| myArmoury.com is now completely member-supported. Please contribute to our efforts with a donation. Your donations will go towards updating our site, modernizing it, and keeping it viable long-term.
Last 10 Donors: Anonymous, Daniel Sullivan, Chad Arnow, Jonathan Dean, M. Oroszlany, Sam Arwas, Barry C. Hutchins, Dan Kary, Oskar Gessler, Dave Tonge (View All Donors) |
| Author |
Message |
|
J. Kari
Location: Estonia Joined: 17 Sep 2010
Posts: 21
|
 Posted: Wed 20 Oct, 2010 3:32 am Post subject: Choosing a viking age/late iron age gambeson |
 |
|
As one other member here was asking help about choosing medieval 14th century gambeson I would like help with choosing a gambeson that would fit for period 800-ca 1200.
Best would be if it would be made of leather from one side and linen/fabric from inside. Buth linen/woolen is fine too.
I prefer if it would be made in Europe, since I am living in Estonia.
Thanks,
Juhan
|
|
  |
 |
A. Heidalen Skog
Location: Norway Joined: 07 Oct 2010
Posts: 51
|
| Posted: Wed 20 Oct, 2010 1:28 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Use several woolen tunics ^^
Works well with maille.
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. Kari
Location: Estonia Joined: 17 Sep 2010
Posts: 21
|
| Posted: Wed 20 Oct, 2010 1:54 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Its too few for our fighting style.
I once had a bruise with a pattern of a maille on my hip, because I didnt have my gambeson with me and had to use 2-3 woolen tunics instead. It hurt.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Matthew Amt
|
| Posted: Wed 20 Oct, 2010 2:18 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Ave!
You may have to add some non-period protection. For most of the timespan you mention, there is practically no evidence for a padded garment worn under mail. Here, try this thread:
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=123775
There's also a long thread on this board about Viking-era organic defenses. It's a lot more talking than evidence, unfortunately!
After 1100 or so, no problem, though I suspect gambesons were usually not made with leather.
Good luck!
Matthew
|
|
 |
|
|
Jojo Zerach
|
| Posted: Wed 20 Oct, 2010 3:26 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Matthew Amt wrote: | Ave!
You may have to add some non-period protection. For most of the timespan you mention, there is practically no evidence for a padded garment worn under mail. Here, try this thread:
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=123775
There's also a long thread on this board about Viking-era organic defenses. It's a lot more talking than evidence, unfortunately!
After 1100 or so, no problem, though I suspect gambesons were usually not made with leather.
Good luck!
Matthew |
Though as that thread suggests, even in later periods substantial padding was often not worn with armour, but seperately.
|
|
|
|
|
Randall Moffett
|
| Posted: Wed 20 Oct, 2010 7:44 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Not sure what you are talking about Jojo. By 1200 there seems very little evidence textile/padding was not being worn in conjunction with armour or mail and plate. Ever near layer by layer account I know of from the 13th on to the 15th has some form of padding or textile under armour.
J.,
I know what you mean. I got loads of nasty bruises when I fought just in mail and decided I was going to do something about it. Period or not I just felt like I knew I could do something about it without changing the historic look so I added padding. Now I am working on a multi-layered undertunic. It may end up being a liner but I am still deciding. It does not provide quite the same impact protection as my padding from what I can tell but it seems to be working just as well in most aspects.
RPM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
|
All contents © Copyright 2003-2024 myArmoury.com — All rights reserved
Discussion forums powered by phpBB © The phpBB Group
Switch to the Basic Low-bandwidth Version of the forum
|
This is a standard topic