leather medieval brigandine brown

leather medieval brigandine brownA leather torso armour consisting of loose leather plates, crafted for the protection of the body during re enactment and LARP battles. It is also well suited to Viking or Medieval costume and LARP and Cosplay for series such as Vikings, Game of Thrones (e. g. Stark characters and Jon Snow) and Last Kingdom. Soldiers and warriors wore leather chest armour from Antiquity to the Renaissance. Leather torso armour with leather plates was worn from the

6 mm thick round rings with an inner diameter of 8 mm

The buckle has been fashioned in the Ringerike style

and at the height of the Spanish empire

which renders the material more durable and less likely to tear or sustain damage

which is just as strong as hardwood

The original is now part of the collection at the National Museum in Nuremberg

with ends shaped like two wolf heads

Langobards and Frisians

The vertical steel strips afford good protection to the arms

The edge is 1–2 mm thick

Spain and Flanders

It features a fibreglass core protected by a layer of Kevlar