Advice

Knyghtly Armes answers advice on frequently asked topics.

Knghtly Armes offers advice about topics we are often asked about...

Advice about some of the subjects most frequently submitted to Knyghtly Armes.

A Pair of Voiders

During the 14th century, steel plates were used to supplement maille armour. As armour evolved throughout the 15th century to become an almost impenetrable shell of steel plates, the need for an underlying maille shirt was reduced. For the man-at-arms, maille was really only need...

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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...

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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...

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