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Happily I now own this costume, and it is just as amazing in person. My favorite part about this video: what she does at the end (flexing, picking up the spear with sudden authority) - this is exactly what the armor does when you put it on, exactly how it makes you feel. And this is the real talent of Armstreet - the ability to transport you / transform you into your character simply by dressing in their well-made garb. This is why I keep going back to their shop again and again. Excellent job!
she held the spear ot the wrong end lol! her rear hand was in the middle and the front hand was at the tip! in short she had no authority on the spear when she picked it up. also this armor looks purely ceremonial. too soft and thin to protect against anything with a sharp edge and inertia behind it.
looks so squyishy!! its obviosuly inspired by metal lamellar. however it looks like a single spear thrust will simply go through it slightly more difficultly than if she had a leather jacket on.
Yeah its definetly cosmetic only (I hope atleast). As that 3mm (by the looks of it) unhardened leather would do next to nothing, even against blunt impacts. Stunning craftsmanship none the less! For leather to be a workable armour youd need some fairly stiff 5mm (or thicker) leather or 3mm and hardened, preferable 5+ mm AND hardened. Even then the protective use would be limited but would be something that could work great in combination with other peices of armour. Like for example, ive read that the mongols (atleast early on before they got united) used thick, hardened leather cuirass not meant to STOP arrows. But rather prevent the arrows from peircing deep enough to be a vital wound, atleast from some distance. Now if thats true or not I dont know, but thats something ive read and seem plausible. :) Also, a hardened/stiff leather cuirass over padded armour or maille is something I can imagine multiplying the effectiveness of that underlaying armour greatly!
a gambeson underneath would help, its still light armor for maybe an archer or light cavalry, not someone with a spear but really its a nice cosplay costume and I love the way it looks
@Diego Gomez are you trying to tell a living historian that cosmetic larp armor is historically accurate precisely because it doesnt actually protect in any way other than being lighter than a byrnie? For one thing, 1000 years ago, leather was an expensive utility material but it was also rarely thicker than 1mm. Thats the thickness of cloth buddy. If your plan is to dodge anyway just wear regular clothing.
I took my comment down because I decided I didn't to get into that fight. It never ends in knowledge, only speculation and anger. I decided instead to appreciate the video for why it was up. A talented leather worker making some fun armor. Thanks for your reply and have a nice day.
The armor itself, while having no padding underneath, is made in kind of a Lamellar style, which is the type of leather armor that probably would have been used if anyone decided to use leather
@@SlippyCyppy Some leather armour have been used in history, but quite francly, as this leather clearly isnt hardened, nor is it thicker than roughly 3mm it will do little to nothing against anything other than very light cuts from fairly dull blades. My understanding is that is is completely cosmetic and I can appriciate that as its quite marvelous craftsmanship. For a torso covering leather armour Id say a solid peice of thick, leather cuirass of 5mm or thicker and hardened with beeswax or similar would provide an ok amount of protection, especially if combined with like padding of some sort (prefabebly layered cloth armour that isnt "only" padding). That or a lamellar as you mentioned, but it would still need to be 5mm or thicker and/or hardened (preferably both) or else the protection would quite francly be wasted.
@@SlippyCyppy One thing to add, advantage of lamellar though is that even though you get potential tiny "gaps" that a blade you slide into (from side or above, inbetween the layers of leather I mean). A lamellar can be made from many scrap peices that are too small to do much else with while a solid cuirass needs one big good peice. Also a lamellar is likely gonna be a bit more flexible.
This_American you seem like you would know a lot about melee combat involving blades and leather armor lmao. hardened leather will definitely save you from a life threatning injury. but since you say it'll do nothing let's have a duel, I'll wear hardened leather and you wear nothing. let's see who gets more fucked up.
Well, actually leather is useless as armour. There's plenty of videos and tests that proves that - I'm pretty sure Skallagrim did some tests on this subject. Leather won't stop a spear-thrust, won't stop a slash from a sword (maybe it will slash your skin a little bit less, especially if it's thick leather), won't stop a chop from an axe. A gambeson might stop some of this things tho. Gambeson + chainmail is even better. Anyway, this armour still looks good and it's very well suited for a larp or a fantasy movie, so who cares, the video was still fun.
Timothy Rodowicz This is obviously not hardened leather. Also, hardened leather was never viable as an armoring material. Hardened rawhide was. Big difference. The whole point of the tanning process is to maintain the flexibility and softness of the hide, which is counter-productive when making armor. Cuir bouilli was rawhide boiled in wax and oil, not leather.
@@ArmstreetOfficial id love to see you try to make profittable armor from something like in that video. the stuff you used in that shield maiden stuff looks to be around 1/5 of that stuff in skallagrims video. im also certain noone would waste 6mm leather on armor or be bothered with the effort of that. rawhide on the other hand can be softened with hot water to make it pliable and it then hardens back to a really tough state. not saying this shieldmaiden thingamajig is badly made. im just saying if you wore that to a reenactment festival the authenticity officers would confiscate it.
Really well-crafted costume armor. I'd buy it if I had the money and wanted to look cool, and it might be acceptable in HEMA (if worn with a gambeson), but as others have pointed out it isn't very combat-effective. The large gaps between the shoulder and the chest, plus the zero coverage at the wrist and the bend of the arm, means a single hit with a feder, synthetic or not, is going to hurt like a beast or bruise a bone.
BTW: An extra blessing upon you from me, for the music, which in 'mood' & tone & pitch & 'depth', is SOOO-Very-'Close', to many of-the-like, that my Grand-Father & Grand-uncles, would play for the family(esp., on the afore-mentioned-day each-year!); that, plus the 'striking'-resemblance, of the LOVELY in the presentation, to my 8th-Cousin/Fiancee(may She Continue To Rest Peacefully Until THAT Great-Day!), who(m) went to her rest, LONG before she should have(THE-ONE's Will-Be-Done!), 'drove me to levels of rememberance & feeling, I can scarce conceive of having been able to be capable of, before seeing & hearing, your presentation!! Profusive-Thanks to you & yours!
Fun fact: Lamellar was often made with hardened rawhide, laminated rawhide or lacquered rawhide. But no professional company makes historical hide armor. They all make shitty leather stuff, which would never have been viable as armor. Leather is for shoes, belts, purses and scabbards, things that need to be flexible. Because if flexible armor is needed, textiles already do this job much better and cheaper than hide-based materials.
@@ThePeacefulIsWillingTo yeah but real lamellar was not even made of leather in the first place. It would generally have been rawhide lamelles, sometimes hardened into a polymer by boiling in wax and oil. Tanning hide is counter-productive for the purposes of armoring because it makes it soft and easier to pierce. Besides, lacquering rawhide or sealing it with resin is durable and much cheaper than tanning anyway. This thing would actually be less expensive if it was historically-accurate.
@@Gabdube I acknowledged your answer but the OP above was telling of the person in the video to make a real lamellar style armor...as in individual pieces of plates of around 300 plates depending on shape and size, of any materials laced together like as a real lamellar would, not the artistic freedom ones from this costume in this video. From my personal experience , I just made 2 lamellar armor costumes using hardened and lacquered paper board of 300 pieces, punched 8 holes each pieces and laced all by myself. It's actually not hard to make for costume purpose, but it's a good way to practice basics of lamellar before transitioning to harder materials.
I'd be even better if you made an armor version; this is beautiful clothing, but hardly "armor". For example, there is still a demand for hardened rawhide armor, but no professional company does this, even tough that's often what people actually used for armoring in history. Armor could be also be made with wax-boiled rawhide, laminated rawhide, or lacquered rawhide (many oriental armor pieces were erroneously labeled as "lacquered leather" when it was actually lacquered rawhide, it's hard to distinguish it in material finds that have undergone chemical changes over time). Tanned leather was a bit counter-productive choice (outside of ceremonial pieces and collection pieces never intended for battle at the time), as the tanning process is mostly meant to permanently preserve the flexibility of the material; which isn't at all necessary when making lamellar armor. Leather was mostly for shoes, belts, purses or scabbard coverings, mostly things that needed flexibility and could make a compromise in toughness. If flexible armor was needed, textiles did this much better and cheaper than most hide-based materials. Hence, hide-based armoring materials would not be flexible.
Thats a dwarf Viking. Those exist. They would team up with Druid wizards and go on quests for treasure under mountain or a slay a mountain troll or some such .
As nice as this looks, there is no padding underneath so you will have pretty much no protection from impacts. The skirt tie is also very thin and so likely would cut in - ideally should be affixed to a belt.
For the armour, 3mm leather by the looks of it and my experience. My guess is that the dress is made from linen, its a common cloth from the time and all my viking era clothing is either that or wool. Be aware though! Unhardened 3mm leather provides almost no actual protection. For actual protection youd preferably want some thicker 5+ mm leather that have been hardened with beeswax. Still something like a layered linen gambeson would provide better protection. But for cosmetic purposes this works just fine! :)
they most likely used padded armor most of the time. and if they would have the money they used riveted mail which there are findings of and a helmet but also helmet findings of the period are rare. there are some lamellar armor but they are all made out of Metal.
@@jeromeschroeder2391 There are no lamellar findings from warrior context burials in Scandinavia. There is also no evidence for any padded armor although I agree that some form of it must have been used underneath of a maille shirt.
1NF3RNO Landowners and powerful women, certainly, virtually every society ever has had those. Warriors? Absolutely not, for any number of reasons that I've stated elsewhere in the comments on this video. You would think that if such an unlikely thing existed, there would be at least some archeological evidence, or some mention in the sagas, or something more than the zero evidence that exists.
There has been Female armies in China. Just because there no evidence that has been found yet of "Shieldmaidens" doesnt mean there arn't any... Unless you have a time machine don't be so certain
1NF3RNO Show me evidence of actual female armies in China. I know that some emperor used his concubines as soldiers in a training exercise of some sort once, but that is not even remotely the same thing. I'm certain that there were no "shieldmaidens" because it is an incredibly stupid idea on every possible level. It is literally sending the most valuable members of society - women of childbearing age - to risk their lives in battle, and the trade off is...smaller, weaker, and less aggressive warriors creating a weak point in any given battle formation. Nobody does that, because it's fuckin retarded to do so.
The thing is, I can say that about shieldmaidens you are incorrect. There are no proof of that they existed nor didnt, there are sagas which says that there did exist female warriors who did fight alongside men, but if they did exist it wasnt many. There is nothing that proves they existed or didnt, and leather armor did exist actually. www.wulflund.com/img/goods/en/medium/leather_scale_armour_curiass_viking_b.jpg
christian Grønhøj but soft and flexible leather armor isn't in any way historically accurate and would offer very little protection. With padded armor the organic fabric would just fall apart with time which could explain why there is no examples of it.
As a '1st-Timer', greetings to all!! Also, my esteem & appreciation towards the maker(s), of this 'docu-tainment'; for the subject matter, the presentation style, and, of course, the lovliness, of the fair-maiden!! The young armorer/haberdasher, also has my thanks, as he bears a 'striking'-resemblance, to one of my most-beloved & revered, 'grand'-uncles, whom ALWAYS, once-a-year, encouraged us, to join together, in 'the old ways'; 'the ways of the fathers'; I thanked him to his face when I could, now, I give thanks for him to THE-ON and, once-a-year, perform the 'ways', that fit-in with MY-FAITH of today, in his, and 'the fathers' Honour! Again, Thank You!!
@@Dystisis They most likely did, but extremely few and far inbetween as women have in history for the most part been viewed as "weaker" and someone to do tasks in the home and such. But i am 100% sure there have been cases of unique women who have fought in the battles of the past.
Not quite what our ancestors wore back then. But i'll let that slide given how much is romanticized about our past. The women that actually did take up arms to fight wore the same armor as the men did, the women back then were not built like the slender women of today. Unless they came from well-off families were they were spared hard work. Otherwise back then, it was hard manual work for everybody. Even women in 18-19th century working on farms were a hell of a lot stronger. My grandmother were built like a tank in her youth, and my mum who also did a lot of heavy lifting in her job were strong enough to compete with your ordinary man.
arming viking lady for viking? kinda redundant and stupid way to say it ...and LEATHER ARMOUR!?!??! CMON WTF?!!?!?!? NO GAMBISON?!?! that thing is just a dress made out of leather.....no "armour"....cmon havent we all gotten past that incorrect notions which movies and tv series make us believe?!?!??!
Leather armour is not armour. It just looks good, doesn't stop a sword or spear. Cuir bouilli, or boiled leather is hardened leather, it was used by viking and early medieval knights and resembles tough wood. Cuir bouilli was used n arm and leg protection, and cheaper helmets were made of it. The word "cuirass" comes from the word "cuir" it means leather in French.
Women in battlefield armor would be great, but this is not it. Rule of thumb: if you can cut through it with scissors, it's clothing, not armor. For example, a gambeson is armor because you cannot cut though it with the mere force of your hands or arms.
Yes, hoards of armoured women in the viking age roamed about in leather armour... 😂 Thank the tv series Vikings for spreading misinformation. There were actual historical females such as Freydis who went charging bare breasted brandishing a sword at scraelings or in England, Queen Aethalflaed of the mercians who commanded her army in the defence of Chester against the Norse, Danes and Irish was a formidable woman.
I would've been very careful saying something never existed about a period more than a 1000 years ago. Both cloth and leather armour never survived 11-13 centuries to be found, but there are pictures of armor which is not a chainmail, there are a lot of leather clothing evindence and so on. Most likely you're right and leather armor in a form it is often presented in popular culture have never existed but it's still a game, we should say that reenactment enthusiasts are a small part of history-related community and it's not the only way to play
@@ArmstreetOfficial I agree about the game, I also think leather armor is cool and all, but there is so little evidence that it existed that you can basically say it didn't even exist, but people used anything that was hard and could protect them even wood, so yes leather can be used.
Overall, we are not reenactors and we don't limit ourselves this way. We are making functional or beautiful (or both) gear and armor and clothing which are rooted in history, but we never promised we will make replicas. By our opinion, the world doesn't need one more company which can make a XIV century bascinet so we make new objects, mixing historical, mystic, epos themes and trying to keep it practical. We don't say armor like this ever existed - our goal is to help people to feel like a Viking for a moment, that's it :-)
Happily I now own this costume, and it is just as amazing in person. My favorite part about this video: what she does at the end (flexing, picking up the spear with sudden authority) - this is exactly what the armor does when you put it on, exactly how it makes you feel. And this is the real talent of Armstreet - the ability to transport you / transform you into your character simply by dressing in their well-made garb. This is why I keep going back to their shop again and again. Excellent job!
she held the spear ot the wrong end lol! her rear hand was in the middle and the front hand was at the tip! in short she had no authority on the spear when she picked it up. also this armor looks purely ceremonial. too soft and thin to protect against anything with a sharp edge and inertia behind it.
@@hilmarheathkliff9511 But look at the expression at 2:13. Clearly she knows who is going to be on top.
looks so squyishy!! its obviosuly inspired by metal lamellar. however it looks like a single spear thrust will simply go through it slightly more difficultly than if she had a leather jacket on.
iT's LiKE iT's A cOSTuMe oR SOmEtHiNG?!?!!
Yeah its definetly cosmetic only (I hope atleast).
As that 3mm (by the looks of it) unhardened leather would do next to nothing, even against blunt impacts.
Stunning craftsmanship none the less!
For leather to be a workable armour youd need some fairly stiff 5mm (or thicker) leather or 3mm and hardened, preferable 5+ mm AND hardened.
Even then the protective use would be limited but would be something that could work great in combination with other peices of armour.
Like for example, ive read that the mongols (atleast early on before they got united) used thick, hardened leather cuirass not meant to STOP arrows.
But rather prevent the arrows from peircing deep enough to be a vital wound, atleast from some distance.
Now if thats true or not I dont know, but thats something ive read and seem plausible. :)
Also, a hardened/stiff leather cuirass over padded armour or maille is something I can imagine multiplying the effectiveness of that underlaying armour greatly!
a gambeson underneath would help, its still light armor for maybe an archer or light cavalry, not someone with a spear but really its a nice cosplay costume and I love the way it looks
@Diego Gomez are you trying to tell a living historian that cosmetic larp armor is historically accurate precisely because it doesnt actually protect in any way other than being lighter than a byrnie? For one thing, 1000 years ago, leather was an expensive utility material but it was also rarely thicker than 1mm. Thats the thickness of cloth buddy. If your plan is to dodge anyway just wear regular clothing.
I love how the woman was like, having fun and goofing a little, then the change when handed a spear, was like, "Aw, hell yeah!" Gave me goosebumps.
That "armour" wouldn't protect from a punch in the stomach, much less a spear or arrow.
The tooling is gorgeous! I love the full torso cover! Thanks for the empowering video.
I took my comment down because I decided I didn't to get into that fight. It never ends in knowledge, only speculation and anger. I decided instead to appreciate the video for why it was up. A talented leather worker making some fun armor. Thanks for your reply and have a nice day.
This armor is absolutely stunning! I would also like to know the song. Keep up the amazing work, armstreet!
So incredible! I'm such a fan of the work you guys put into all your pieces. Maybe some day I will be able to own something this gorgeous!
Like seriously i want to make this fashion back and trend again so bad❤😍
it never was fashion lol it is fantasy armour not historical
I cracked the hell up watching the young lady get an attitude once she was laced in and armed. :)
Shieldmaiden without shield?
Where did u get this "armor"? In LOTR museum?
The armor itself, while having no padding underneath, is made in kind of a Lamellar style, which is the type of leather armor that probably would have been used if anyone decided to use leather
iT's LiKE iT's A cOSTuMe oR SOmEtHiNG?!?!!
@@SlippyCyppy Some leather armour have been used in history, but quite francly, as this leather clearly isnt hardened, nor is it thicker than roughly 3mm it will do little to nothing against anything other than very light cuts from fairly dull blades.
My understanding is that is is completely cosmetic and I can appriciate that as its quite marvelous craftsmanship.
For a torso covering leather armour Id say a solid peice of thick, leather cuirass of 5mm or thicker and hardened with beeswax or similar would provide an ok amount of protection, especially if combined with like padding of some sort (prefabebly layered cloth armour that isnt "only" padding).
That or a lamellar as you mentioned, but it would still need to be 5mm or thicker and/or hardened (preferably both) or else the protection would quite francly be wasted.
@@SlippyCyppy One thing to add, advantage of lamellar though is that even though you get potential tiny "gaps" that a blade you slide into (from side or above, inbetween the layers of leather I mean).
A lamellar can be made from many scrap peices that are too small to do much else with while a solid cuirass needs one big good peice.
Also a lamellar is likely gonna be a bit more flexible.
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That leather wouldn't do anything in a fight.
This_American you seem like you would know a lot about melee combat involving blades and leather armor lmao. hardened leather will definitely save you from a life threatning injury. but since you say it'll do nothing let's have a duel, I'll wear hardened leather and you wear nothing. let's see who gets more fucked up.
Well, actually leather is useless as armour. There's plenty of videos and tests that proves that - I'm pretty sure Skallagrim did some tests on this subject. Leather won't stop a spear-thrust, won't stop a slash from a sword (maybe it will slash your skin a little bit less, especially if it's thick leather), won't stop a chop from an axe. A gambeson might stop some of this things tho. Gambeson + chainmail is even better.
Anyway, this armour still looks good and it's very well suited for a larp or a fantasy movie, so who cares, the video was still fun.
Timothy Rodowicz This is obviously not hardened leather. Also, hardened leather was never viable as an armoring material. Hardened rawhide was. Big difference. The whole point of the tanning process is to maintain the flexibility and softness of the hide, which is counter-productive when making armor. Cuir bouilli was rawhide boiled in wax and oil, not leather.
In fact, Skallagrim performed some tests which proved that leather holds really well th-cam.com/video/fuEVjxLrc9k/w-d-xo.html
@@ArmstreetOfficial id love to see you try to make profittable armor from something like in that video. the stuff you used in that shield maiden stuff looks to be around 1/5 of that stuff in skallagrims video. im also certain noone would waste 6mm leather on armor or be bothered with the effort of that. rawhide on the other hand can be softened with hot water to make it pliable and it then hardens back to a really tough state. not saying this shieldmaiden thingamajig is badly made. im just saying if you wore that to a reenactment festival the authenticity officers would confiscate it.
Really well-crafted costume armor. I'd buy it if I had the money and wanted to look cool, and it might be acceptable in HEMA (if worn with a gambeson), but as others have pointed out it isn't very combat-effective. The large gaps between the shoulder and the chest, plus the zero coverage at the wrist and the bend of the arm, means a single hit with a feder, synthetic or not, is going to hurt like a beast or bruise a bone.
BTW: An extra blessing upon you from me, for the music, which in 'mood' & tone & pitch & 'depth', is SOOO-Very-'Close', to many of-the-like, that my Grand-Father & Grand-uncles, would play for the family(esp., on the afore-mentioned-day each-year!); that, plus the 'striking'-resemblance, of the LOVELY in the presentation, to my 8th-Cousin/Fiancee(may She Continue To Rest Peacefully Until THAT Great-Day!), who(m) went to her rest, LONG before she should have(THE-ONE's Will-Be-Done!), 'drove me to levels of rememberance & feeling, I can scarce conceive of having been able to be capable of, before seeing & hearing, your presentation!!
Profusive-Thanks to you & yours!
Looks pretty, but why on earth have you embossed leather pannels to look like lammelar. If you want decent leather armour, make some actual lamellar
Fun fact: Lamellar was often made with hardened rawhide, laminated rawhide or lacquered rawhide. But no professional company makes historical hide armor. They all make shitty leather stuff, which would never have been viable as armor. Leather is for shoes, belts, purses and scabbards, things that need to be flexible. Because if flexible armor is needed, textiles already do this job much better and cheaper than hide-based materials.
@@Gabdube I think he meant to say make a real lamellar pattern armor instead of an embossed leather made to look like lamellar
@@ThePeacefulIsWillingTo yeah but real lamellar was not even made of leather in the first place. It would generally have been rawhide lamelles, sometimes hardened into a polymer by boiling in wax and oil. Tanning hide is counter-productive for the purposes of armoring because it makes it soft and easier to pierce. Besides, lacquering rawhide or sealing it with resin is durable and much cheaper than tanning anyway. This thing would actually be less expensive if it was historically-accurate.
@@Gabdube I acknowledged your answer but the OP above was telling of the person in the video to make a real lamellar style armor...as in individual pieces of plates of around 300 plates depending on shape and size, of any materials laced together like as a real lamellar would, not the artistic freedom ones from this costume in this video. From my personal experience , I just made 2 lamellar armor costumes using hardened and lacquered paper board of 300 pieces, punched 8 holes each pieces and laced all by myself. It's actually not hard to make for costume purpose, but it's a good way to practice basics of lamellar before transitioning to harder materials.
what's the name of the music in this video? I love it.
Does anyone know what this song is I have tried finding it everywhere
But where's the armor?
I know to many gaps to hit at and no mail 🤔
iT's LiKE iT's A cOSTuMe oR SOmEtHiNG?!?!!
The leather is the armor
@@hannahmair1687 no it's not
Yes it is it says in the description on the shops website and in the video title.
Song?
music??
just absolutely beautiful detail knot work!
Very cool, you sell very nice stuff on Etsy
Song name pls?
what song is this?
I would so love to own this! *_*
I'd be even better if you made an armor version; this is beautiful clothing, but hardly "armor". For example, there is still a demand for hardened rawhide armor, but no professional company does this, even tough that's often what people actually used for armoring in history. Armor could be also be made with wax-boiled rawhide, laminated rawhide, or lacquered rawhide (many oriental armor pieces were erroneously labeled as "lacquered leather" when it was actually lacquered rawhide, it's hard to distinguish it in material finds that have undergone chemical changes over time). Tanned leather was a bit counter-productive choice (outside of ceremonial pieces and collection pieces never intended for battle at the time), as the tanning process is mostly meant to permanently preserve the flexibility of the material; which isn't at all necessary when making lamellar armor. Leather was mostly for shoes, belts, purses or scabbard coverings, mostly things that needed flexibility and could make a compromise in toughness. If flexible armor was needed, textiles did this much better and cheaper than most hide-based materials. Hence, hide-based armoring materials would not be flexible.
Thats a dwarf Viking. Those exist. They would team up with Druid wizards and go on quests for treasure under mountain or a slay a mountain troll or some such .
As nice as this looks, there is no padding underneath so you will have pretty much no protection from impacts.
The skirt tie is also very thin and so likely would cut in - ideally should be affixed to a belt.
It's super interesting ! Wich material are used for the dress and the armor ?
For the armour, 3mm leather by the looks of it and my experience.
My guess is that the dress is made from linen, its a common cloth from the time and all my viking era clothing is either that or wool.
Be aware though! Unhardened 3mm leather provides almost no actual protection.
For actual protection youd preferably want some thicker 5+ mm leather that have been hardened with beeswax.
Still something like a layered linen gambeson would provide better protection.
But for cosmetic purposes this works just fine! :)
What armour?
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There is no historical evidence for "armor" of this sort during the Viking period.
I love how some people still take the time to comment things that has been said 20 times already in the same comment section.
Actually there has been plenty of evidence as of 2020 of Viking armor ✌
@@gettitnow3785 There is, of course, evidence for "Viking armor" but it is nothing like this.
they most likely used padded armor most of the time.
and if they would have the money they used riveted mail which there are findings of and a helmet but also helmet findings of the period are rare.
there are some lamellar armor but they are all made out of Metal.
@@jeromeschroeder2391 There are no lamellar findings from warrior context burials in Scandinavia. There is also no evidence for any padded armor although I agree that some form of it must have been used underneath of a maille shirt.
Seems too light to be historically accurate? Does the leather partially over lap?
How do you know lol. You weren't around, there quite possibly could have been female warriors or at the least landowners and women in power.
1NF3RNO Landowners and powerful women, certainly, virtually every society ever has had those. Warriors? Absolutely not, for any number of reasons that I've stated elsewhere in the comments on this video. You would think that if such an unlikely thing existed, there would be at least some archeological evidence, or some mention in the sagas, or something more than the zero evidence that exists.
There has been Female armies in China. Just because there no evidence that has been found yet of "Shieldmaidens" doesnt mean there arn't any... Unless you have a time machine don't be so certain
1NF3RNO Show me evidence of actual female armies in China. I know that some emperor used his concubines as soldiers in a training exercise of some sort once, but that is not even remotely the same thing.
I'm certain that there were no "shieldmaidens" because it is an incredibly stupid idea on every possible level. It is literally sending the most valuable members of society - women of childbearing age - to risk their lives in battle, and the trade off is...smaller, weaker, and less aggressive warriors creating a weak point in any given battle formation. Nobody does that, because it's fuckin retarded to do so.
The thing is, I can say that about shieldmaidens you are incorrect. There are no proof of that they existed nor didnt, there are sagas which says that there did exist female warriors who did fight alongside men, but if they did exist it wasnt many. There is nothing that proves they existed or didnt, and leather armor did exist actually. www.wulflund.com/img/goods/en/medium/leather_scale_armour_curiass_viking_b.jpg
European medieval cloth is beautiful
Looks amazing but a padded gamberson with a mail shirt over it would be more accurate
well we don't have any proof of vikings using gambeson
christian Grønhøj but soft and flexible leather armor isn't in any way historically accurate and would offer very little protection. With padded armor the organic fabric would just fall apart with time which could explain why there is no examples of it.
hey i just said we don't have proof of vikings using gambeson, personaly i think they did
@Red Comet i think they just put on all the tunics they had to make an improvised gambeson.
i would like a more patterned leather armor for man (Y)
cool armor(Y)
+BloodyFirstMongoyl We aware of your request:-)
Wonderful!
Even though leather armor is completely useless, I still get the aesthetic appeal
As a '1st-Timer', greetings to all!! Also, my esteem & appreciation towards the maker(s), of this 'docu-tainment'; for the subject matter, the presentation style, and, of course, the lovliness, of the fair-maiden!! The young armorer/haberdasher, also has my thanks, as he bears a 'striking'-resemblance, to one of my most-beloved & revered, 'grand'-uncles, whom ALWAYS, once-a-year, encouraged us, to join together, in 'the old ways'; 'the ways of the fathers'; I thanked him to his face when I could, now, I give thanks for him to THE-ON and, once-a-year, perform the 'ways', that fit-in with MY-FAITH of today, in his, and 'the fathers' Honour!
Again, Thank You!!
it's gonna hurt like a bitch with no padding on
Play that in reverse
Super Video Daumen hoch von mir 👍
Beautiful!!! What song is this???
The most important piece missing: helmet long leather boots 😂...small shield axe/knife, 😊 vikings probably used linen armor not cow leather
they would not wear long lether boots either
Very nice..... If you want to Cosplay Skyrim :P
Cosplay is what this is all about. "Shield maidens" were only ever mythical, like Valkyries. Women didn't engage in war.
@@Dystisis They most likely did, but extremely few and far inbetween as women have in history for the most part been viewed as "weaker" and someone to do tasks in the home and such.
But i am 100% sure there have been cases of unique women who have fought in the battles of the past.
Then what?
Omg that man is handsome 🤤
Omg this is so painful
Not quite what our ancestors wore back then. But i'll let that slide given how much is romanticized about our past. The women that actually did take up arms to fight wore the same armor as the men did, the women back then were not built like the slender women of today. Unless they came from well-off families were they were spared hard work. Otherwise back then, it was hard manual work for everybody. Even women in 18-19th century working on farms were a hell of a lot stronger. My grandmother were built like a tank in her youth, and my mum who also did a lot of heavy lifting in her job were strong enough to compete with your ordinary man.
How to arm a viking lady in a fantasy RPG.
Wonderful workmanship and perfect for LARP ect, but about as historically accurate as Power Rangers.
Watching a Lady get into her armor.... Nothing sexier!!
Just go and get your self informed please
Glory or Valhalla!
J.
arming viking lady for viking? kinda redundant and stupid way to say it
...and LEATHER ARMOUR!?!??! CMON WTF?!!?!?!? NO GAMBISON?!?! that thing is just a dress made out of leather.....no "armour"....cmon havent we all gotten past that incorrect notions which movies and tv series make us believe?!?!??!
GREAT !!!!! BRAVO !
Yea axing me Out for a Coffee and some archery or sword Fights or flights, Walks or Rides in into the forests. Dragonflight. 🦸🏻🌋🌉🌌🌏💖👽🎉🌈
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you don't need to be "very smart" to realize that something that can be cut by scissors can be cut by a sword or spear.
nice female
Leather armour is not armour. It just looks good, doesn't stop a sword or spear. Cuir bouilli, or boiled leather is hardened leather, it was used by viking and early medieval knights and resembles tough wood. Cuir bouilli was used n arm and leg protection, and cheaper helmets were made of it. The word "cuirass" comes from the word "cuir" it means leather in French.
There is no evidence what so ever that the Vikingr used cuir bouilli.
Thumbs up for babes in battle armor!
trashman4444 not battle armor btw. Not even armor
Women in battlefield armor would be great, but this is not it.
Rule of thumb: if you can cut through it with scissors, it's clothing, not armor. For example, a gambeson is armor because you cannot cut though it with the mere force of your hands or arms.
just putting this out there, but a sword or spear is going to go straight through that leather "armor"...
Yes, hoards of armoured women in the viking age roamed about in leather armour... 😂 Thank the tv series Vikings for spreading misinformation. There were actual historical females such as Freydis who went charging bare breasted brandishing a sword at scraelings or in England, Queen Aethalflaed of the mercians who commanded her army in the defence of Chester against the Norse, Danes and Irish was a formidable woman.
Viking is the most abused term ever and this proves it.
Wearing couture armor and make. Going into battle with a full beat face
ew leather armor (never existed in scandinavia)
I would've been very careful saying something never existed about a period more than a 1000 years ago. Both cloth and leather armour never survived 11-13 centuries to be found, but there are pictures of armor which is not a chainmail, there are a lot of leather clothing evindence and so on. Most likely you're right and leather armor in a form it is often presented in popular culture have never existed but it's still a game, we should say that reenactment enthusiasts are a small part of history-related community and it's not the only way to play
@@ArmstreetOfficial I agree about the game, I also think leather armor is cool and all, but there is so little evidence that it existed that you can basically say it didn't even exist, but people used anything that was hard and could protect them even wood, so yes leather can be used.
Overall, we are not reenactors and we don't limit ourselves this way. We are making functional or beautiful (or both) gear and armor and clothing which are rooted in history, but we never promised we will make replicas. By our opinion, the world doesn't need one more company which can make a XIV century bascinet so we make new objects, mixing historical, mystic, epos themes and trying to keep it practical. We don't say armor like this ever existed - our goal is to help people to feel like a Viking for a moment, that's it :-)
wow, strong words. also thats a fair point, keep doing what you are doing. :)
@@ArmstreetOfficial No armour has ever been "chainmail". There's no such thing. MAIL is another matter.
Use real armor next time.
There is no such thing as "leather armour" 😂😂😂
But were there LGBTQ+IA woke vikings? Wokings?
leather "ARMOR"...
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