Gambeson Quest.

[Sir Wolf]

http://gambesons.com/category/gambesons ?

[Sir William]

Nice link...I take it that he does it by commission only?

[Sir Edward]

They appear to have the more complex shoulder design. At least in the pictures, they look great. I wish I could see one up-close.

[Das Bill]

http://gambesons.com/category/gambesons ?

That one looks excellent from the pictures. It looks like they really understand the proper design.

[Sir Wolf]

you could always email for detailed pics and then show us, hint hint. this guy i think gets some praises on the AA board

[Sir Ulrich]

So my chest size is only 32 inches. While being 34 sized over a gambeson. Guess it was a right thing to do to buy medium sized mail and the smaller size gambeson. Last thing I want is my clothing to be too big and baggy for me like my old outfit:

[Sir Edward]

The good news about getting it a little loose is that you have some room to grow. I started out as a really scrawny teen. I'm glad I sized my armor after my metabolism changed... heh

[Sir Wolf]

sir ulrich.

put your stuff on inside out and have someone help you gather and pin the seems until the garment fits you. then sew it up and cut off the excess

[Sir Ulrich]

Never thought about that before. Think I'm going to do that with my surcoat so I got one that actually fits me.

[Sir Brian]

i often hesitate on ordering over seas. dunno why but i still do.
my arming jacket has padding in the chest, back and shoulders. i need to make a aketon so as to use for earlier time periods than 15thc.

Well that is a sound precaution Sir Wolf and my ongoing experience with Steel-Mastery proves it out. 

On February 12th I couldn’t resist one of their “In Stock” gambesons. It was their standard gambeson but made with red brocade silk in the right size and a roughly 30% off their regular price. Now an in stock should be a fairly quick and easy transaction but no. They received their payment via paypal nearly instantaneous and I didn’t hear anything from them until I sent my first inquiry on March 3rd. I received almost an immediate response that they would need a couple of days to get me the tracking number of my shipment. – Huh? I thought it was “IN STOCK”. I gave them a week and sent another inquiry…their response came the next day asking for a couple more days. – Obviously stalling now. I gave it another week and sent a more terse inquiry. Again their reply came the next day stating that the merchandise was in the post office and they would send me a tracking number tomorrow morning. – So that remains to be seen.   

I do know if I don’t have the merchandise or shipment verification within a week I’ll be contacting pay pal and disputing the transaction. Kind of sucks because you don’t always get back all of it but something is better than nothing. The real shame is they have some really great looking stuff.   

[Thorsteinn]

Have you looked at Matuls Medieval Clothing yet?

-Ivan
Who made his own out of 100% flax linen and is happy to not have to do it again for many years.

[Sir Brian]

Hey great link with great looking and very reasonably priced items! Thanks for posting it Ivan, but
I think I’ll be all set for gambesons for a while whenever I get the one from Steel-Mastery. I
happened to also pick up another KOH gambeson off Ebay a couple of weeks ago. That green
gambeson he had in stock was very tempting to me though, fortunately it would be way to small
around the chest. 

[Sir William]

Have you heard back from them yet, Sir Brian?  I remember them as purveyors of some good looking armor and accoutrements, but the insane cost of shipping internationally always put me off.

[Sir Brian]

Not yet, then again it's still considered "morning" across the pond although not for much longer. I'll give'em another couple hours and rifle them off another "reminder"! 
Kind of sad really that they have to make this so hard. 

[Sir James A]

Sir Brian, good luck with getting the gambeson from them. That sounds completely unacceptable for an "in stock" item.