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legs were, throughout antquity and the middle ages, usueally the last part of the body to be armoured. even greeks and romans used greaves rarely, and only in "bronze" (actually what we call brace today is closer to ancient bronze). this is probably little to do with mobility as even cavalrymen almost always armoured their legs last, and more to do with cost-benefit and the probability of injury. this is reinforced by what kind of troops end up armouring their legs more often, not just cavalry but marines. this suggests its not linked to speed but to cost and formations. that said from atleast the mid 11th century some knights atleast wore mail chausses (like stockings) it only became universal amongst knights by the begining of the 13th century

@ wasn’t there recently archeology done in Gotland where a local militia wearing mail not so different than your armor were massacred by mercenaries wearing more advanced plate armor and they had disproportionate about of lower body wounds? That incident is what got me thinking about this.

It has theories in cost, mobility and personal preference, I agree though that as time went on having access to armor was easier and prevented a lot more injuries, shields didn't need to be as large either. Usually those on foot opted not to have leg armor for mobility and the large shield really did most of the protection. Those on horseback though would always have leg armor most times in this period because it was an easier target. There are instances in art where there's some knights or men at arms using only one 'maille chausse' or leg armor on the foot facing towards the enemy. So that was an option too. Though as time went on armor did get more available to all nobles and soldiers too so everyone had access without having to spend a fortune like previous centuries.

It's almost like a Brazil nut type pommel, but that's not exactly the name. You might have to Google it...

It's related to the "Brazil Nut" Pommel, type 6 called a "Crescent" variant, there's another similar one called "Boat" that resembles a boat kinda.

@PrimeChevalier . Thank you, I wasn't sure that was the correct term...

Revival clothing company is one of my favorites, it's little well known but most accurate in medieval clothing. Ofcourse there's Armstreet, museum replicas and others.

Got my armor from Habibi Armoury on Facebook great maker he will custom size it for you aswell, then made some adjustments to them like maille coif and expansions.

@@celtscelticrites3940 What you're thinking about is probably the early Franks in late antiquity. This depiction is High Medieval period Western Europeans referred to generically sometimes as "Franks". Actually the winged helmet or horned helmets don't really appear in history and are created around 1800-1900's in fiction. What early 8th century Frankish soldiers likely wore were early Bandhelms also known as "skullcap" helmets made of several pieces riveted together.

Yes! Very soon actually on my list of new additions. Just had some shoes made to go with possible leg armor.

@@PrimeChevalier super cool

Not really, you would see something like this anywhere in europe

@@leonardoferrari4852 Interesting,, good to know. This sort of helmet I believe I onlys aw in East France ( Lorraine) and german and italian ( this last one representing german knights) iconography. Good to know

Hey thanks for stopping by! Yeah I'm trying my chances adding IG videos here too :) bit of an experiment, hopefully reach another audience as well.

Made it myself :) I reused the original scabbard core that came with the sword, removed old leather, cut new veg tan leather and sewn it on. Used tutorial vid from Matt's Great hall on YT.

@@PrimeChevalier thank you

Where did you source your buckskin?

@@lukerope1906 I'm in the US so ordered mine from "Crazy Crow Trading Post" website, the German Tanned Buckskin 12-14sq ft should give plenty to work with.

Many thanks!

Thank you I appreciate the kind words! I agree on the issue of too much padding in reenactment, initially when I first got into armor I ran into the same problem of having a thick gambeson and tunic underneath my hauberk.

Looks more like 8mm to me which would be the more accurate size for that period.

That's a pretty one!

Thank you!

Thank you for the kind words! And great questions actually. :) For the shield, while this one is a bit too large for my liking, kite shields are still depicted in manuscript illuminations and artwork well in the first quarter of the 13th century and co-exist with early heaters for a good while. You can see them used in the Maciejowski bible around 1250 alongside heater shields. Latter half of 13th century is when heaters start to mostly replace kite shields. As for the surcoat I'm actually working on getting a period accurate one made for myself. Currently this is just my base impression so far, until I have one made.

Nice looking forward to see more! 🙂

Great question! I actually do have a polearm & shield for this period, a 7ft spear and kite shield I was unfortunately unable to bring with me for the trip. Next on my list though is bringing them with for some vids :)

far west no.2 by Keita

Clothing was from Historic Enterprises website :) got 12-13th century linen tunic, etc.

@@PrimeChevalier it looks really good! It hangs really nicely. Do you wear a padded arming cap under the coif?

@@lukerope1906 Thank you I appreciate it! Super comfortable to wear when it's tailored I've spent 5-6 hours walking in it no issue. And I use a very light arming coif myself only about 1-2 layers of linen and it's pretty comfortable.