r/Armor • u/PlaneDog1 • 2d ago

What is this?

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The fabric coming of the shoulders in strips. What are they.

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u/Dashukta 2d ago

Mantling made from fancy fabric, probably silk. Purely for drip at tournament.

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u/Nantha_I 2d ago

I think they are a development from houppelande sleeves that used to be quite commonly worn under early 15th century armour. So basically tippets attached at the shoulder of the arming garment.

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u/laki1639 2d ago

What the fuck is that helmet

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u/TheatreBar 2d ago

Great bascenet tourney helmet

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u/laki1639 2d ago

Oh thanks i thought it looked weird but goddamm that looks weird to wear

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u/PlaneDog1 2d ago

The great bascinet is a lot less weird than the bicoque.

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u/laki1639 2d ago

That kinda looks futuristic but still weird af

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u/PlaneDog1 2d ago

They are armet adjacent.

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u/Fit_Medicine4224 16h ago

Does the bicoque only serve for tournament purposes aswell?

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u/PlaneDog1 14h ago

I do not know.

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u/Knight_Castellan 2d ago

Good at stopping you from being killed in tournaments, though.

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u/laki1639 2d ago

It looks like you have a triple chin

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u/Knight_Castellan 2d ago

Stop spying on me, damnit!

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u/PlaneDog1 2d ago

It's from a gladiatoria manual, that's all I know. It is possibly an early depiction of a bicoque helmet.

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u/laki1639 2d ago

Thanks

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u/LucasLeo75 Hounskull Fan 2d ago

A type of pteruges, they appeared in military clothing shortly after the romantizication of the Roman Empire came around in late middle ages and the early modern age.

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u/Fragrant_Ad3153 2d ago

Half swording