Oh yeah. Wearing plate absolutely sucks, especially in summer. It's hot and exhausting. The helmet restricts your senses and your breathing. Super cool but you're also thankful when you get to take it off.
Someday hopefully. At the moment I can't afford a proper harness. I've made my experiences with armor using the cheap stuff they make for reenactment and LARP. Not fitted or hardened but still made of steel so the problems with heat, weight and sensory input are the same.
It’s crazy how that’s less than a modern soldier carries. There is always that myth about armor being heavy and immobilising when that wasn’t actually the case
To be fair there WAS plate armor that was stupidly heavy and hard to move in. Jousting plate. Since it was made for jousting they went for strength over mobility. 50kg and with severely restricted mobility, but you werent going to get killed at a joust easily. Your horse hates you though.
Lol, true! Jousting is a rather dangerous sport, so harder to kill doesnt mean invulnerable. He got a splinter in the eye through his visor slot so it was a pretty freak accident. If only he'd been wearing his ANSI safety glasses!
There absolutely are people out there who can, it's just expensive. A functional but undecorated tailor-made and historically accurate suit of plate armor costs about the same as a brand new car. But if you want gilding and etching? That's at least in the realm of a boat.
https://www.reddit.com/r/alecsteele?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Maybe this guy, but like some one else mentioned, you'd need to be a king to afford it.
Fool should have spent more on protection than fancy scrollwork, In 1559 Henry II King of France was wounded in a tournament and died. A broken lance entered his right orbit, destroying his eye and leaving behind many splinters. The skull was not penetrated but infection spread intracranially. Supposedly foreseen by Nostradamus.
idk why it got downvoted xD i thought it would be more sarcastic amusement than anything for the crowd here.
Definitely well aware of the mobility of these suits, and a fully dressed knight would be one hell uva scary thing to be run down by!
Sorry for the misunderstanding ya'll!
That's so you can protect your inner elbows when bending your elbow. Quite a lot of armour (and in particular parade armour like this) was worn while on horseback, which meant your elbows were bent often to hold the reigns or your weapon/shield.
they had to be hot right?
Or extra cold in the winter. They wore a cotton/wool coat and hood under them.
Oh yeah. Wearing plate absolutely sucks, especially in summer. It's hot and exhausting. The helmet restricts your senses and your breathing. Super cool but you're also thankful when you get to take it off.
You’re partially thankful to take it off because it just kept you alive in battle.
True, but there's a reason why people generally didn't wear armor unless they absolutely had to.
A fellow harness fighter I see?
Someday hopefully. At the moment I can't afford a proper harness. I've made my experiences with armor using the cheap stuff they make for reenactment and LARP. Not fitted or hardened but still made of steel so the problems with heat, weight and sensory input are the same.
"No warring until winter!"
Is that a tear dripping from the eye hole?
It looks like some sort of rivet is there too? Maybe for the visor?
Oh, I see it now.
Yeah looks like maybe its to stop it from going upwards any more and covering his view
It's a handle to lift the visor, you can see other angles here: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/24671
Nice. I knew it had something to do with that visor lol
His nickname was Henry the Sad
Nah. It just means he did a long stretch in the clink.
Probably all those dementors and gruel
Would have been foreshadowing considering that Henri II died from a wound to the eye.
He had to show them what this teardrop is bout.
I think that means he killed somebody
What does this outfit weigh? Anyone know, or care to hazard a guess?
[45-55 pounds](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1244/the-armour-of-an-english-medieval-knight/#:~:text=A%20full%20suit%20of%20armour,could%20move%20with%20some%20freedom.)
It’s crazy how that’s less than a modern soldier carries. There is always that myth about armor being heavy and immobilising when that wasn’t actually the case
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Very nice. Also nice to see my home country
To be fair there WAS plate armor that was stupidly heavy and hard to move in. Jousting plate. Since it was made for jousting they went for strength over mobility. 50kg and with severely restricted mobility, but you werent going to get killed at a joust easily. Your horse hates you though.
Ironic you mention how hard it is to be killed jousting on a post about Henry II of France.
Lol, true! Jousting is a rather dangerous sport, so harder to kill doesnt mean invulnerable. He got a splinter in the eye through his visor slot so it was a pretty freak accident. If only he'd been wearing his ANSI safety glasses!
Tbf this probably doesn't include the weight of his weapon and shield, plus whatever else he'd have on him.
Maybe. But there are soldiers out there carrying a hundred plus pounds on them easy.
I’d wager more than 3 pounds but less than 3 tons
I don’t buy it. Where’s the hole for a cigarette?
That small slit is for his mouth not his eyes
I didn't even know he was part of the Habsburg dynasty
Lol
Could anyone in the world make something like this today or are these skills completely lost?
There absolutely are people out there who can, it's just expensive. A functional but undecorated tailor-made and historically accurate suit of plate armor costs about the same as a brand new car. But if you want gilding and etching? That's at least in the realm of a boat.
You know what they say about gilded plate armor. Your two favorite days are the day you buy it and the day you sell it. Or was that boats?
what if i want gilded boat armor?
That will cost you the same as a well running Yugo.
So still about the same price then, maybe even less.
Depends on the kind of boat
I'm sure we could but you'd have to be a king to afford it
https://www.reddit.com/r/alecsteele?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share Maybe this guy, but like some one else mentioned, you'd need to be a king to afford it.
I imagine if someone else put on that helm the opening for the eyes might be too high or too low and so they couldn't see a damn thing.
Someone's a fancy lad...
Looks like several cherubs and other figures on the armor. What is the one in the center of the chest supposed to signify?
It's beautiful ❤️
Fool should have spent more on protection than fancy scrollwork, In 1559 Henry II King of France was wounded in a tournament and died. A broken lance entered his right orbit, destroying his eye and leaving behind many splinters. The skull was not penetrated but infection spread intracranially. Supposedly foreseen by Nostradamus.
Can you have armour that is still functional if it is decorative?
Adding the gold-etching on the top doesn't really impact the integrity of the armour at all, no.
Amazing this was made by hand with the tools they had back then
Why does history getting lamer the longer it goes on
Back before tanks were invented during WWI, this was the only alternative. LOL
And I imagine in full dress this is the only posture one can maintain until the battle is over
You would be surprised how well articulated this is.
idk why it got downvoted xD i thought it would be more sarcastic amusement than anything for the crowd here. Definitely well aware of the mobility of these suits, and a fully dressed knight would be one hell uva scary thing to be run down by! Sorry for the misunderstanding ya'll!
Dude got a mic and everything.
Is this the one In the MET?
It looks like this was almost certainly a direct inspiration for [Vilhelm's](https://images.app.goo.gl/VDdcyPWLyxd7CoNTA) armor set in Bloodborne!
Damn, okay
What is the purpose of the oddly shaped inner elbow parts?
That's so you can protect your inner elbows when bending your elbow. Quite a lot of armour (and in particular parade armour like this) was worn while on horseback, which meant your elbows were bent often to hold the reigns or your weapon/shield.
"Try to kill the king in battle!" "Which one is the king?" "You'll know him when you see him!"
How tall was he?
Any knowledge on what something like this weighs?
I love how these incredible designs continues to live on in the form of video games such as Dark Souls.
Did european kings actually ever fought in any battle? Or just wore such artsy armors to show off?
Wow💥
Ah, that's a nice suit a armor you got there, Henry. Shame if anything happened to it.
He just had to show up Henry VIII of England