Kael's English Harness!

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[@sojjjer]

the most understated thing about armor is the fact that, when moving, it sounds like box of coins in a hurricane

[@Discitus]

I wonder how noisy hundreds of guys fighting in armour would be. In movies and TV we always hear clashing weapons and shouting, but never the sounds of clanky suits.

[@joshklein987]

@@Discitus havong done some armored combat its pretty quite outside but in indoor fights every hit sounds like thunder mixed with hucking a silverware set at a steel drum

[@KryllKiller]

Kael's armor is a mastercraft of our time. It was a privilege to see this in person at Bob Charrette's Fighting Arts Symposium last year. Cheers.

[@hchan4818]

The POWER of BRETONNIA within, this Knight Armour is beautiful & battle ready for the brutal campaigns....

[@CDKohmy]

I absolutely love that English armour, though my budget will only allow me Scottish, French, or English armour of the 3rd quarter of the 14th century.

[@zaidhernandez4601]

I mean late 14th century armor still looks pretty great, especially with a surcoat

[@secutorprimus]

Like Kael says at 11:20, channels like yours make me want to put together my own kit eventually. Although it'll likely be a far more "common soldier" kit, due to a combination of cost restrictions and interest in lower status soldiers and citizenry of the time. Mostly soft kit, with a sallet/kettle hat on the head, and a habergeon and/or breastplate on the torso.

[@GordonFreemann]

I so love to see this harness in detail.

[@bettyswollocks1670]

A couple of quids worth there, magnificent looking bit of kit.

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

It was indeed pricey...

[@romainburgy908]

It seems more like a tournament armor than one made for the battlefield seeing how little mobility it has

[@zaidhernandez4601]

It seems to be one for battle with the amount of them

[@eviminarti62]

Unbreakable BRETONNIA Knight...awesome craftsmanship...

[@bashkillszombies]

Except they wouldn't have considered themselves British, nor Praetonic. But hey - it works in the same way as calling every Germanic warrior a viking does. It's like a girl who is a ten if you're drunk and don't open your eyes.

[@TheUberguitar123]

One of the most beautiful harnesses i've ever seen!

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

It is SO nice. To see it and handle it in person was a real treat for us. -Reece

[@TheUberguitar123]

@@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841 I am particularily amazed by how smooth the articulation is on his skirt of plates!

[@angieo1305]

That was my only real concern broken neck that helmet design is necessary for me if I can ever get myself into a harness

[@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique]

Knights require wide shoulders, it makes you look more badass. Good job.

[@WarlordFlanker]

I always wondered how well those harnesses moved, thanks for sharing!!!

[@doosteh]

Next C7 on the East coast, I'll be there with an Al'antica kastenbrust. Hopefully with an even longer pteruge scale fauld that Kael's.

[@oliverengelhard4464]

--what a beautifull armour......

[@zizkazenit7885]

Beautiful... must have cost more than my car!

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

I think somewhere in the $25,000 mark. Could be more... -Reece

[@bashkillszombies]

@@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841 As a generational smith by weekend I cruise armor content just to see how much people are willing to waste. That is, without a doubt, highway robbery. :/ I think I should start making armour.

[@carterhickenlooper8784]

@@bashkillszombies It easily took a year to make that amour. Armour takes far too long to make. If anything he's getting underpaid.

[@scornonical1313]

It's beautiful

[@user-ky5tp7fz1h]

Thats beatiful

[@GeeBarone]

Beautiful harness! Although a little puzzling some of the things the owner says - not being able to lift his arms past his shoulders seems extremely counterintuitive for a foot combat harness - especially given how much capwell is his book and in the videos on the effigy he harps on about how important shoulder mobility is for this style. Wasson is also obviously an amazing armourer, so maybe there is some kind of configuration issue?

[@MisdirectedSasha]

I think probably configuration is right; his voiders are in the wrong place too.

[@myliege5800]

George Barone Tobias has the full force of the Wallace Collection’s networks behind him and you can see it in his reproduction.

[@GeeBarone]

@@myliege5800 capwells black harness sports a different style of paldrons

[@callumtostevin-hall2044]

@@myliege5800 Toby's Black Armour was made long before he was working at the Wallace. But yes it fitted him much better than this one fits this chap.

[@carterhickenlooper8784]

I noticed that in the CFAS 2019: Squires List Kael wasn't wearing his tassets? Do you know why this was?

[@matthewmiller9485]

Not any real mention about the besegews in this video. I noticed in the videos previously of this man fighting he went without either the besegews tassets or both. Why was that? Doesn't really make sense to me, but what do I know!?!

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

They came undone during his fights. If you listen closely you can hear a high pitch "twain". Those are his besegews falling off. -Reece

[@matthewmiller9485]

@@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841 That's unfortunate. Was there no way to reattach them later? Also, what about the tassets? Why were they not worn in some of the boughts as well?

[@KryllKiller]

It came down to how they were attached to the armor proper. An easy fix.

[@dukemcperson7714]

Absolutely gorgeous armor. Any idea what gauge the trim on the limbs is?

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

Awesome harness. But the spaulders/pauldrons seem a bit oversized for English style. Our armours tend to be quite small in the shoulders and terminate much higher.

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

This one is based off a specific effigy. By 1450 onwards you do see them get larger. -Reece

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

@PursuingThe KnightlyArts From what I saw of the effigy in Matt Easton's vid, they're still a fair bit smaller than this. I'd say on the effigy that they terminate about where the deltoid muscles stop and seem much more closely fitted. The effigy visually has more Rerebrace than Spaulder, where as this armour is more Spaulder than Rerebrace. The Effigy also looks to have Rerebeace on top of the Spaulders rather than the other way around. Dr Capwell does stress how the English refused to sacrifice mobility for protection or protection for mobility. We had a fairly unique obsession with getting the best of both. The way this armour is done could be part of why he cant raise his arms. Still bloody cool armour though. I would love to get into harness sparring. But I'm still relatively new to HEMA and can barely afford the gear for that lol.

[@glendonmorgan7253]

Realistically how much would a full harness like that cost?

[@pursuingtheknightlyarts6841]

$25,000