Secrets of the Shining Knight (2017) FULL SPECIAL | NOVA | PBA America

Discover what it was like to be a knight in shining armor and follow the historic manufacturing process. Join master armorers as they re-engineer the Greenwich armor- considered some of the greatest armor ever made- and then put it to the test.
First Broadcast Date: October 4, 2017
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[@speakupriseup4549]

Just incredible to see how brilliant medieval tradesmen were with none of the modern tools we can't live without today.

[@nicktrueman224]

Knights didn't dissapear in history the style of full armour did.
Even in the 17thc the blued gild work was very popular on the new armours being half and 3/4 armours worn by nobles on the battlefields of Europe.

[@butchssurvivorranch360]

This waa a childhood curiosty coming to life thanks to all involved 🙌 ❤️ 🙏

[@Ai-he1dp]

Fascinating....the mass production must have been a sight to behold.

[@Hellnback303]

Very interesting.

[@gundarvarr1024]

4:27 there was no LARGE standing army

[@AndreasAndersson-ve4jx]

The rusting at high temperature, yielding a blue colour, as far as i know, that is not used for firearms? (They sometimes "fire blue" small parts such as screws, by putting it to flame. But never the complete firearm, which is mostly FE203 turned into deep black FE3O4 by various processes.)
Is it a lost art? Or is it just that it does not protect so well? It is defenitely fancy....
There are many portraits of e.g. Royal persons, wearing gold and black armour. I have never seen any portraits with gold and blue. Obviously, there were also processes for yielding a black colour?

[@johnrhodes3350]

Traditional English and other mostly European today, handmade Shotgun and rifle barrels are blued by quenching in oil.
Yes, most is a chemical process today to produce that Iron iv Oxide with a blue Black bronze colour

[@gundarvarr1024]

41:55 What beyond expectation? Its clearly said you are making a BULLT PROFF ARMOR.

[@bl5752]

If the armour is proofed, it's not medieval armour. It's early modern.

[@jonathanengdahl9045]

Armors were proofed with heavy crossbows before they were proofed with guns. This tradition goes back to the early days of plate armor meaning the mid to late 14th century