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Your Ideal Armour 1066 - 1546
Sir James A:
^ Sigismund of Tyrol replica, I believe
Joshua Santana:
--- Quote ---Sigismund of Tyrol replica, I believe
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Bingo! ;D
Illusion Armoring has a similar suit that I have in mind. Though a replica of that suit would be something worth an expensive penny for. When I look at it, I think that if I could get inside that harness, I more likely would easily fit into it.
MDJouster:
That armour was associated with Sigismund for years but lately I have heard reference that people now think that it was actually Maximillians. At any rate there is similar harness to it made by the same armourer (Lorenz Helmschmied) at about the same time that was conclusively Maximillians. Both are on display at KMV in Vienna. My wife Krissies armour is based on another simpler cuiras made for him at the same time by the same armourer on display there.
At one point the Sigismund harness was definitely my favorite but as I have gotten more interested in jousting a simpler more dedicated piece caught my attention. There is a 1510 dutch made stechzeug cuiras with helm and arms at the KMV collection which can be seen in Leib Rust Kammer the KMV Catalog. Toby had something similar made after the blackened and gilded English armour for use in steel coronel jousting. His helm was an insanely thick 7mm at some points and made by Jeff Wasson if I recall correctly. I don't know of any pictures on line though.
MDJouster:
Just found this...Look about an hour in.
Joshua Santana:
--- Quote ---That armour was associated with Sigismund for years but lately I have heard reference that people now think that it was actually Maximillians. At any rate there is similar harness to it made by the same armourer (Lorenz Helmschmied) at about the same time that was conclusively Maximillians. Both are on display at KMV in Vienna. My wife Krissies armour is based on another simpler cuiras made for him at the same time by the same armourer on display there.
At one point the Sigismund harness was definitely my favorite but as I have gotten more interested in jousting a simpler more dedicated piece caught my attention. There is a 1510 dutch made stechzeug cuiras with helm and arms at the KMV collection which can be seen in Leib Rust Kammer the KMV Catalog. Toby had something similar made after the blackened and gilded English armour for use in steel coronel jousting. His helm was an insanely thick 7mm at some points and made by Jeff Wasson if I recall correctly. I don't know of any pictures on line though.
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Interesting. My reason for choosing this one particular harness is because it the exact specific Goth style that pertains to my time period (1480-85) which would be in the middle to the end of the War of the Roses. I have done some research and found different types such those seen in the following images (same way that fashion trends change over time, the same is true with the changing styles in Armor):
Peter Falkner - 1495
Paulus Kal - circa 1480
Johannes Lecküchner - 1482
Hans Talhoffer - 1467
Point in summary: saying the phrase German Gothic can be ambiguous unless if going for a certain design on the breastplate, besegaus or no besegaus, tassets or no tassets etc. So you can say that my ideal harness would easily fit in with more Paulus Kal, Peter Falkner, Johanes Lecküchner as opposed to Talhoffer.
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