Brigandine seems one of the most popular medieval armor. It was used as by common poor soldiers, so by noble rich knights and commanders.

In this article, we would like to do short review of this unique body protection.

Pourpoint of Charles de Blois – between court armour and dress-coat.

First chainmails looked like leather shirts, on which bronze or iron scales were sewn. Probably, the Sarmathians derived the usage of such armature from the Scythians. 

In this articel, we would like to tell you about such popular body protection as chain mail.

From the end of the XIV till the middle of the XV century, Milanese armour had fledging period, but in the second half of the XV century we can indicate final stage of its development. Since then, armourers canalized their energies for perfectibility of existing shapes of armour, base of which had been left almost unchanged.

Munich brigandine is one of the most interesting historical artefacts that has survived until our days in good preservation. Truly speaking, velvet, which used to be very classy, has frazzled and lost its bright scarlet colour, and flower pattern on the rivets has dulled. Besides, remained details and outer look allow us estimating the design and functionality of brigandine.

Our dear friends!

We know that color is very important option for your clothing and underarmour.

So now you can choose any colour of linen!

Please, bw aware that color on monitor and real life can be different. 

Surely, you’ve seen wonderful photos of black knight of “Steel Mastery” latest photo-shoot. Beautiful, shiny armour with carving elements and brass decorative strips attracts attention at the first sight! And in this article, we’d like to tell you about this medieval body protection.

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How to choose gambeson?

We continue our series of articles which explain all the available options in our main product categories.

After the brigandines we come to the gambesons. 

How to choose brigandine?

As we receive many questions about our products' options, we'll make a series of articles which explain all the available options in our main product categories. Let's start with the brigandines.