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Re: I Want To Be a 13th Century English Knight
« Reply #30 on: 2014-02-07, 21:31:39 »
Not to mention, that is a nice helm Belemrys, but it is SCA style so it wouldn't suit for LH.  I'm inclined more toward the Dargen helm because I just like the lines- and I think Sir Edward's got one and its a real dandy; that it's LH snuff is perfect.
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Re: I Want To Be a 13th Century English Knight
« Reply #31 on: 2014-02-07, 22:02:16 »
Oh don't get me wrong no need for heavy helmet if you arent going to fight in it..and it generally looks a lot nicer when made for LH and not munitions...

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Re: I Want To Be a 13th Century English Knight
« Reply #32 on: 2014-02-08, 00:26:49 »
Another source you may wish peruse through for valuable info is the Maciejowski Bible. It's got great depictions of 13th century knights, armor, and soft kits.
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Re: I Want To Be a 13th Century English Knight
« Reply #33 on: 2014-02-08, 03:54:06 »
Another sword that's an albion, and slit cheaper is the squire a single handed sword.

Off the top of my head, the helm Belemrys linked is too early for the impression you're after Sir William.  A sugarloaf or dargen style helm would be appropriate.  And yes, the Royal Oak Armoury version of the Dargen or Madeln helm are both appropriate and both up to LH snuff.

Do you think sugar loaf might be ok, say kings crusade era? Just early 13th in general.
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Re: I Want To Be a 13th Century English Knight
« Reply #34 on: 2014-02-08, 03:59:21 »
Sugarloafs are decidedly late 13th. At the start of the 13th, it was conical/nasal helms, plus flat-top "cap" style helms. Those evolved to have faceplates, but were still open at the sides and back. By the middle of the century, the early types of great helms took over (Mac Bible, for instance). Around the 1270s or so, the more "modern" great helms took over, and shortly after the sugarloafs came on the scene. What's interesting to note is that the sugarloafs appear to be almost like a fad, because the regular great helms stuck around longer, well into the 14th, evolving into the dome-topped great helms that were worn over an inner steel arming cap.
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Re: I Want To Be a 13th Century English Knight
« Reply #35 on: 2014-02-08, 04:16:00 »
Sugarloafs are decidedly late 13th. At the start of the 13th, it was conical/nasal helms, plus flat-top "cap" style helms. Those evolved to have faceplates, but were still open at the sides and back. By the middle of the century, the early types of great helms took over (Mac Bible, for instance). Around the 1270s or so, the more "modern" great helms took over, and shortly after the sugarloafs came on the scene. What's interesting to note is that the sugarloafs appear to be almost like a fad, because the regular great helms stuck around longer, well into the 14th, evolving into the dome-topped great helms that were worn over an inner steel arming cap.


Ya I had forgotten how long normal great helms were used. Still I love sugar loafs, I guess if I get a Teutonic surcoat I'll go for that late 13th look.
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Re: I Want To Be a 13th Century English Knight
« Reply #36 on: 2014-02-08, 14:28:44 »
go ponder over th3 75 years of the great helm page

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Re: I Want To Be a 13th Century English Knight
« Reply #37 on: 2014-02-08, 16:36:59 »
go ponder over th3 75 years of the great helm page

Hmm?
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Re: I Want To Be a 13th Century English Knight
« Reply #39 on: 2014-02-08, 18:30:12 »
Leibert will be your best friend for this era.
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Re: I Want To Be a 13th Century English Knight
« Reply #41 on: 2014-02-09, 16:18:12 »
Thanks for the link!

Btw I've been talking with ulric about mail in the 13th century.
I really want full round rivet mail, but he tells me to get the rearranging mail for that century.
Did they have full round rivet mail in the late 13th century?
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Re: I Want To Be a 13th Century English Knight
« Reply #42 on: 2014-02-10, 02:41:46 »
I reenact the 13th century pretty well and have pics of my kit all throughout this whole site. However the guy to ask for that would be Joe Metz who has his Flickr album. He's the one who basically inspired how I wanted to do my kit, as theres many similarities between his kit and mine though I would say his is probably better than mine we're pretty close and similar with what we used.
Heres a pic of him and I with me in a nearly complete kit, only thing missing was a sword and thats only cause I didnt have the belt, so I used a mace instead, at the moment I do have a sword belt of the 13th century with an older 12th century sword being used in the late 13th.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8765199@N07/10596356694/#in/set-72157637221932746/lightbox/
As what Ian posted with the knee cops and shynbalds being used in the mid 13th I went that route because I couldnt get my chausses on myself as they were tie in the back and they were too big. I am currently working on trying to tailor the feet, I sealed the backs up with riveted links to convert them to full leg ones as they were a bit oversized on my legs. Thats what Joe did with his too which him and I being nearly the same size and build worked for both of us, not sure if it would work if you're anybit bigger so I'd suggest full leg ones anyway if thats what you want. Tie in the back are simply less convenient.

Helmets wise I would suggest a great helm similar to ours though I own 2 rather fine ones I didnt want a cheap heavy GDFB one as I don't plan to do any fighting in my kit apart from cutting demos. Royal Oak armory's great helms are probably the best you can get on this side of the pond their dargen is the best replica I have seen, I also own the Madeln Great Helm as well.

Maille wise I would suggest round riveted round ring with alternating flat punched rings, as thats what most of Europe used, if you're doing Germany like I am then you can get away with Wedge riveted which first appeared there in either the 1220s or 1230s, it did NOT spread outwards till about 1300. Avoid flat ring round riveted as that stuff is rather inferior in quality and looks nothing like the real stuff. Wedge however I have seen examples similar, round ring round riveted I also have.

Shields wise you can get away with a kite early on or a "converted kite" similar to my teutonic shield. Later in the century they got smaller due to plate becoming a bit more dominant, you wont see it in many art examples but in effigies there are examples of early coat of plates as early as 1250, I wouldnt recommend it if you're not used to tons of weight, I can wear my maille just fine but coat of plates over maille is rather heavy honestly. Most of the visby armor dates to about 1290 and was long outdated in that era as Sweden was quite poor.

Swords wise you can get away with anything between a type X and a type XIV for the 13th though germany tended to hold onto older designs more along with crescent pommels which are hard to find in modern repros.

Hands armor wise both mittens and gloves made of maille existed. I use gloves but plan to eventually make integrated mittens for my hauberk.

Coifs were mostly integrated until the later half when separate ones started making a comeback. I use a separate one that dates to the early 14th century. Joe Metz uses a separate one too but tucks it in to give the illusion of an integrated one, I'd suggest doing that and you HAVE to tailor them to make them "look right".

Hope this info helps, this is most of what I know about the 13th century it being my period of interest the most.
 

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Re: I Want To Be a 13th Century English Knight
« Reply #43 on: 2014-02-10, 03:30:05 »
Actually all that really did it help. But my question still stands.
Did they have full round rivet mail?

I also found out the other day why the word chain mail started being used.
In this link.
http://www.myarmoury.com/feature_mail.php

It's very interesting.
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Re: I Want To Be a 13th Century English Knight
« Reply #44 on: 2014-02-10, 03:59:23 »
What do you mean specifically by full round rivet mail? Round rings and round rivets? Round rings and wedge rivets?
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