A scan from the book Fine Arms & Armor: Treasures in the Dresden Collection by Johannes Schobel.


left to right- "Blackened Field Armour, Augsburg/ Blackened Child's Armour, probably by Hans Unduetsch. Dresden 1592/ Blackened armour for the tournament. Probably by Wolf von Speyer. Annaberg, ca.1560-70."

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Interesting to note the shot strike just below the neck line on the breast plate of the field armour
( left hand armour ) .

The example of field harness is quite stunning. I also find it telling that the shot mark is not very noticable in this picture. Many of my friends are of the mistaken impression that firearms were the all powerful weapon of the day from their very inception. :confused:

Now I only need to find 1). the money & 2). the smith.
:D

I visited Die Rustkammer in Dresden in July 2002. Absolutely stunning! It had many more examples of full plate on display than this, including a number made for children of various sizes. And of course, a plethora of swords and other weapons, not all European. One of the most memorable was a Turkish horse archer's mail armor and weapons from the 16th or 17th C. If you're ever in that part of Germany, you MUST go!

The shot hit is a little more noticible in the actual photo from the book as the color contrase between
the area struck and the are around it is more obvious but the shallowness of the dent caused
is as evident here . Might be the round was a little spent ( i don't think its a proof mark as they
seem to have been lower twords the abdoment in most all the examples i've encountered )
when it hit but still thats not much of a mark for a ball of 60-75 caliber ( a little smaller than a quarter ).

does the guy who made the armour have a website?

Francois,

The armour in the pictures, per the caption,is attributed to a 16th century platener (plate armour maker) so it would be highly unlikely that the gentleman has a web presence! :D

Brock,
Very nice pictures. I am more partial to early 16th/late 15th century harness myself, are there any good pictures of complete field harness from that time period in your book? I am meeting with the platener who is making my armour on Friday, and pictures are good!



James

Page 47 has a fabulous harness from the first quarter of the 16th century that is very similar to
the Wladislas armour featured close up in the final pages of Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight thats
really great . Very clean surfaces , no hint of Maximillian at all . If I were less comp illiterate I could scan the pic for
you but perhaps Stephen could .

Thanks Stephen !

Aye, indeed thank you Stephen, that is a VERY sweet harness. What year is that attributed to? or does it simply say first quarter 16th century?


James

Thanks Nathan,

Looks like I am heading to Barnes and Noble to see if they can order this book for me.

James

James,

I just checked on ABE books and they currently have several copies available.

http://abe.com/