Ming imperial guard brigandine armor or khatangu degel

This light brigandine armor was wide spread through Ming and later - Qing cavalry and infantry. Lightweight and flexible, it offers a good protection against indirect spear jabs and bladed attacks. It consisted of rectangular plates of metal, riveted under the fabric layers.

Custom medieval plates’ armor is made-to-measure item. That means that our artisans use individual body parameters and personal regards (picture) of client to handcraft such body protection: 

Such brigandine type appeared in the VIIIth century as parade armour for the Chinese Emperor's guards. A thick cloth robe was reinforced with overlapping iron plates. Interestingly, it did not come into wide use until the XIIIth century, when it became widespread in the newborn Mongol Empire under the name of khatangu degel -"robe which is as strong as iron".

Same brigantine vest purported to be owned by a Yuan-period Tibetan Prince of Bailang.

or few others:

You can choose the cover material and color, decoration colors, add figured rivets, fastens... in other words - customize the brigantine to your liking. Just contact us and indicate your wishes in the letter.

Base price includes following: 

• Fabric – wool
• Color – black; 
• Steel – 1 mm high quality steel plates
• Do-it-Yourself – no; 
• Size – XS;  
• Fastenings – leather straps with steel nickel – plated bucles; 
• Color of leater fastenings – black
• Decoration – no
• Rivets – finding
• Decoration of the bottom edge – no  

Main picture shows brigandine with options:

If you wish, not a basic, but a custom version of the brigantine, look closer to the model in the photo. Brigandine's cover is made of the best royal blue wool and edged with a wide strip of emerald green wool, edged with thin stripes of golden yellow. Along the hem brigandine decorated with colored flags – all details of the color decoration can be discussed. This custom version is fastened with fabulously beautiful decorative hooks, but for the combat version we recommend our standard durable leather ties.

• Fabric – wool
• Color – royal blue; 
• Steel – 1.5mm high quality steel plates
• Do-it-Yourself – no; 
• Size – L;  
• Fastenings – medieval decorated fasteners – hooks; 
• Decoration – edged with a wide strip of emerald green wool + with thin stripes of golden yellow
• Rivets – steel nails 
• Decoration of the bottom edge – multicolored flags  

We also recommend you to take a look at the brutal combat version of Khatangu degel by Steel Mastery - Khatangu degel of the Golden Horde warrior, XIV-XV century