PLATENER - historical armour reproduction

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Thank you very much Jehan

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Greetings!

I wish to share with you some recent work.

Visored bascinet “hundsgugel” based on helmet A12 from Kunsthistorisches Museum in Wien. Made of high quality mild steel 2 mm thick and quenched to 34 HRC.

Weight: 4,4 kg (XL skull size)
Height: 29,5 cm
Ear to ear distance: 20 cm
Front to back distance: 36,5 cm

Interesting fact is, that A12 helmet from Wien have two very similar brothers. One from Museo Luigi Marzoli in Brescia and second from Wawel castle armoury in Krakow.











Arm harness consist of gauntlets, braces and spaulders for begin of XV c. Spaulders inspired by depict of knights from Altarpiece of St. George of Valencian provenance for first quarter of XV c., currently in Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Here is direct link: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1780 ... er-of-the/ Made from medium carbon steel, heat hardened and tempered up to 42 HRC.









For more photos please check out my website.

[Paladin74]

I wish I made more money...those pieces look magnificent man!

[TravisM]

How much would the close helm run?

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Thank you very much Paladin74, I'm glad that you like it.

TravisM price of close helmet depend on it design, technical specification and fabrication process. I sent you PM with details.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Good day!

I wish to share with you with some new armour pieces before winter holidays:

Early XV c. visored bascinet “hundsgugel” with bevor plate. Visor based on original example from Polish Army Museum in Warsaw. Helmet equipped with bevor and visor lock. Made of high quality mild steel.

Weight: 7,25 kg with lining and avential
Skull thickness: 2,5 mm
Visor thickness: from 2,8 mm (on beak peak) to 1,6 mm (on sides)
Bevor plate: 2 mm









Early XVc. English style cuirass with separate skirt in downward lapping lames construction. Backplate hinged at sides to breastplate - “reredos” construction. Made of medium carbon steel, heat hardened and tempered up to 42 HRC. All buckles handmade from steel plate, very strong and durable. Weight 11 kg (XL size).











More photos you can find on my website.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Christmas is coming! Don’t get crazy with shopping, better safe more for…armourer service I wish you all healthy, peaceful and cheerful Christmas and many happiness for coming year.

[bartholomew]

And Happy Holidays to you Piotr. Keep up the good work!

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Thank you very much Dan! Happy New Year to you and your family. Greetings from Poland

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Greetings!

Today I wish to present you some new armour pieces which I made recently.

Refreshed version of hourglass gauntlets based on effigie of Bernabo Visconti, dated for last quarter of XIV c. Fully made of medium carbon steel and heat hardened and tempered up to 42 HRC. Weight of one gauntlets 0,730 kg.





Italian export cuirass based on effigie of baron Louis V de Lichtenberg +1471: https://www.flickr.com/photos/roelipila ... 380085948/ Fully made of medium carbon steel of various thickness: from 2 mm to 1,2 mm. Heat hardened and tempered up to 42 HRC. Handmade steel buckles in set. Total weight 11 kg.



















I hope that you like it. More photos you can find on my website.

[Rene K.]

Nice !

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Thank you very much Rene

[Jehan de Pelham]

Piotr, I have a 15th century cuirass and great bascinet in my collection. I feel that for Agincourt-era presentation, it would be great, with most of my late 14th century limb protection, but I wonder about the spaulders. I like the ones you did above, with rondels, that you posted on November 3, 2018. How would you like to make another pair like them?

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Jehan, yes such spaulders fit the Agincourt era as they were inspired by depict of knights from Altarpiece of St. George of Valencian provenance for first quarter of XV c. They are an example of spaulders not connected with rerembrace, oposite to English armour style. I have sent you e-mail with more details.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Greetings!

I would like to present you few armour pieces made quite recently.

Hourglass gauntlets with a bit of gold. Made of medium carbon steel, heat hardened and temepred up to 42 HRC = 410 HV. Knucles and fingertips covered in 24 karat gold.







Full leg harness
Material: medium carbon steel, brass, leather
Dating: 1380-1385
Provenance: Italy
Source: BNF Français 343 Queste del Saint Graal / Tristan de Léonois











And now something direct from my workbench: great bascinet and cuirass, part of armour set from battle of Agincourt period in progress.









I hope you enjoy it and few more photos you can find on my website.

[Saxon1974]

Fantastic work, sent you a PM for some pricing.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Thank you very much. I answered to your PM and mails.

[Nmac20]

Dude I love the breastplate, literally one of the best ones I've seen.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Good day!

Moving forward with Agincourt armour project. Next charateristic elements of english style, despite the great bascinet and cuirass with separate downward lapping paunce, are braces with integrated spaulders:



Great bascinet, arms and legs will have brass bands decoration characteristic for armour in english style. Decoration motive will be based on example visible on Henry V tournament helm and here are samples of my interpretation:



Stay tuned as this armour will be even more english than red telephone box

[Mlanteigne]

Wow! Beautiful!

[Keegan Ingrassia]

Excited to see the progress on this project! So many excellent elements at work here.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Thank you very much for kind words Mlanteigne and Keegan Ingrassia! Soon more news from my workshop.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Some news from my workshop which may interest you.

Refresh interpretation of visored bascinet based on helmet A69 from Wallace Collection. Last time I challenged with this model six years ago. Helmet made of high quality mild steel of 2 mm thickness. Skull made of two hot raised halves, welded together. Visor hot raised from one piece steel, without welding. During raising process steel thickness changed: from 3-2,5 mm thick around visor beak peak down to 2-1,8 mm on edges. Heat treatment up to 34 HRC.
Height: 28,5 cm
Ear to ear distance: 19,5 cm
Front to back distance: 37 cm
Weight: 3,650 kg









More photos, also in progress from forging, you can find on my website.

Update from Agincourt armour project. Braces with spaulders and gauntlets, after many hours of laborious work, was trimmed with brass decorations. Gauntlets received decoration very characteristic for English style followed by many effigies from late XIV c. to early XV c.









Thank you for attention.

[Rene K.]

Hi,

very nice ! The gauntlets come out very decorative. I like it !

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Thank you very much Rene That's right, a little bit brass and gauntlets change appearance to more noble look.

[bartholomew]

Somebody is getting themselves a beautiful harness!

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

The Witcher series and last Star Wars appeared, Christmas is comming...really vertigo for end of the year. Walk calm through these turmoil and hastiness. I wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!



And a little bit more Christams product placement

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Greetings in new year!!!

I wish to share with progress in Agincourt armour project, step by step I'm going forward. I present you complete arm harness with integrated spaulders and hourglass gauntlets. Made of medium carbon steel of various thickness from 1 mm up to 1,5 mm. Heat hardened and tempered up to 42 HRC. Brass bands decoration motive based on example visible on Henry V tournament helm. Despite the brass decoration on gauntlets, very characteristic for english style, I also made new type of fingers based on what is seen on effigies. Braces are equipped with hand made steel buckles.













And some close up for hourglass gauntlets:







I hope that you like it and few more photos you can find on my website.

[Rene K.]

Nice Job !

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Thank you very much Rene

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Greetings!

I hope that you are all well, safe and healthy in this crazy year. I wish to share with some bunch of news from my worshop.

At first cuirass from Agincourt armour project, which is close to the end. Cuirass with separate skirt in downward lapping lames construction. Backplates hinged at breastplate sides - so called "reredors" construction. Made of medium carbon steel of various thickness: breastplate 2 mm, backplates 1,5 mm, skirt 1,2 mm. Forged V-shaped stop rib to deflect the points of weapons away from the neck. Heat hardened and tempered up to 42 HRC. Handmade steel buckles in set.









Great Helm with reinforce plate for jousting, dated for circa 1380-1400. Great Helm made of medium carbon steel of 2 mm and 1,5 mm thickness. Heat hardened and tempered up to 42 HRC. Weight 4,290 kg. Reinforce plate made of high quality mild steel of 2,5 mm thickness and quenched. Weight 1,9 kg.
Source: Dirk H. Breiding "Some Notes on Great Helms, Crests and Early Tournament Reinforces"















Klappvisier bascinet inspired by helmet from Musee de Valere, Sion c. 1360-1380. Skull raised from two halves of 2 mm high quality mild steel, heat hardened and tempered up to 34 HRC. Visor raised from 2 mm medium carbon steel and hardened and tempered up to 42 HRC. Visor hinge made of medium carbon steel. Visor is removable. Weight 2,950 kg.









And finally I mobilized myself to order a new armourer mark to stamp on my work. Maybe you spot it on two helmets presented above and here is how it look from close up.



More photos you can find on my webstie.

[jenzinas]

simply gorgeous.

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Thank you very much

[Keegan Ingrassia]

It's always exciting to see a new post from you. That cuirass is gorgeous; I'm envious of your patron.

Zooming in, is that a...hollow, tubular pin in the hinge of the klappvisor's hinge?

[Piotr Feret PLATENER]

Thank you very much Keegan. My patron for Agincourt armour project is very patient and pleased from results so far.

Well spoted, that's tubular pin from high carbon steel which make hinge working properly - when open it will stay open and don't fall down, when closed it will remain closed without any non historical strap.