Italian barbute of the XV century

Barbute is type of popular infantry helmet in Italy of the XV century.

Italian barbuta, c. 1460, of the T-shaped form, the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Due to cheek guards, face is largely covered. Etymologically, the word “barbute” is derived from Italian “Barba”, what means “beard”. It can be interpreted as “Bearded helm”: cheek guards or beards, staring from under the helm are meant.

Open-faced helmet barbute could have T-cut or Y-cut from the front. So, face was covered only partially. Dome could be conical or spherical conical.

This model of battle helmet barbute is typical head protection of medieval infantryman. Armor is completely handcrafted by individual parameters of customer.

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Base price includes following options:

• Cold-rolled steel 1.5 mm;
• Satin polishing;
• Brown leather belts;
• Steel nickel-plated buckle;
• Steel rivets;

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You may also like this barbute helm with narrow T-opening of the 1460 year.  

Brigandine “Chalkis” type II and shield buckler, which are pictured on the photos, will be great components for creating of XV century Italian soldier, but also perfect gear for medieval fencing, tournaments and bohurts.

In section “Helmets”, 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.м