details and proportion I could do better.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Good day!

Second part of early XV c. jousting armour set: cuirass and stechhelm.

Stechhelm made of high quality mild steel. Front and top part is from 3 mm thick steel, roll is 2,2 cm thick on front and 1,8 cm at sides. Back part is from 2,5 mm steel. It is heat hardened and tempered up to 30 HRC. Wieght 8 kg.

Breastplate is made of 3 mm high quality mild steel, hardened up to 30 HRC. Rest of the element are made of medium carbon steel: front lames are 2 mm thick, backplate and lames in the back are 1,5 mm thick. Heat hardened and tempered to 42 HRC. Lance rest is based on orignal from Churburg CH18 set and can be locked in two position. Curiass wieght 13,25 kg.

Equipped with handmade steel buckles.















Visored bascinet based on helmet from Musée de Cluny in Paris. Made of high quality mild steel 2 mm thick and quenched to 34 HRC.

Weight: 3,880 Kg
Height: 29,4 cm
Ear to ear distance: 19,5 cm
Front to back distance: 35 cm

Equipped with hand sewn lining and riveted mail aventail













Much more photos you can find on my website.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Good day!

Little summer update. I wish to share with some special photos which are kind of summary of projects which I presented you last time.

My customer made unique photos showing visored bascinet (based on example from Musée de Cluny in Paris ) on his head and you can see how it fit exactly:





For summary of early XV c. jousting armour project I present you it in action, directly from tournament tiltyard:















Bascinet from last two photos was made by different armourer. Photos in higher resolution you can find on my website in Helmets section http://www.platener.eu/helmy_en.html and Full suites section: http://www.platener.eu/zestawy_en.html

[Jehan de Pelham]

Glorious.