"people who wear this helmet rarely ever feel those big weapon strikes" Meanwhile there's me who took a great Axe to the side of the head and was out cold for a moment add a Renaissance faire demonstration. I have since repaded that helmet XD

19:43 yelmo de la alianza

As a smoker whos tall im already behind

4150CMV is ordnance grade steel. It is gun barrel steel, not tank armor. Just so you know.

Do you have a point of contact for your smiths? thanks!

What about hammers?

Your videos are amazing. Are you guys doing alright? The last upload was 2 years ago?

Where did you guys go?

Helmet terror was when carbon dioxide would build up in the helmet which would cause the night to possibly suffocate so they would have to breathe heavily in order to stay conscious

Grant looks like a lesbian

3k jeez. Im over here paying 1.5k for a full new set lmao

If i change to a slightly thinner gambeson, 1 layer less, will my cuirass and entire kit no longer fit properly?

Gotta love Sallets

Where can I buy these

a couple years late but i was wondering how your team is funded.

Would enlarging the holes on the pig-faced bascinet improve visibility and oxygen? I don’t mean significantly but marginally. I wear an ROA bascinet and the visibility is pretty good, maybe a bit reduced in the ⬆️⬇️ range

"Women are too weak to wear armor." Women working daily with children strapped to their back and chest lol

304 stainless in the annealed/solubilized condition is tougher in liquid nitrogen than mild steel at room temperature.

LOVE IT

DEUS VULT

Definitely interested. I've wanted to learn to use a sword for years. And the idea of hanging our with a bunch of other passionate people, learning to wear and use armor, use the weapons, and then put those skills to the test. Quite literally bashing eachother to pieces.. Well that's just dude 101 right there. Every man has somewhere in his blood.. the blood of warriors who came before him.

what kinda helmet is that though, like what type?

Has anyone tried D30 padding???

Would be interesting to understand why you find a disparity between Europe and the US. Or at least explain it. I can only assume it is a combat rules thing, but I have no idea.

What about Titanium??

Drip is half the battle

I'm glad I saw this...I just got my ROA helmet today and the armorer forgot to add a Simon strap

on hafted weapons. are ya'll allowed to have languets on them?

Been playing the videos for 3 hours while I polish and oil my stuff.

Such a picturesque place. I'm surprised to see that your last vid was a couple years ago, but I know it's time consuming to make them. The instructional content is the best. Hope that you're all well and are out there enjoying the sport.

The strike against the vambrace with the axe, even if the arm was allowed to react to the strike, would have broken the radius or ulna, possibly both. Tempered, the vambrace would have held up better, but it is a rather close fitting piece of armor, so it would not take that much deflection of the steel to transmit a heavy point load at right angles to the forearm bones, with a big hematoma or break as a result. Either way, you aren't fighting with that arm for the rest of the day/week/month, depending on your heal time.

You can stress relieve stainless steels with heat and soaking to reduce work hardening, whether from the armorer's hammer or a foe's mace, axe or polearm. One of the problems with many stainless and other highly alloyed steels is that at temperatures lower than 60 to 70 degrees F, they will cleave catastrophically or brittle fracture. Plus, like the man said, working stainless and "spring" steels is much harder than low carbon steel, which adds time to the process. Time is money.

I’m just trying to figure out the armor that would work best with my style. I’m formerly a college boxer, limited weapons training and 5’6 at 190ish pounds

So you guys just use the foam with no liners? Is the foam helmet padding from Medieval Extreme enough by itself or should we use more foam in between? I have some 1/2 inch thick air2gel from nadler in addition the foam liner, it makes the helmet snug but it might be a little TOO tight? The chin strap leather coming out from the side dig into my ears and can be quite annoying after a while. Even with the liner and the air2gel layer, I still feel some pressure when I smack the helmet with my palm. Not much but I do worry that it would multiply 10 fold when its an actual weapon. Its far from "Didn't feel a thing". So I feel like I'm doing something wrong when I have 2 of the best paddings combined and still feel the impacts. If I got rid of the liner, which I'm reluctant to do because It's a Andrey Galvenskiy and really big. I could probably put in 2-3 more layers of air2gel. That would make it really dense and even heavier. Hmmm, I need to find a balance.

I initially started learning Longsword Fencing before I started gaining interest in Buhurt. (The local club has a HEMA class) I had also dabbled in Kendo in High School, but my strongest influence in hand-to-hand combat is Boxing. The guys at my local Buhurt group have me learning the sword and shield combo right now. I'm wondering if I should see about using the long two handled falchion.

Excellent info thx 💪

It seems the rigid time period is kind of a negative point to this sport. People these days see it as The Rule Of Cool, and quite honestly NOT one soul knows exactly what each and every warrior of the times actually wore other than what was written down and drawn. There could have been very many fighters in rather strange and eclectic gear. I fully understand getting a century picked out but for someone with strong ties to their ancestry, there is no reason why the couldn't accentuate their armor and garb. You think the vikings that went to Turkey kept their thick winter gear? Or did they adopt local customs and armor types that better suited their ways, and the area of which they find themselves fighting in? Only fools stick to one thing and refuse to adapt.

Would you have a general sowing pattern for the gambeson? the middle one seems to have been made in pannels, would that be accurate?

What happened to you guys?

We're did grant get his sallet and bevor from or was it made in house ?

Bro john come back to Quantem

I'm just getting into the sport, like, found out it exists and learning about it at the very beginning level, no gear or any experience. Any tips for a lad such as myself? Other resources? Any vets with tips on "I wish I knew xyz before I started" etc etc.? Thanks for any response. Also, I'm in the St. Louis metro area, so anyone reading this who is on a team around here that's extra helpful. 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

it's crazy that y'all DIY blocking a blade slamming into your skulls

Where do you buy your armor ?

Very informative, thanks

I highly doubt I'll get an answer here, but in the states where is the best place to look for helmets? Is everyone wearing imported? And if so how much of a pain in the ass is it to import these?

How would i make sure the helmet would fit my head? Forgive my lack of knowledge but are all helmets one size fits all?

I've worked with metals for a long time, is it possible to make my own mace or dane axe?

Great video

You guys look like cops. Anyway, what are the rules with regard to the Great Helms armor? Do you have to wear mail with a period coat of plates? I ask because I have seen Great Helms with Italian plate armor and anyone would know thats not possible. Would anyone stop me from wearing my tilting gear? I have one of those armets that close in three places, and the pieces that go with it all existed, they just weren't all common finds. For example, my right shoulder has a besagew with just a guardbrace and spaulder while my left shoulder has a large pauldron covering the armpit so I can lift right right arm all the way up but my left is a little more restricted. I ask because being restricted on the basis of historicity would give me a lot of grief based on time and money, and I havent put it all together yet so if I could confirm that.