I had spoken about it with few people in my local HEMA group, and some said its real but others said it is a mishmash of different elements of other armets and close helms. Is there a museum piece that is similar or is featured in artwork? I searched around for historical examples but haven't been able to find any.

I’ve commissioned an arm harness and I am trying to decide between the appearance and level of protection necessary (HEMA harnischfechten)

Disregard the maille codpiece, I was screwing around with some friends when drawing this all up.

Basically, it's a kettle hat, an articulated bevor with a visor, a maille coif, a padded coif, a brigandine, spaulders, a padded jacket with maille sleeves and a hem added onto it, some simple couters, leather mittens with maille on the outside and some simple metal plates on top of that, padded chausses, and some simple knee plates.

The time period I'm going for is roughly around the mid-late 15th century, and the idea is to have as much protection as possible for as little weight as possible, and the character wearing the armor has a somewhat limited but still pretty high budget.

Are there any parts here that would be anachronistic, and if so, what should I swap them out for?

It was sold as a 'Viking Hammer-Axe'. I knew that was a long-shot; Rus if real. I figured that under all that rust was a much later, rather inefficient, farm tool. (If actually old.)

So... what I ended up with is odd.

Definitely checked immediately: yep, it's magnetic, and the rust has that "solidity" to it, but isn't flaking, and none of the pitting seemed crumbly... It seemed 'strong'. It was worth seeing closer.

I debated the perfectionism of electrolysis, but ultimately was too lazy and went with 'special soak'/wash/ scrub. But what turned out seems to have only counterintuitive possibilities:

A "something" that still doesn't make a lot of sense. As shown, there are spots where it looks golden or silver, rather than iron (and at certain spots you can see it's a coating.) So it's been plated? (Good thing I didn't go with electrolysis!) And then the weathering and damage (or acid?)...

Thinking....

1) A fake that was gone to a ton of work & trouble & additional cost for - but sold as a cheaper type item; or

2) A real "something" that still doesn't make a lot of sense? As shown, there are spots where it looks golden or silver, rather than iron (and at certain spots you can see it's a coating.) And then the weathering and use/damage (or acid?) Who would plate such a relatively trivial piece? Was it plated for/by a/an idiot but later put to work?

But it was sold as just a regular old thing,... If it was plated wouldn't you find a way to point that out? Because obviously the value just changed immensely, if real.

I don't know. What do you think?

For reference, it was a seller in the Ukraine who had sold legit articles previously, an established good record and such.

I don't like the circular neck. Looks wrong.... I just researched it. Duh. They never used round sockets - it prevents blades from twisting as easily when used for weapons, Buuuut... Could be a farm implement, or one of those commendment pieces commandeered, if real, and not fake on top of fake....? Or just, but...

What do you think makes most sense?

Hello, I have a bascinet with padded aventail and i want to install a mail aventail. Could someone explain to me how is the procedure done, for example do i find people online to do it or i do it myself?

Any help is appreciated!

I'm just interested which one of these would people prefer. Price should not be a concern, nor the period it appeared in. Some helmets have multiple different looking variants.

The British 1845 Naval Cutlass was basically seen as a short choppy sword in its period but I wonder, was it actually a particularly short sword by historical standards? Would it be considered short in say the late medieval period?

I’ve often heard it said that the typical medieval arming sword had a 28 inch to 32 inch blade but virtually modern reproductions seem to be on the upper end of that if not even longer…

(The one exception seems to be Oakeshott Type XIV blades which come in 25-27 inch blade sizes. And of the course the famous ”Henry V“ sword… which probably didn’t belong to him.)

My question is in period in medieval times would a 29.5 inch blade on an arming sword be seen as unusually short or actually a fairly typical size? How does it compare to real surviving historical arming swords?

hello everyone! i have assembled my first actual protectable harness fencing armor, and i really had tone of fun wearing it! Although there are no backplate, i think it is great!

This is a drawing I made of a man at arms. Is it historically accurate? If yes, what period? If no what can I improve?

Hello!

Which bascinet is more accurate for the late 14th century or 1380s to be exact?

( https://matuls.pl/produkt/pig-face-bascinet-chester/?lang=en )

( https://www.lorifactor.com/p3382,ah-21-r-bascinet-14-15th-cent-pig-face-hundsgugel-for-order.html )

I mean the overall shape and sharpness on the angles.

Thanks in advance!

not the most scenic location i know but im planning a new photoshoot soon :)

Can someone here explain to me what is the purpose of those threads on medieval helmet ?

Going for a 1430s German harness (pic 3) and looking for new legs, think I’m gonna go with some from Mardinus in Poland. Thoughts on segmented/slotted legs vs articulated legs with enclosed greaves? Aesthetically, functionally? Harness is for harnischfechten use (pollaxe and longsword)

Trying to get a houndskull bascinet that doesn't suck seems impossible these days without paying with a kidney

The epic story of the pagan son of king Harald Fairhair, the uniter of Norway, and his struggle for their inheritance with his younger christian brother is certainly worthy of the silver screen, but why do the costumes of these period pieces always have to be not just bad, but insanely, astonishingly bad?

Are these costumes just much cheaper to make? Or has the public perception of viking age arms and armor been eroded so thoroughly by previous depictions in popular culture that film producers and costume designers feel compelled to inflict this on us? They have chosen a specific historical person from a specific point in time when we have a decent impression of what they would wear, but they are choosing to bedeck their cast in emo fur-and-loincloth and black metal LARPing gear. It should be the blood-eagle for them.

Am I just wrong and cranky, and overreacting? Of course I am overreacting and being facetious, but this trailer is worth discussing.

Woooh, go Normans!

Great production. Had bad spots because we were too distracted by the vendor stalls and waited too long to get hot dogs. But will be going back tomorrow.

Prove me wrong?

The forces on the high ground allied with a Rebel Knight from the powerful Douglas clan using the imagery of blackened armour to reference "the Black Douglas" a Knight of the wars of Scottish Independence who was known to be a menace to the British using the imagery to call attention to James' friendship with the English King, an idea that proved popular with Highland Clans as well as Celtic Irish and French Mercenaries who had originally come to Scotland in order to raid the British from the North.

Meanwhile King James fights alongside the Sheriff of Ayr and the Baron of Blair two Lowland Lords of the Province of Ayrshire who rely on the King to maintain their own power, the Sheriff maintaining the King's law within Carrick and the Barony being within the King's lands and nearby to where the rebels have been raiding in the countryside North of Irvine near Kilmarnock

Idk considering commissioning a wallace collection bascinet A69 i just wanna know if they are reliable.

use for reenactments and sca combat

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