15th century armour buckles...?

MJBlazek · Post by **MJBlazek** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:49 pm

Hey all,
I just sat down for the first day of my "off season" and took a look at what I need to do next.

And besides new arms/legs, I need to replace the straps on my harness.
I would very much like to replace them with more accurate buckles and straps than i have right now.

So does anybody have any good pictures of 15th century straps and buckles?

Thanks!

Tomburr · Post by **Tomburr** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:02 pm

Me too! Me too!

Baron Alcyoneus · Post by **Baron Alcyoneus** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:19 pm

There are some decent pics in AAOTMK, most of which on the armor in the back of the book are c1520, I think...

MJBlazek · Post by **MJBlazek** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:28 pm

Baron Alcyoneus wrote:There are some decent pics in AAOTMK, most of which on the armor in the back of the book are c1520, I think...

I have a copy of that somewhere... I went looking for it but to no avail. i think i loaned it to my step dad.

Tom B. · Post by **Tom B.** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:26 pm

I just looked and did not see any good 15th century buckle pics in AAOTMK, some nice hinges but no buckles. I will look through my museum pics but in the mean time here is a Thaden reproduction from my sallet.

Tom

MJBlazek · Post by **MJBlazek** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:44 pm

I did some looking at buckles at http://www.bestarmour.com/buckles1.html today there are a lot of them I like. Though I do not know about the bronze.
I really like the dull steel color of my suit, and maybe adding a bunch of bronze buckles would make it look gaudy.

I'm also interested to see different styles of straps from the mid to late 15th century.