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A Late 14th C Pisan
Ian:
I think the SCA requires a rigid defense. You could certainly hide a rigid plate inside of maille.
The maille itself required no tailoring, but it will definitely not fit anyone with a bigger neck. I lucked out that it fit out of the box, that's rare.
Sir Rodney:
--- Quote from: Sir William on 2014-02-07, 14:42:26 ---Is this worn in addition to a gorget and/or aventail? Looking at Sir Ian's avatar, I don't see how you'd ever notice the pisan under the helm and aventail.
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I currently wear a butted mail standard under my bascinet & aventail. My standard hides a padded heavy leather “dog collar” gorget.
I’ve seen the SCA rules regarding neck armour interpreted many different ways over the years by many different Marshals. To alleviate any potential problems during armour inspections, I tend to play it safe.
With the combo of bascinet, unpadded mail aventail, mail standard, hidden leather collar, and quilted padding, I’ve never had my armour bounced (plus it looks good ;) ).
--- Quote from: SCA Marshal’s Handbook ---VI. ARMOR REQUIREMENTS
D. Neck Armor
The neck, including the larynx, cervical vertebrae, and first thoracic vertebra must be covered by one or a combination of the following and must stay covered during typical combat situations, including turning the head, lifting the chin, etc.:
1. The helm
2. A gorget of rigid material
3. A mail or heavy leather camail or aventail that hangs or drapes to absorb the force of a blow. If the camail or aventail lays in contact with the larynx, cervical vertebrae, or first thoracic vertebra, that section must be padded with a minimum of .25 inch (6mm) of closed cell foam or equivalent
4. A collar of heavy leather lined with a minimum of .2 5in (6mm) of close cell foam or equivalent.
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scott2978:
This seems like a fun project so I started making one today using some left over 9mm wedge riveted maille and scraps of linen and leather I had laying around. I'll post pics once I get the maille woven together, just looks like a pile of ring strips right now.
Lord Dane:
Very nice work Ian. :) I love the details.
Sir Rodney:
I made a butted mail standard some time ago and received quite a bit of help and advice from David Teague, Bill Grandy, Sir Wolf and others in this myArmoury thread:
http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=20262
I just realized that I never posted a picture of the final product. ???
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