Couter attachment

Archie Zietman · Post by **Archie Zietman** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:25 pm

Hello.
I have just been glossing over my "Eyewitness Book of Knights" (however ridiculous that may seem). On the page about putting on armour, there are photos of a knight being armed in a late-15th century harness. The couters are said to be attached by way of lacings on the arming doublet's elbows, through hole in the couter, and tied together on the outside, with a buckle tied on the indise of the elbow. Is this how it was done? the book might be a bit dated, so I'm not sure whether this is acurate.

Otto von Teich · Post by **Otto von Teich** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:42 pm

The first part is right, not sure about a buckle being tied to the inside. Dont quite understand what they mean by that...Otto

Archie Zietman · Post by **Archie Zietman** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 8:01 pm

This a picture of the armour, w/ elbow buckle thing pointed out.

AB Hammer · Post by **AB Hammer** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:12 pm

Its just a simple elbow strap to hold the couter down in place.

Here are some couters I have done.

http://creationtime.com/armswcouters005.GIF

http://creationtime.com/couters002.GIF

http://creationtime.com/couters004.GIF

AB Hammer