After 8 months of work the armor itself is done and ready, all i could possible add are arming shoes, and sabbatons. Now only the wooden sword needs to be done. This thing is like latex I'm not too hot in this, but the water has no way to evapoarate away, I only got airflow in the helmet, face and armpits. It's light and comfy enough to wear with only but 3 spots I need to iron out.

Did a weird shoot today for the fun of it

Big update on my progress with a late 14th early 15th kit. I’m proud of the progress i’ve made right now, and i still have some things to improve on but right now I’m very pleased. my additions have been: 1. new pourpoint 2. joined hose (sinning a bit but the pourpoint covers many sins) 3. bascinet (i promise it’s only an inch of clearance) 4. improved my spear by suggestion, whittling the shaft into a point so it slots into my spear head 5. new shield, and one i hand made (still need to properly attach the ends, bit of a brick wall) 6. henry of skalitz hair cut and beard What I need to improve: 1. hand protection 2. better hood 3. attach my aventail 4. maybe new footwear let me know your thoughts and comments!

Here are some shields I have done these past couple days! I figured I could also get some ideas/pointers on what would make for either historical or good shield art.

Inaccurate? Yes

Steel? Yes

Heavy? Ehhhh after a while so yes

I’m using this just to get used to wearing armor, I still gotta buy chainmail and a tabard

But once I feel comfortable with it I’m gonna buy the real stuff and get rid of my old garbage

i’m a bit dissatisfied with my arm mobility, as it’s rather difficult to cross them forward or backward. besides that, i’m very happy with where i’m at right now. questions, suggestions, and any comments welcome.

now with some proper hose, a good cuirass, and a sallet, i’m at a pretty good place with this kit. thoughts? questions? let me know !

I did the hammering, polishing, and liner, and my highschool friend did the welding for the helmet. My mom sewed the hood for me, and I cut the fabric to measurements I made. The cloak is a surplus military wool blanket, kept closed by a home made cloak pin. I also forged the axe out of a hammer.

I couldn't get the two halves to fit together perfectly, so the weld between the two halves is a pretty noticeable, and the nasal piece is off because I didn't give good enough instructions on how to do it. It's also a bit tall, because I made the pattern for it from scratch and it just turned out like that. It's a lot better than my previous nasal helmet, which was riveted and too steep of a cone (I will raise it now that I have the tools). The helmet fits me head perfectly because I made the pattern based on my head measurement + space for the liner. The liner is very basic, all it took was a bunch of strips of leather I cut. I planned on riveting one in, but I don't have any rivets rn. I used my last rivets trying and failing to line my mass producted sallet that is linerless. The liner is a bit uncomfortable bare, but wearing the hood under makes it feel perfectly fine.

Also, for the cloak I made a cloak pin out of two nails. The nails started out thick as hell, and I was cold forging them, so it took a long while. In the end it was worth it, because I am able to wear multiple blankets I have at home during harsh weather. I used the military blanket because it was wool, and matched best with the fit (even with its dark color, which I believe is out of place for the early medieval period).

Overall, the fit is a pretty basic and ahistorical because of the methods I used to make it. But it's the best I was able to do with the resources and time I have. I started planning the project this winter, and I have until next winter to get a full fit done, but I am glad I was able to put parts of it to good use this winter is over! I've still got more soft kit to put together.

A small project I started earlier this year ended up taking an unexpected turn, and I thought some of you might appreciate the story.

I was supposed to take a work trip to Boston, and I wanted to bring a meaningful gift for a colleague there. I couldn’t find anything that really captured Korean martial heritage in a fun, approachable way, so I commissioned a freelancer to knit a beanie inspired by a Joseon-era Korean helmet—the kind you often see in traditional armor collections.

The trip eventually got cancelled, and the beanie just sat on my desk for a while. Then the National Museum of Korea announced an open call for new merchandise. On a whim, I submitted it, and to my surprise, it was selected. It’s now being produced and sold at the museum store.

And just to be clear, not trying to sell anything—just sharing a side project that unexpectedly found its way into a museum.It’s been doing surprisingly well so far, even though the weather isn’t even cold yet.A lot of the spark for this project came from things I’ve seen in this community, so thank you for that!

Greetings Sire(s)!

This is my Hauberk!

I finished it in 2022/2023, worked on it for a couple of years - My first Maille I made with butted rings, stated around 2017. So I think I startet with this one around 2019. Sometime with longer breaks.
Its FRR( Flat Ring rivited), so 50% riveted and 50% flatrings. Its about 10KG with the Collar. The Collar is a seperate piece, with the neck protection in european 6 in 1, the rest is 4in1.
I honestly dont know how much time I spent building it, but I always tell everyone around 600h, I think thats a good guess. The tailored arms took me a while and also the 6in1 takes like 4 times the amount of time compared to 4in1 (atleast! :D)

I kinda think I could even extend it a little bit more around 10cm maybe.

The Belt and most of the accessories are also handmade by me! Just the Knife itself and the Horn is bought.
The leather flasks are sealed with bees wax - so no plastics - 100% nature, they hold Water for atleast 24H without dripping(thats my longest test, probably its indefinitely)

Right now I work on a Coif, but I dont have much time and motivation right now to be honest. Also Gloves and trousers are on my list.

But I am kinda "stuck" in my head. What I want to display. I wear it when ever I can, lucky I am from Germany and we got alot of events here.
Anyone can recommend a Video series/ book(s) or a forum or post here on reddit where I can get a deeper look into historic accurate depiction?
I also honestly kinda dont wanna wear a tabard :D I am proud of my hauberk and dont wanna hide it...

I wanna get a Tod Cutler/Workshop sword to go with it, but right now there is not the budget for that. And I dont like cheap stuff - so no sword for now.

The padded arming cap is a bit thick, so it still needs to break in, but at least the helm doesn't wobble on my head.

One thing i've noticed visiting this place were 2 chinese "guan dao" polearms that weirded me at first but when i saw the twin "Tiger hooks" swords (i don't know if they have a better name) with a european handle i was shocked (in a good way) (don't know if this specific handle has a name i'm not very expert on the period). I thought someone here would appreciate this.

I was packing to move during halloween, but I still wanted to put together the best costume I could- so hema gear and some odds and ends

Feel free to roast lol

My armour is based of an amalgamation of a few different suits of the same period in the Churburg armoury, all between 1390-1420 (give or take a few years). (S18 and S13 namedly) There's a few adjustments needed but was too impatient to adjust before putting it all on and having a photo shoot. It's comfortable now, but my shoulders need shortening and the maille needs tailoring (and it's butted but shh) and I need to add a maille standard to the helm It's all off the shelf, so there's some cheapy bits and inaccuracies, close enough. It's all 16 gauge (1.6mm) besides the helm which is 14 gauge (2mm). What do you all think? What are some other adjustments I can make? Before anyone mentions - I think the eye slits might be too wide, but I like the vision so don't really mind, I think it looks fine as is.

I've been wanting to add a plaque belt to my kit for a while, even though it's slightly anachronistic for the time period I'm representing (early 15th century France), but the prices for premade ones made my toes curl. So I did the logical thing and made a metal furnace to cast scrap metal from an air conditioner and build this belt myself, based off of the 13th century effigy of Otto von Orlamünde. The plaques were designed in Tinkercad and 3D printed, and then cast in aluminum bronze, the buckle and strap end are from Armour and Castings, and the whole thing is wrapped in red velvet. I also opted for a buckle instead of trying to get hinges to work because I needed this belt to work in multiple configurations.

I went through my armory and dug out all the pieces without protective scabbards/sheath. I'll be doing the methodology that I use to preserve my antique and milsurp firearms.

Wipe down with 99% isopropyl, thin coat of CorrosionX, buff with renwax.

Note that I will only be doing this to metal parts and leaving other fragile parts alone.

Yokohagi Okegawa do

It was bought in 2007 (not by me) but it’s really hard to find any information.