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Arming belt or C-Belt is a useful element of your padded set. It’s designed for suspending the leg armor or quilted chausses. Our Padded Arming belt is made from durable materials: two layers of natural sheet wadding and dense cotton fabric. Closed with 2 steel buckles. The bottom edge of the hips area is reinforced

Great Helm also known as Tophelm was worn upon the bascinet and chainmail hood. The historical artifact of our Great Helm Bolzano was found in Bolzano/Bozen, region‎: ‎Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy. Dated by 1300 year. Apparently it was made in Germany. We can presume that the helmet was owned by a knight who belonged to the

The ruin of the fortress of Chalcis (Greek “Χαλκίδα”) is located on the Greek island of Euboea. In 1157 it was pillaged by Normans. Beginning in 1209 the fortress became a Venetian colony, renamed Negroponte, and was one of the easternmost military outposts of the Venetian Empire. In 1470, after a couple of years of hard

We’re glad to offer you our new gobelin style padded set – Italian Gobelin “Umber & Gold”. The color “Umber” derives its name from the mountainous Umbria region in Italy. The umber background is curved with a medieval floral motif. Made with two layers of natural sheet batting, this set is suitable to be used

We’re glad to offer you our new gobelin style padded gambeson – Italian Gobelin “Umber & Gold”. The color “Umber” derives its name from the mountainous Umbria region in Italy. The umber background is curved with a medieval floral motif. Made with two layers of natural sheet batting, this set is suitable to be used

Padded Chausses can be used in historical medieval combat as an under-armor and are made using mixed stitching lines: vertical on the calves and thighs and horizontal lines on the knees. Thanks to the shin laces you can easily adjust the tightness. Our Padded Chausses are available in black, red, yellow, green, and blue. They

This set consists of our Padded Arming Doublet and our Padded Chausses. You can choose from a variety of colors and also have the option of adding pre-sewn arming points to the doublet for connecting your steel arm harness; one on each shoulder, one above the elbow joint, and one below the elbow joint.

Medieval doublet – it’s a garment that was normally worn under the armors. Commonly it was made from flax. But rich knights could afford it be made with the silk lining or velvet outer shell. Sometimes doublet was reinforced with the bands of chainmail: on the sleeves and armpits. Medieval knights used the waxed laces

In Medieval Europe, full leg armor protection usually consisted of the cuissardes (thigh protection), kneecaps, greaves (shin protection) and sabatons (foot protection). The completed leg harness was an essential part of the full plate armor. It developed from the formed metal plate that served as knee protection. The knees were the most important and vulnerable

Nearly all commonly used elements of medieval armor (protection for the head, arms, torso, and legs) were designed by the first half of the XIV century. Only a few “new” details and elements were added during the last half of that century. By the XV century, armor had evolved to become what we know as “full plate

The history of leg armor is the story of how mail stockings transformed in to a full plate leg harness. The first element appeared in the XII century. It was a simple knee protection: a round dish-shaped metal scale sewed upon leather. At the beginning of the XIV century the hauberk became shorter and shorter.

Our Padded Set Type-2 consists of Gambeson type-2 and Stockings. The set is made with durable fabric and cotton batting. You can choose the color of the fabric and trim and compose your own design. Additionally, our Padded Set can be sewn to your personal measurements using the “custom size” option for a perfect fit. If you