Medieval men's headwear

Forest Guardian's linen hood The hood was his signature, often pulled up to conceal his identity when he ventured into the nearby villages. Its deep forest brown gave him a mysterious and roguish appearance. When the hood was drawn low over his eyes, he became a shadow in the forest, a guardian unseen.  THE ARCHER OF SHERWOOD full outfit

Chaperon was the most popular medieval headwear in the XV century. Primarily, there was a hood with pelerine, which had fastening from the front. But in time, it had been transformed to some model of turban, decorated with festoons of different shape. Chaperons came into fashion in Burgundia in the early XV century and soon after it embraced all Medieval Europe. Base price includes simple chaperon without festoons. If you wish to decorate your headwear with oak leaves, as on the photos and video, you can choose its option, also you can add another decoration – hand-sewn edge.  But if you want festoons of another form, please choose it in the options – “your ind...

Landsknecht hat with padded brim with cuts  Base price inludes: -wool fabric -2 colored design 

Landsknecht flower hat with hand-woven cord  Base price inclueds: - wool fabric  - 2 colored design  -hand-woven cord

Landsknecht hat, Landsknecht beret Step back in time and adorn yourself with the elegance and flair of the Renaissance era with our exquisite Landsknecht hat.

Landsknecht hat with cuts on brim Base price inludes: -wool fabric  - 3 colors of fabric 

Double-sided jester's cap (wool and linen) with horns and tails. Tinky bells are sewn on the edges of shirt sleeves and tails of cap.  Basic price includes:  fabric- wool lining fabric – linen 1 colored design  You can also order full jester set or we can make any custom design for you. 

The torse (wreath) is a padded roller made of linen, that is put on the top of helmet. Usually, it's being made in heraldic colours of owner. The torse helps to recognize the warrior during the battle and amortize 70% of all hits in the head. Please send the wished colours to us [email protected]

Ordinary Landsknecht hat  base price includes:  -wool fabric -2 colored design

Men's hat with wide brims will complete your look of the XVII cc. cavalier. This custom-tailored headwear is made of high-quality felt of various colours. Just choose the wished one in options! Also, we offer to decorate your hat with cast brooch or pin or feather.

Tyrolean hat gained a great popularity among men and women through years. It originated from Alps and also known as "Alpine hat", curly edge gives originality. Woolen or felted medieval hats were often decorated with feathers or pins.  We offer you handcrafted Tyrolean fulled hat of various colours. You may decorate it with handmade cast accessories.  

This Tyrolean (or Alpine) hat is handmade of high-quality felt. Such headwear is popular among men and women. We offer different colors in options. You may also decorate it with cast pins or brooch.

Torse - medieval heraldry headband Starting its way as entirely practical elements, after a while, torse and mantling became a symbol or true knighthood and must-have of knight emblem. In the beginning was a torse… No, not like this… Firstly, in time of the first Crusade, crusaders were boiling in their mails and crusader helmets alive and saw agal on the heads of Bedouins. This thick fabric roller, stuffed with crude wool, twisted and tied in a ring, was pressing keffiyeh to bedouin’s head, preventing sunstrokes and cushioning an impact of sabers. By admiring the smarts of the Saracens, knights shamelessly borrowed design of agal, slightly changed it and called a tors...

Landsknecht hat with slits Whether landsknecht costume is streaked with cuts, in which crisp white shirt peeps out, then why shouldn’t a hat be like this as well? Here is very interesting landsknecht hat, brims of which look like a round roller, in the cust of which a snow-white fabric of the inner layer is visible. Such hats were well-liked by soldiers of fortune, being posh and comfortable at the same time. Contemporary artists often depicted it in their works, thanks to which you may also show off in the landsknecht clothing.  Hans Schäufelin, 1510 year When you will order such landsknecht hat, don’t forget to choose unique colors combination for your medieval he...

Landsknecht hat with brim What the German landsknechts have always been experts in, is fantasy. As there were no two identical landsknecht costumes, so there were no two similar landsknecht hats. Awesome variety of colors and designs, just brighter and more and more. So, this good-looker decided that simple brim is a choice of boring people with no imagination and added another brim with cuts, which looks so festive. Relying on Jörg Breu, such type of decoration was quite popular among soldiers of fortune. However, every landsknecht had a hat dissimilar to others. *** Jörg Breu, 1525-1547 years *** When you will order such landsknecht hat, don’t forget to choose...

Landsknecht hat with cuts No doubts that landsknechts were wearing the most bright and varicoloured clothing in the Middle Ages. Mot a single fashionista had so party-colored and picturesque dresses, as common German and Swiss hired soldiers did. Legend has it that after landsknechts have destroyed army of the Duke of Burgundy in the 1477 year, their clothing looked like a rags, as it was torn and slashed in the battle. Well, to avoid flashing of naked bodies and underwear, soldiers began to repair clothes right on the spot with help of the locally improvised material – Burgundian standards. When they saw a result, they decided that it looks even better than before a battle. Since t...

High pointed hat is just the most important part of wizard character. This model is made of two layers of hard wool, thatswhy it keeps the form very good. Colour can be changed by your wish. In addition with long cloak and tunic, this hat will create a character, that is easy identifiable in fantasy world. 

Landsknecht hat with bows In spite of seeming simplicity, this landsknecht hat is one of the most interesting model. Just look at these cute decorative bows of cords on brims, showing it up among others and paradoxically making wearer’s look more severe. Even though bows were quite seldom adornment of landsknecht headwear, but these tiny tots look originally even for it. Unlike most of landsknechts hats, this one has quite small brims and not every soldier of fortune was able to afford to be so decent, whatever strange it may sound. Such hat is a choice of sophisticated fighters with a wise head and hairs, gray with age. *** Urs Graf, 1516 year *** We offer you to order ...

Hood was one of the most widespread type of headwear in the Middle Ages. There was a usual headcloth with pelerine, that covered shoulders. Often, hood had long tail with length up to 3 meters. Good had been fastened with strings or buttons under the chin. This model of classic medieval hood without tail is made of cotton and has cotton lining. If you will order linen or woolen hood, it will has linen lining. It's being fastened with leather string. Different colours are available for order is options.

This beret is a part of Landsknecht's costume, based on the gravure of Heinrich Aldegrever “Die kleinen Hochzeitstänzer”. Headwear is made of wool with linen lining of contrast colour. It is tied up under the chin with fabric strap. Beret is made by customer's parameters. Please send us the wished colour combination to [email protected]