Knghtly Armes offers advice about topics we are often asked about...
Advice about some of the subjects most frequently submitted to Knyghtly Armes.
The Art of Maille-Making
Maille
[Note: this was originally published on a member's personal web site. It has been copied here with permission.] It started innocently enough. I bought a nice riveted mail standard, or collar, made from 6mm blackened mild steel rings from Mark Hale at Cap-a-pie. It...
Regional Styles in Armour
Dirk H. Breiding of the Department of Arms and Armor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art expertly explains in the space of a few brief paragraphs the national and regional armor styles in his essay Fashion in European Armor, 1400-1500. The following excerpts are taken fro...
Armour Build Series: II. Historicity
Considering the Historicity of Armour
One of the greatest missteps made by modern re-enactors seeking to commission a reproduction harness is selecting the wrong example(s) to use as the basis. Whether walking around a historical event or browsing through a m...