English gothic cuirass - 1483 year

This model of Gothic cuirass is based on the patterns from the funeral armour on English knight Ralph Fitzherbert (d.1483).

English plate cuirass has breast and back plates and the skirt made of this segments:

• Breastplate with leather belts and buckles
• Plackart (bottom part of armor) is attached to the breastplate with leather belts and buckles and protects belly and groin partially
• The tassets are attached to the faulds with the leather straps and buckles, so they are detachable
• Pauldrons are held with leather belts on the upper part of arm and tied up with lacing to the cuirass (don’t include to the price)

This element of Gothic armour does not have ribs and fluting on the surface (as many models of Gothic plate armor did have), but we can make it by your wish.

Base price includes following options:

• Cold-rolled steel 1.0 mm;
• Satin polishing;
• Brown leather belts;
• Steel nickel-plated buckles;
• Steel rivets;
• No decoration;
• No pauldrons
• Painting inside

Main photo shows authentic steel cuirass with following options:

• Cold-rolled steel 1.5 mm;
• Satin polishing as finish treatment;
• Brown leather belts;
• Steel nickel-plated buckles;
• Steel rivets
• No decoration;
• Painting inside
• Pauldrons 

In options, you may choose another type and thickness of metal, color of belts, finish treatment and decoration for your knight chest plate.

Benefits, which you’ll get, if you buy knight plate armor at Steel Mastery:

1. Custom-made high-quality metal body armor, handcrafted by your individual parameters;
2. Reliability and comfortable wearing for years;
3. Product made by experienced blacksmiths, who really know how to make a good armor;
4. Convenient payment systems (Paypal, Skrill, Visa, MasterCard, American Express);
5. Flexible return system in case if you don’t like an item.

You can use this functional combat armour for:

• SCA
• HEMA
• Larp
• Stage performances
• Medieval festivals
• Reenactment events

You may also like these models of knight tournament cuirasses of the XV century: Milanese cuirass with skirt and tassets of the 1460 year; Milan-style cuirass of the 1450-1485 years, a part of “Avant armor”.

To complete your body defense, we offer you to have a look at steel pauldrons and pointed elbow caps, made in the same style.

In section “Cuirasses, breastplates and gorgets”, you can see all models that we offer for ordering. If you didn’t find any for your taste and wish, please send us photo and description of the required model and we will make it for you.