Cuirass with tassets - late 15th - early 16th century

Cuirass with tassets for hips protection is made in style of the late XV – early XVI centuries.

Typical features of metal body protection of those times were roundish shape and short skirt (faulds). Plate cuirass consists of the breast and back plates, which are joined together with leather belts, installed on shoulders and sides of armour. Such design allows comfortable wearing of torso protection.

Segmented tassets are attached to the lower part of skirt and protect the front side of knight’s hips.

We recommend to wear this medieval plate armour over the thin padded doublet or gambeson for better comfort and protection.

This Italian-style cuirass is manufactured by personal parameters of customer.

You can use this custom body armour for:

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

Base price includes following options:

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

Main photo shows functional battle cuirass with following options:

• Cold-rolled steel 1.5 mm;
• Mirror polishing as finish treatment;
• Black leather belts;
• Brass buckles;
• Brass rivets;
• Painting inside

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 may also like these models of Italian style body armor with hips protection: Milanese cuirass with the skirt and tassets of the 1460 year; Milan-style cuirass of the 1450-1485 years, a part of “Avant armor”; plate cuirass with tassets, a part of the jousting knight armor, XVI century.

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.