Ned Kelly’s armour: a suit becomes a symbol

[@Newjerseyblows]

The fact that his armor was made out of plough and other farming tools just makes the legend even more badass.

[@scootergrant8683]

Really does a 180 on that Bible verse.

[@stephenmorrissey8950]

@@scootergrant8683 Joel 3:10 "Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong." cf Micah 4:3 (swords into ploughshares and spears into pruning hooks). There's lots of Bible verses that are straight up inversions of other Bible verses.

[@justinsmith4562]

Not really, makes him cheap.

[@krisbergin8628]

@@justinsmith4562 or resourceful perhaps..

[@throttlegalsmagazineaustra7361]

They stole the plough shares from neighbouring farms.

[@garymitchell6056]

I actually got to wear one of the Kelly helmets in the 1960's. My father was in Victoria Police Public Relations - and back in those days it was displayed at the Melbourne Show I believe- and taken around to show various groups. I remember my father coming home with a "special" surprise for me to see; and I believe it might have been Dan Kellys helmet - my Dad put it on my head - but had to support the weight - as I was pretty young - 8 yrs old? He also had one of their colt revolvers for me to look at. I still remember this quite distinctly - and I am now 66. I feel lucky - as not too many people would have worn this armour !!

[@ianwilkinson5069]

Wear one of his helmets?!? He only had one.

[@carsonaswell2809]

@@ianwilkinson5069 more than one person in the Ned Kelly Gang had armor

[@jamiekelly6851]

@@ianwilkinson5069 he did say Dan Kelly mate

[@Dead25m]

@@ianwilkinson5069 Reading is difficult, isn't it?

[@vopenacattleco]

@@ianwilkinson5069 🤣😂😆👍🏻

[@chrisbrent7487]

They were all black powder firearms then. They generally fired pretty big bullets but at slower velocity to modern smokeless powder cartridges. They were also all round nose lead bullets. Modern faster smaller caliber rounds would have punched right through it. I still can’t imagine what it would be like getting hit in it, especially the helmet.

[@Romin.777]

Maximum deformity on impact. Impressive indeed. haha

[@zackstewart4109]

@@Romin.777 that was the idea. In those days a pistol often had to stop a horse with a single shot.

[@javieragonzalez2164]

be noisy as hell, imagine the ringing

[@BennyLlama39]

I can imagine the noise would be like standing inside a church bell while it's ringing.

[@kennydoggins1712]

They didn't have hearing protection back then and lived as revolutionary outlaws, they could fire guns off inside and not wince plus ned Kelly was notoriously known as a drinker so I doubt he heard or felt it as much as a normal modern person would

[@GrooberNedJardine]

It's not the Armour that is precious , it is the Symbolism of a Mans fight against the oppression of the Establishment . Nothing has changed .

[@edwardobernardino4347]

Fuk Ned Kelly he was a dog a snitch and a coward... I herd he shit his pants b4 they hung his filthy neck

[@peterswanson6816]

Oh wow so powerful so woke 😂. Its the armour not the person he was smart too bad it was used for bad.

[@alanxu3936]

@@peterswanson6816 Spoken like a coward who is all too willing to sacrifice all of his liberty for a little bit of security.

[@marcusmason3440]

Oppression of the establishment? Kelly made a decision to become an armed criminal and paid the price for it..............

[@devkrovil]

@@peterswanson6816 When you have nothing to show for your years of hard work due to inflation and banks trying to buy everything up. You'll get a sense of why he did what he did.

[@nugley]

And under that armour, close to his heart, he was wearing the sash he was awarded when young, for saving a drowning child.

[@lapalad]

Ted Bundy also saved a drowning boy and can you provide newspaper reports from the time about this incident??

[@nugley]

@@lapalad seek and ye shall find. Lots of Kelly history available, e.g. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2PJpml7hqiAitU

[@lapalad]

@@nugley This is not a newspaper report from the time.

[@nugley]

@@lapalad google is a verb

[@lapalad]

I'll wait patiently

[@MitchDussault]

Minor correction to the subtitles that were edited into the video: it's not plough shears. She was actually saying ploughshare or plowshare. A ploughshare is an old school farming plough that is tied to oxen or horses and pulled to turn the soil to break it up and make it ready for planting.

[@jakesoros2376]

Thank you mate 👍

[@j-rocd9507]

Try being an American. Glad we had the english subtitles lol

[@zackstewart4109]

@@j-rocd9507 I'm American and didn't need the subtitles at all. Not all of us are troglodytes.

[@dukecraig2402]

@@j-rocd9507 Yea, exactly what is the language they speak in Australia? It sounds vaguely familiar, I can pick up a word or two here and there but on the whole it's a foreign language to me. And would you know what language it is they speak in England? That's another one I can't can't quite place, like Australian it sounds familiar I just can't figure out where I've heard it before.

[@tfan2222]

@@dukecraig2402 My god have you EVER been out of state? How is Australian almost a foreign language to you?

[@samanderson573]

So happy to see the whole armour, making an extra large suit is going to be a challenge, but this vid has outlined the construction a lot better than just pictures. Rough bush blacksmithing....what ever gets the job done.

[@556WalkemdownTorrents]

its all fake.

[@mightymcphee]

@@556WalkemdownTorrents haha what are you on about? you must be the only man on earth who believes ned kelly is a conspiracy hahahahah

[@556WalkemdownTorrents]

@@mightymcphee you saw it happen? Or the police at the time did? Police are honest people ?

[@mightymcphee]

@@556WalkemdownTorrents so all of history is fake because we weren't there to see it? Regardless of the paper trail? regardless of all the hard proof? He has family records court records depictions newspaper articles the armor and the family itself has survived, you are crazy mate

[@556WalkemdownTorrents]

@@mightymcphee you love the government alot i can tell.

[@jonataseuuk]

Tha worse thing to think is that the Australia government still works the same way they did 200 years Ago, billing and over taxing the poor.

[@dannycarter3647]

Do a Ned.

[@aerotuc]

AND IMPRISONING US FOR HAVING COVID.Well at least the SOCIALIST PARTIES DO.

[@JizzyDipper]

@@Thataussiebattler you don't need to tax the poor to create a society

[@viktoriyaserebryakov2755]

@@Thataussiebattler It's not, you just don't have anything better to say.

[@viktoriyaserebryakov2755]

@@Thataussiebattler What a redundant statement.

[@flamingfrancis]

The thinner section will be the end part of the blade that tilled the earth. It is a remarkable job of bush blacksmithing. The riveting quality alone is something many smiths would struggle with. And to think there are those who do not recognse his intelligence. This workmanship plus his writings say a lot about him. Amazing dent just below the right eye that would have taken his head off but for the protection. There was not a lot of science in making of the material and certainly no formal testing in those days.

[@bmxerqf882]

I'm not sure this is particularly mind blowning blacksmithing when you compare it to plate armour produced 500 years earlier. The average person at the time this was made would have had much easier access to high temperature fuels

[@MissMarquise]

I agree, quite a feat to decide what they were going to do and then fabricate armour for the purpose having no experience!

[@Tester-sh1mn]

@@bmxerqf882 Your reasoning doesn’t really checkout. He was a poor man treated just as poorly who had made his armour from stolen materials, well crafted armour of medieval times were paid for by wealthy knights, knaves (like Kelly) didn’t have such a privilege. As for the thing about fuels, ANSTO tested the suit and found it had been some parts were bent cold and some pieces forged only reached 700 C.

[@Sweetlyfe]

@@thatoneguybones8036 Yes but you are looking at it from the perspective of someone in 2023, I’m not doubting the basic Blacksmithing, as I trust the expert conservator.

[@bmxerqf882]

@@Tester-sh1mn my point was that he had access to the same technology as a medieval armourer even if he was poor. The main tool needed is a hammer and it should have been easier to create a high temperature forge in Neds era. It's an amazing piece of history but it's still an incredibly crude piece of blacksmithing

[@alanmacpherson3225]

I read somewhere that the reason his legs weren't armoured was because the gang was planning to wreck a train and stand at the top of an embankment so they could shoot down on the train. Therefore their legs would have been protected if they stood back from the edge of the embankment.

[@samsabastian5560]

That is one theory.

[@lukewarm7744]

Complete BS

[@RobK32]

​@@lukewarm7744please tell us oh wise one

[@ClovisPoint]

@@RobK32 so he could ride his Harley unencumbered ,since all Bikies think they are Ned Kelly

[@Lemon83166]

Or maybe because they cant fucking run or move. Maybe thats why eh

[@jacobcrowfoot4034]

Got to see it earlier this year in the library and it had a real presence about it I stood there for way to long just staring in amazement

[@lil_Kizzy]

This was honestly super cool Ned Kelly was my ancestor

[@Blazer3434]

Woah

[@samsabastian5560]

Frenzy_playzz Seeing he had no children, how can you be related to him?

[@kylearmstrong4101]

@@samsabastian5560 Ned Kelly had brothers and sisters...

[@samsabastian5560]

@@kylearmstrong4101 An ancestor is a person who is in direct line to a person. Brothers and sisters don't count.

[@leopoldthedigger7062]

@@samsabastian5560 he’s still related.

[@SP-ny1fk]

A symbol appropriated by the system - but which forever lives on outside the system.

[@samsabastian5560]

Stupid ignorant comment.

[@blackmatterlives9865]

I'm an American, and I've never heard of this guy Ned Kelly. Time to delve into some of Australians history.

[@j-rocd9507]

If want to piss every one here off confuse him with Yahoo Serious

[@rosscollingwood5189]

Just make sure that you go back to the original sources to do it. There has been a lot of utter rubbish written about Ned Kelly being some sort of latter day Robin Hood and revolutionary hero, and it's simply not true.

[@23yearsand76]

@@rosscollingwood5189 Ensure you investigate the Gestapo tactics of Vicpol on the Kelly family as well!!!!

[@23yearsand76]

Aussie Legend old Ned was...and always will be

[@michaelbarry1651]

@@23yearsand76 You've said it. Time to give it a rest.

[@michaelthompson342]

My Great Aunt Nellie Cooper was a staunch Kelly supporter. She was OLD when I was a small child in the sixties. I can still remember her making his case, though I think she must have been repeating things she heard from her parents.

[@danielponiatowski7368]

my grandmother was a great story teller, she was a nurse in the western australian goldfields before antibiotics were a thing. she also repeated the family stories she was told as a kid by her mother and grandmother. i still have an old photograph of her, the youngest at the back, and her 3 siblings sitting on the big old farm horse leaving for school in the morning. that was after they milked the cows etc of course.

[@michaelthompson342]

@@danielponiatowski7368 Great memories!

[@oldschool1993]

Careful girls, that's 1/4 steel plate- it might shatter like glass.

[@j.r5159]

😂

[@professornuke7562]

And you can see bending like lead when they turn it over.

[@Ticonderous1]

If it wasn't for Ned Kelly wearing the Armour he would long be forgotten .....ICONIC does not describe it enough...

[@911axe]

Ned will be remembered long after myself, you, and 99.99% of the people who have commented on this video. My estimate on percentage might be a bit low, as it's probably a higher percentage.

[@samsabastian5560]

@@911axe Ned Kelly matters are in serious decline. As ALL government departments are removing Kelly myths from their websites and promotional material right now, he will soon fade into oblivion where he deserves to be.

[@bradwilliams7212]

@@911axe Ned Kelly is being forgotten. The number of people visiting Glenrowan is down some 40% and continuing to drop. Ned Kelly was no better than Ivan Milat.

[@DeadKennedys-eo1oo]

@@bradwilliams7212 40% prove it ? Ivan Milat isn't he the guy that abducted murdered and buried many people ? How many women did Ned rape or murder again ? Habitual liar much

[@bradwilliams7212]

@@DeadKennedys-eo1oo Ned Kelly and Ivan Milat were both murdering psychopaths. Ned Kelly held a load of women and children as hostages at gunpoint, threatening to murder them if they did not do as he ordered. He intended to murder women who were on the train when it derailed at Glenrowan.

[@fuzzymonkey84]

Bits of old plough being handled like 400 year old stained glass 😂

[@Ben-Downlow.]

I guess they plan to be handling them just like that in 1000 years time! This artifact will by then be like having robin hood bow, or king Arthur's excalibur!

[@Ben-Downlow.]

Lol, the cultural genocide will end one day, just gotta retain what we can.

[@fishlife1013]

And the co situation is just a piece of paper and just like money

[@furbabies11]

Just stick to vroom vroom, let the intelligent people handle artifacts

[@chrisschipper1490]

The Makers/Trade mark "SJ" under "H&H H3" (at 5:16 min.) looks to me like the old mark of Spear & Jackson, England.

[@steven2212]

Priceless. The suit of a warrior. Thanks for sharing!

[@phillippereira6468]

The man was a criminal and a murderer, he was no warrior

[@Jesta747200]

The privilege that lady has to hold it. I drove all the way to Victoria just to see his armour and they had it temporarily off display. Was probably my only opportunity to ever see it 😞

[@sconner6822]

Oh that’s a shame. Did you get to go to some of the historical land marks involved with Ned?

[@ontherunplmr1218]

Yes I visited Twice from the UK 2018 and 2019, both times were not able to view , however in the Museum linked to the Police they have Two other orginal sets well worth visiting although from memory I believe they are closed on Sat/Sunday

[@ike8236]

I went to the museum long long time ago and it's the only thing I remember seeing.

[@jeffjames3111]

I would rather a blacksmith reviewed this - no disrespect to conservator. Shame you didnt get to see it.

[@michaelbarry1651]

Telephone much?

[@striderragnarson7354]

The lack of any kind of real detail such as the actual weight of the armour (44kg, instead of just going on vaguely about how heavy it is multiple times), number of bullet impacts on the armour (18) all sorts of interesting information that could have been included to make this an interesting and informative video.

[@anonamarth4291]

This isn't a video that's aimed at being informative. If you read the description, part of it says "Ned Kelly's armour is one of the most iconic objects of the Australian cultural landscape. Here, we are granted a rare detailed look at the armour as the State Library Victoria's Conservation Manager, Jane Hinwood, prepares it for display." You can see that it's more about looking at the armour itself, rather than learning facts and figures.

[@ClovisPoint]

kg ,eyes roll

[@SpasticSpelunker]

Looking at some of the dents on the armour, you can’t help but think “that woulda hurt in the morning.”

[@simonolsen9995]

Ned Kelly - Original Mad Lad.

[@jjrider6758]

Good old Ned.. We'll need thousands more like him soon..

[@mitchellclarke478]

Thousands more murdering criminals?

[@stover14]

@@mitchellclarke478 yes

[@samsabastian5560]

JJ RIDER So you think we need more murderers, bank robbers, hostage takers, and thieves. That is a real smart comment, NOT.

[@stover14]

@@samsabastian5560 Yes

[@stover14]

@@samsabastian5560 accelerate

[@sonofdamocles]

I admire the tenderness with which these folks treat the artifacts

[@nigel900]

The way she holds her breath every time she moves it, you’d think it was made out of paper thin Tiffany glass… It’s 1/8 to 1/4 inch solid steel! Take a chill-pill!

[@Sk1m_Beeble]

Was thinking the same, "surely it's not *THAT* delicate"

[@justinkedgetor5949]

Repeated exposure to the moisture in our breath can cause long term damage is my guess

[@nigel900]

@@justinkedgetor5949 Then mask up.

[@justinkedgetor5949]

@@nigel900 it was my guess idk if that's why 🤷‍♂️

[@pv2870]

I'm sure her training as a conservator means she would treat every object the same way. It would be habit and good practice. Also, heavy things joined with primitive hinges could be easily damaged.

[@christopherdean1326]

I was just reading about this in Bill Bryson's book "Down Under". Kelly wore this armour once, for no more than an hour, it didn't work because they shot him in the legs, they captured him only days later, and hanged him after a short trial, and yet it has defined his life.

[@baabaabaa2293]

Jones' book on the Kelly Gang is better.. if you can find a copy mate... The Stringybark Creek memorial was in the wrong place.. Jones found the correct site. Byrne probably had the idea for the armour, he grew up with the Chinese at Woolshed & saw them parade in bamboo armour.. I won't bugger the story for you, but it took the author over 20yrs to write it.

[@christopherdean1326]

@@baabaabaa2293 Thx, but I wasn't reading the book for details of Kelly, it was merely one of many things Bryson talked about in his inimitable style.

[@baabaabaa2293]

@@christopherdean1326 All good mate.. it's a cracker of a book if you ever get the chance.

[@samsabastian5560]

Chritopher Dean Ned Kelly put the armour on just before 3am at the Glenrowan Hotel. He attacked the police at the front of the hotel and was wounded. He walked back into the hotel and out the back door, walked 150 metres and lay down behind a large fallen log. He remained there until just after 7 am when he rose and approached the police from behind. He was brought down at this time. He wore the armour for 4 hours.

[@samsabastian5560]

@@baabaabaa2293 Ian Jones book is a load of fictitious nonsense. Jones did not find the correct place, and there is still debate on the actual location. Professional historians are scathing of the rubbish that Jones wrote. He is a disgrace to this nation for the lies he told.

[@JewsRock-ILJ]

The ammo back then used black powder which has a much lower muzzle velocity than modern ammo, which is why such armor was effective.

[@LeonJakub]

It's a pity they didn't take as much care of Ned as they did his armour.

[@samsabastian5560]

Leon Jakub Did Ned Kelly care for the three police he murdered at Stringybark Creek. Constable Lonigan and 4 little children and Sgt Kennedy had 5 children under 10 years of age. Where is your concern for them?

[@lukewarm7744]

@@samsabastian5560 The coppers on a bounty......Three Police groups sent to murder Ned and his 16 year old brother who was actually innocent of the BS Gazetted "Warrant"

[@toby_that_one_random_guy]

@@samsabastian5560 i think the reason for lack of concern for the deaths ned caused was because of how famous or infamous ned was, he fought for good intentions but he did use illegal methods to get to his goal

[@DeadKennedys-eo1oo]

@@samsabastian5560 The Hunters become the symbol of opportunistic cowards. Kennedy ran leaving his comrades behind what a fn coward.

[@gordonfreeman7187]

@@toby_that_one_random_guy He is definitely not a hero and downplaying murder is ridiculous.

[@cuzzyXXL]

for anyone curious to learn more about this guy, count dankula does a pretty great video on ned kelly in his mad lads series

[@narnorfyabizness5470]

Ned stood up to the corruption that was the Victorian Police. What ever crimes they committed we're bought on by the police. Constant harassment towards him and his family and unwanted sexual advances by one of the officers towards one of Ned's sisters and the low arse treatment they gave his mothet was an utter disgrace. Ned and his gang are heros.

[@shiraz1736]

He was just another common thief no more and no less.

[@Yarkoonian]

Didn’t he burn bank records for peoples mortgages? And would treat prisoners kindly?

[@shiraz1736]

@@Yarkoonian Yes they say when he wasn’t wearing his suit of armour he would don green tights and attack police with bow and arrow.

[@Hapkido82AUS]

A thief, hostage taker and murderer you mean

[@tufanchakir9322]

He was a murdering thug, with a bit of bravado.

[@GK1976A]

Can someone please explain to me how tickling the armour with a poxy little brush and using a vacuum nozzle with very little suction that has been clearly purchased off eBay (I've got one), equates to preserving this armour? Having restored classic motorbikes and a basic understanding of various metals including ferrous, I don't see what effect this will have in stopping the metal from degrading. Surely applying some kind of petroleum based barrier would be better like they use on firearms?

[@bucc5207]

I think the environmental conditions where they store it do a lot more to preserve it than the occasional dusting does.

[@GK1976A]

@@bucc5207 exactly. So what's the point in tickling it with a silly little brush apart from justifying paying the 'expert' a ridiculous salary.

[@bucc5207]

@@GK1976A Dunno, but I think you're right the expert has to justify her job.

[@alberttresslevic914]

I've got a 112 year old German Mauser that went through two world wars and the metal work has held up pretty damn well.

[@Looking-great]

It's scary also that these idiots are.probably getting paid a 6 figure salary to do shit shit.

[@helloworld0911]

Only in Australia where a convict's suit of armour is handled as a cultural relic.

[@ant13665]

son of a convict. thought of himself as an irishman.

[@shiraz1736]

Yep it’s f#$king ridiculous.

[@samsabastian5560]

@@ant13665 Ned Kelly ALWAYS claimed to be Australian.

[@Looking-great]

​@@shiraz1736How does it affect your life precious? 😂 Maybe go buy some tampons.

[@shiraz1736]

@@Looking-great The fact that I have to share this place with such dopey c@$ts is a start.

[@2011Matz]

Ned and the gang grew up under the influence of the technical developments of the American Civil War. These included armored warships and cartridge ammuntion which he never got his hands on. However, one account of the shootout at Glenrowen quotes Ned shouting, "You can't hurt me, I'm the bloody Monitor!" This was a reference to the USS Monitor, the iron turreted ship that revolutionised naval warfare. This ship was the inspiration for the Victorian Colonial navy's "Cereberus," which arrived at Melbourne in 1871, just 8 years before the Kelly armor was fashioned.

[@Angelnder-Typ]

Der gepanzerte Ned Kelly is what we call him over here in germany. learned about him when i was like 14. what a great man he was

[@samsabastian5560]

Schulten Brau Ned Kelly was a vicious stand-over-thug, a murderer and he was scum.

[@bradwilliams7212]

schhultenbrau795 Ned Kelly was a vicious murdering criminal. Your comments that he was a great man is not true in any sense.

[@bradwilliams7212]

Ned Kelly was a vindictive murdering, thieving, hostage taking criminal. He was scum.

[@waynemcauliffe2362]

It was great to see it when i was down from Qld last year

[@Blackpool-no2vt]

The og iron man

[@christopherfranklin972]

For subtitles please note it's ploughshares not ploughshears.

[@doncarlodivargas5497]

Other countries have palaces, fortresses, cathedrals, literature, operas, monuments and all kind of impressive expressions of human creativity, Australia, some buckled sheets of metal

[@danielponiatowski7368]

yep, and wouldnt trade it for any of the other.

[@doncarlodivargas5497]

@@danielponiatowski7368- hehe! I was only joking

[@TheTwoFingeredBullFrog]

@@danielponiatowski7368 Very true, that's Australian history right there. We have tons of this shit in European museums, but I've always found the kelly gang story fascinating. Ned Kelly went medieval on their arse 🤣

[@benmeech4972]

They still wear plate carriers in the military to this day just an early version

[@TheTwoFingeredBullFrog]

@John Nichol there's no doubt about that, you don't have to agree with a person's action to to find them interesting. He should never be glorified in anyway though.

[@Flix-f6q]

1:30 "So you can see how heavy it is..." The armor is 12 budweiser cans long, has a volume of 30.000 skittels and weighs half a washing machine. Its important to show only bits in a weird perspective, not to give a general impression. We know what we are doing, we are uncoordinated 4 ppl and dont jeed a frame to move something delicate. He who finds sarcasm can keep it.

[@waterboy181]

Ned Kelly… the original Tony Stark.

[@TheGaragelifter]

Imagine the marketing gold mine the companies who made the sheers would have if they were still in business today.

[@insanecommander5948]

Cowboy killdozer

[@Easyflux]

It's pretty simplistic but clever, the movable part. If he would have needed to fully cover his face in anticipation of an incombing barrage of bullets, he could simply lower his face so the lower part of the movable plate would hit against his chest, resulting in the gap closing. It's no guarantee, but it's something. I doubt it's a coincidence.

[@alanshaw6451]

You need to be careful with it, I've seen armor of this type disolve just by looking at it.

[@Bantha_Rider]

Thank you for showing this litte doco State Library of Victoria. Ned kelly saved a boy from drowning an was awarded a green sash of bravery

[@crazycressy7986]

Why is she handling it like a 2000 year old artefact? It's a bit of steel made 150 years ago .ok, it's Neds armour, but it's not really fragile, is it lol

[@peteyd1984]

Because it's precious, it's one of a kind.

[@nicholasdial8213]

War Mode, best podcast in the business

[@annshenton119]

Careful ladies don't break that iron

[@CailenCambeul]

Pointing at perfectly round holes built into the armour and calling them "bullet holes" ... WTF? That's where I switched off.

[@lanmarknetworking3034]

Australia could use a whole helluv alot of Neds ATM...

[@mitchellclarke478]

We have they're criminal Bikie gangs

[@viktoriyaserebryakov2755]

@@mitchellclarke478 They're best buddies with the cops. So not the same thing.

[@perpetualgrin5804]

I recently camped at Stringybark creek. No phone reception, the police refuse to visit.

[@Chris-vq5vr]

Hero. Forever will be.

[@dannycarter3647]

Disgusting criminal. Forever will be.

[@samsabastian5560]

Chris Only in the minds of fools who have been misled.

[@DeadKennedys-eo1oo]

@@samsabastian5560 Coming from a drunk that's pretty rich bradley williams

[@theyreoutthere.huntinggear]

The legend of the mandolorian must have taken from this.

[@lib556]

I read somewhere that some of the coppers had Martini Henry rifles. I couldn't imagine what it'd be like to be in that metal suit being hit with those big, heavy bullets.

[@sabo55]

Interestingly though hard (as apposed to soft armor like kevlar vests that most cops wear these days) is the "Achilles heel" for large soft lead bullets, it causes them to just blow to pieces and expend their energy relatively easily. When you look at the armor you can tell those lads really knew their shit when it came to ballistics.

[@danielponiatowski7368]

@@sabo55 there was a story about a british tank fighting in france after D day, it was a crommwell i think. anyway, they were hit a number of times by AP rounds but the projectiles didnt penetrate all the way through, they just got stuck, and there were no armour fragments knocked off to ricochet around inside. when they arrived at a maintenance depot there was much interest in this tank as it should have been destroyed. it turned out that it shouldnt have even been there as it was originaly a test vehicle made from mild steel instead of armoured.

[@lib556]

@@sabo55 Yeah, no doubt about the bullets shattering on impact but... sheesh. Having your head in a metal bell that's getting rung by .577, 480 gr bullets traveling at 1,350 ft/sec! Talk about a headache!

[@aceman1126]

@@lib556 no doubt. Had to be loud as hell too.

[@Sk1m_Beeble]

@@lib556 that'll rattle ya cage for sure

[@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641]

Today, the police all dress like Ned Kelly, body armour, loads of weapons hanging off them. Many are crooked too.

[@danielponiatowski7368]

do quolls still exist in the wild, i know we had something like them here in WA but all gone now.

[@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641]

@@danielponiatowski7368 In Queensland we have the Spotted Quoll, they are ok. The inland Quoll is on the endangered species list. Sadly they are mistaken for large rats sometimes, they will eat rat bait.

[@danielponiatowski7368]

@@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641 aah yeah, a wildlife group here bred a bunch of numbats in captivity and released them in my area. unfortunately CALM carried out a controlled burn shortly after and killed a quite a few, they had tracking collars so were found that way. they fly in a circle an drop their fire bombs so the poor buggers were trapped. i think they sorted out the communication problem now and a few have been seen getting around.

[@russellking9762]

you can tell when the Victoria police are lying.. their lips move…they wouldn’t give you the right time in a room full of clocks

[@Duh-ge8dt]

Poor Ned, he'd hate how his armour is being held by the most dictatorial state in Australia...

[@eddiegriffiths830]

Your not wrong there bruz

[@LeftyRighty123]

@@eddiegriffiths830 Get your 50th booster bruz.

[@rsinclair6560]

The riveted join is very neat and flat without as far as I can see , steel head hammer bruises. Maybe hammer flat over a bebarked green hardwood eucalyptus log or possible a clay dug out using large wooden mauls Every construction gang, every farm ,every gold fields had a blacksmith to repoint picksand hand tool. Everyone did a bit of black smith work. Have a hot fire , dry eucalyptus burning in a large pit for a day and place the plate in to get red hot over hours without bellows. This was how portable steam crown sheets were renewed. However plow shear, a rough iron or early carbon steel.

[@Mark_nobody3]

I think it’s not only the armour but also Ned must of had hard leather jacket underneath to add more protection to himself and along with his clothes, must of reduce the impact

[@gaelan2k9]

Ned wore a padded skull cap as well apparently

[@SavageHandle]

Unlike many historical figures who are revered as martyrs for their involvement in social justice causes, such as civil rights or labour rights movements, Ned Kelly's actions were primarily motivated by personal grievances and a desire for wealth. While he may have faced injustices in his life, such as police harassment and discrimination, his response was not a principled stand against systemic oppression but rather a series of violent crimes.

[@BLUEZz73]

Hes our founding father. I salute you Ned Kelly RIP Mate👍🇦🇺👍

[@samsabastian5560]

Stupid ignorant comment.

[@kevinb7098]

Ned was a badass, i doubt anyone could dispute that with an intelligent argument. Just seeing a figure walking towards me dressed in this would make me shake in 1880. Especially after seeing dozens of rounds bounce off him. Crazy stuff!

[@jimclarke1108]

Great Australian history being saved

[@samsabastian5560]

Jim Clarke Stupid uninformed comment. Ned Kelly was a vicious murdering criminal of the worst kind.

[@jimclarke1108]

@@samsabastian5560 Cant change history

[@samsabastian5560]

@@jimclarke1108 Plenty of pro Kelly authors have written a huge amount of fictitious rubbish. The REAL History is now coming to the fore, again, like it was at the time the Kelly gang were destroyed at Glenrowan. Kelly and his gang were loathed.

[@5C077Y5]

Just been watching the Heath Ledger film on Ned.. facinating to see the armour still exists! What a guy he was! R.i.p mate.

[@bobsymonds208]

The man must had been a true beast of a man. It is so amazing, I have to say he was a victim of circumstances.

[@uriituw]

Yeah. Right. 🎻

[@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641]

@@uriituw salty copper ?

[@samsabastian5560]

Bob Symonds Victim of circumstances, was he? He was part of an extensive criminal family. He was a murderer, bank robber, hostage taker, thief and liar.

[@itsamindgame9198]

What circumstances? Not getting away with theft, extortion, murder and attempted mass murder? Yeah, I guess that could be considered "circumstances".

[@floopusdoopus]

I love the musical about him, Reg Livermore and Patrick Flynn are legends.

[@leopoldthedigger7062]

Ned Kelly is bloody cool. It’s crazy that I’m related to Kate Kelly, through the Fosters.

[@patrickfabri1804]

Well I’m related to you man cause he’s my ancestor

[@samsabastian5560]

Leopold the Digger If you think Ned Kelly is cool, you are delusional. Ned Kelly was a vicious murdering criminal of the worst kind.

[@Vandal_Savage]

Never met an ozzer who wasn't related...

[@takotako808]

You and about every other person in this comment section are related 😂

[@leopoldthedigger7062]

@@takotako808 haha fair enough but I wouldn’t be lying

[@sdbplumbing5595]

Imagine the noise inside that helmet when that bullet hit below eye slot

[@jamiekane5818]

this man was amazing that at the age of 24 yrs old could build something like this ..but it was his downfall.because the armour weighted 44 kgs in weight and to think ..the reward offered on his capture was the biggest reward in history ... SUCH IS LIFE

[@samsabastian5560]

Jamie Kane Ned Kelly did not utter those words. Total fiction.

[@jamiekane5818]

@@samsabastian5560 please tell me more hate not noing truth !!!!!!!

[@DurzoBlunts]

This is the kill dozer of his day, madman!

[@mikeyoung7660]

The wild colonial boy

[@Australiapower11]

What happened to that other members suit

[@cjod33]

It's not so much that he was a strong person, more so,that many today have become soft.

[@thisolddog2259]

Correct my friend! I will go to my grave being proudly accused of toxic masculinity, knowing the whole time I was merely being a strong, polite, protective gentleman who holds the door for other folks! But I guess according to a good share of modern society, I'm just a horrible bastard!

[@HappiKarafuru]

Because in 1880's there's is no bullet that was powerful enough to pierce his armor, makes sense, not until the late 1890s and early 1900s with something like .45-70 or .44 or 30 caliber bullet that could easily defeat his armor

[@atexandude8303]

What a dude. Should be an inspiration to all.

[@samsabastian5560]

A Texan Dude Dumb comment. Ned Kelly was a vicious stand-over-thug and murderer. About the same type as Bonnie and Clyde.

[@bradwilliams7212]

Dumb comment. Ned Kelly was a vicious murdering thug.

[@NoLandMandi]

they mentioned the 'weight' of it many times but never actually said what was the weight of it!

[@stephenatkinson2333]

Ned Kelly wasn't an outlaw. He was a freedom fighter.

[@professornuke7562]

He wanted to be free to steal so fuck right off.

[@iphoneography]

I heard his scull was used as a paperweight by the warden for a period of time, did they ever find his scull?

[@andrewmacdonald4833]

Funny how they treat it like it's straight out of King Tut's tomb...and it's just 19th Century plough parts crudely fashioned together by bolts..and worn by a petty crook..

[@JHK23PS5]

It is reported that one of the Kelly's possibly Ned himself saying the weight of the Armour would be the death of them

[@oldroanio5631]

'picked up out of fields and repurposed...'. he fucking stole it love, just like he stole everything else he had in life.

[@Ogcobber]

I wanna know the history of how the armour was preserved ? I understand more modern keepsakes, everyone wants to make money these days but what was the value to someone back then ? Was is sold , traded etc how did it come into your possession?

[@Romin.777]

Plough (plow?) parts from the fields. Or a shed..

[@jeffmedina43]

He's a folk hero

[@samsabastian5560]

J Med Only in the minds of ignorant fools.

[@DeadKennedys-eo1oo]

A real hero

[@bradwilliams7212]

NOPE. That comment belongs in the fiction section of the library. Kelly was a vicious murdering criminal.

[@Momo_Kawashima]

"SMITHY! ARE YOU SURE THIS WILL WORK?" "I HAVE NO IDEA!" *proceeds to get shot at multiple times* "YYYAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! HAAHAHAHAHAAAAH! I AM BULLET PROOOF!!!"

[@izzfitri6888]

His armor should become a cosmetic for Heavy in TF2.

[@Momo_Kawashima]

@@izzfitri6888 absolutely. Along with a Maxim-style heavy machinegun

[@telstar4772]

Some of the comments eulogising Kelly are laughable. Kelly and his family were stealing horses from everyone in the area on an industrial scale and all the people in the area were afraid of him. He claimed discrimination by the local police because of his Irish ancestry but he murdered 3 Constables who were Irish in cold blood. The guy deserved his punishment .

[@ireallylikecheesygarlicbread]

He was a bit of both, his innocent mother wad taken into jail, his sister was almost molested by a policeman, though the extreme lengths he went to were unneeded. He is more a symbol of “resistance” than he is a national “hero”

[@maxrockatanksyOG]

Lady carrying on like a bunch of Ipswich Bogans figured how to make a forge, steal some plow blades from a farmer, and throw something together, and then treating wrought iron like it is a tissue. It is a piece of Australia's history- when one man has had enough, rebellion becomes law of the land

[@Pablodwnunda]

R.I.P to a beautiful man. Such is life

[@itsamindgame9198]

A professional horsethief who was a parasite on his local community, murdered, mutilatedand looted Irish police and in his megalomania claimed to rule the land aroud him - I guess it must be an "eye of the beholder" thing.

[@davidjames9941]

Murderer and thief and justifiably hanged.

[@bradwilliams7212]

Dumb comment. Ned Kelly was a vindictive, murdering criminal.

[@javieragonzalez2164]

Ben Donovan ere, Irish blooded aussie, shits me when someone comments on metalwork or describes metalwork incorrectly. then to rag on the craftmanship as well, can see the presenter isn't too fond of bushrangers and free men. Mr kelly is an Aussie hero and legend, which is more than I can say for the police, ever.

[@shockwavecity]

This woman is a scientist and still thinks that taking a gunshot will like, pick you up off your feet. He probably didn't even feel getting shot through that armor.

[@gaelan2k9]

He definitely felt the hits, he said that each hit was "like a blow from a mans fist" and "each bullet to Ned's helmet caused massive bruising, lacerations and disorienting concussion" the energy discharged into the iron plates has to go somewhere and the soft tissue and muscle behind it is the best place

[@eldavid7581]

“Such is Life”. - Ned Kelly 1854-1880.

[@samsabastian5560]

Ned Kelly never uttered those words on the gallows. Fiction.

[@DeadKennedys-eo1oo]

@@samsabastian5560 Dawsons theory not yours pig. Drink is the enemy

[@jordanoneill82]

one day i wanna build a replica of his helmet. what a legend.

[@samsabastian5560]

Jordan O'Neill Ned Kelly was no legend. He was a serious murdering criminal.

[@Tester-sh1mn]

Just stay away from your local commbank or ANZ from now on aye?

[@jordanoneill82]

@@Tester-sh1mn it's just an iron burka mate ;) i'm a muslim

[@Tester-sh1mn]

@@jordanoneill82 Poor bugger, I suppose you won’t be travelling overseas much either. Gonna have a helluva time getting through airport security with one of them…

[@jordanoneill82]

@@Tester-sh1mn heh, i tend to wear a balaclava and a cocktail dress if i'm going to the airport, with the nazi cap ofcourse.

[@iffy_too4289]

I got to try on the replica helmet prop made for the 80s NK mini-series 'The Last Outlaw' when I was a kid. It was an exact copy, bullet marks and dents and all. My god it was heavy, felt like it was going to break my collar bones.

[@iffracem]

I really don't understand the hero worship of this guy, he was just a common thief, bully and thug. If his antics were happening today he'd be treated and reported just as every other criminal.

[@samsabastian5560]

@@johnnichol9412 Change McIntyre for Scanlan. McIntyre was the survivor.

[@vignetter4802]

this is like how a fallout quest line starts

[@andrewjohnholt]

He murdered policemen going about their duty in cold blood. I'm Australian and don't see the Hero factor here.

[@Hurtasquirter]

Duty....lol

[@realMaverickBuckley]

Yeah it always seemed odd to me. But people are always obsessed over scum. The Columbine shooters, Deringer, Gotti etc

[@hobbitmafia]

Correction, he murdered boot lickers in cold blood.

[@Kajpaje]

I think it's the idea of the guy with the boot on his neck fighting back. He's the most famous but there are other, perhaps better examples of the peoples bushranger, like Bold Ben Hall.

[@narnorfyabizness5470]

But it was ok for the Victorian Police at the time to constantly harrass and sexually harrass Ned's family?

[@bleedingsilhouette6272]

Anyone else notice the dent between the eyes on his helmet?

[@bassist21685]

Ladies, if you are trying to preserve the metal. Spray it with some wd40. A light oiling will keep the patina; as well as, keeping it from oxidizing and rusting.

[@bassist21685]

To people saying that wd40 wouldn’t be fair to the preservation because wd40 wasn’t available at the time; it’s not about being true to the time, it’s about preservation. And taking advantage of modern technology to preserve the past. It’s better than seasoning the iron like would a cast iron pan(that would have the technique of the time).

[@edwardd9702]

That helmet inspired alot of letter boxes.