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Burgonet helmet based on the helmet from the armor of Guidobaldo della Rovere (1514-1574), Duke of Urbino, given to Felipe II of Spain. Armor and helmet were made in Roman style in 1546 by Bartolomeo Campi de Pesaro. Preserved in the Royal Armory (La Real Armeria) in Madrid, Spain. Helmet was luxuriously decorated with a

In the middle ages the fortress of Chalcis was a venetian colony. In 1470 it was destroyed by Ottoman Empire. The large hoard of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century armor was discovered in the ruins of the fortress in 1840. The Italian spaulders from the Chalcis armor collection dated from ca.1380 – 1400. Our Spaulders Chalkis consist

Bascinet type helmet with the houndskull (dog-faced form) visor. Klappvisor (Kplappvisier) – it’s the way the visor is attached to the skull of the helmet. This method was developed in Germany around c.1360-1370. The apex point of the conical skull is slightly moved back. Such Houndskull Bascinets were the most spread helmets used by knights

When creating our newest model of quilted stockings, we thought about how people aren’t all alike and have different types of body build. Some prefer to attach stockings with laces while others choose loops. Our new quilted stockings are equipped with wide loops designed to fit both wide and medium size leather belts. These stockings

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

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.

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.

The Byzantine Empire covered the period spanning Late Antiquity until the Middle Ages: roughly 395–1453. Thanks to the Migration Period, the Early Middle Ages’ armor included different styles and types. The most common type of helmet of that time was a helm composed of segments which are affixed to a wide metal ring. This manner

Our Padded Gorget with Titanium Plates helps to cover any unsafe gaps you may have around the neck. It can also be used as additional protection to reinforce vulnerable places such the collar bones and trapezius muscles. Our Padded Gorget with Titanium Plates is made from stitched cotton and two layers of natural sheet batting