Posts: 700 Location: Bourgas, Bulgaria
Mon 26 Sep, 2011 5:15 pm
Some unanswered questions:
To William P
I will use turban-style helmet, which was more typical for the period, compared with the zichagge style. Actually, at that time (the middle of 15th C.) the zichagge just have made its appearance and its forms were quite rudimentary, far away from the excellent 16th C examples. The helmet will look like that on the image, provided by Maurizio D'Angelo in the very begging of the topic.
Its blank is made right now by a friend of mine, who wants to practice with its forms. This of course, DOES NOT mean that I'm unable to do it, but he just makes me a favour, while practicing.
It is true about the armoured boots. There is a perfect example of such in The Royal Armouries, Leeds UK and it caught my eye as a potential item in the initial planning phase of the project. Unfortunately, this boot s from the 16th C (I'm not sure about exact period - first half or middle, but its definitely out of the period of my reconstruction).
To Don H.
All in all, I have ridden once a horse and once a camel. During the events I fight as infantry. You can see picture from different events here
http://www.snimka.bg/?profile,albums
just browse through the albums. Please, bear in mind, that I take pictures relatively rare during the events.
To Tibor
Under the armour I wear a padded
kaftan. You can see it on the very first picture of the topic. Just bear in mind that this picture was taken in 2007, but the last year I re-worked it and now the
kaftan is a little bit thicker.
About the bazubands - my experience shows that this tendency of slipping down exsists virtually for every type of arm protection and the bazubands are not exception.