Dressing a Knight | armor for harness fencing
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- I wanna show you my armor and my changes at the armor to make harness fencing real and safer.
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In my opinion, the medieval knight would've absolutely made their armor from titanium if they'd had it available at the time. Since you are doing real martial arts in this armor I think it's more than reasonable to make it a suit of safety equipment instead of reenactment. I was surprised to see how much of the suit was titanium, i imagine it was expensive!
The material is more expensive and the forging harder, that's why I couldn't buy it and build most parts by myself
@@dequitem titanium is too britle, unless of course is in a form of an alloy
although I am thinking of terms of an hydraulic press lol, yeah it will be more than ok for armor
@@royalecrafts6252 the press will not withstand my armor! 😂
@@royalecrafts6252 of course it's not pure titanium. It's always an alloy like everything you using for forging. Same with all steel variants!
I’m confused on why some people complain about the armor, it looks good and this isn’t a war. Of course you’re going to have extra protection. We love the content brother!
It looks really good even though it isn't historically accurate. Safety is priority.
Thanks. Yes safety is the most important part for me and I am still more historical than every Hollywood movie!
@@dequitem Facts
What if i wore armor from a museum it would be now historical accurate then ?
@@Bag524 very
@@Bag524yes, especially from Musee De Armee, those are all real suits of armour put there were put there in 1896 and were provided by very very credible sources and personal owners, some were even given from English and German governments.
Probably the best fitting set of modern armor I’ve ever seen!
Made by myself for myself, but there are Smith with more talent!
You sir are a true artisan, artist, and fighter! The embodiment of an old and steady way of living and thinking.
I have a great admiration for what you do and the work you put into your craft.
I hope you have a long and happy life doing what you love.
Thank you very much. I wish you the best too!
Titanium armor... That would explain why it looks so good, after taking such frequent hard hits. Very crafty, sir. Brilliant!
Hardened steel is even better against heavy blows! But rusts earlyer
@dequitem Is it really? 8-o I know how tough hardened steel can be, but I really lack experience with titanium, and because of that, I think its toughness must be inflated in my mind. haha
@@TheShurikenZone there are different types of titanium. If you use titanium as hard as hardened steel, it is more brittle. So most smith's use titanium that is a little bit more flexible but not as hard. So the most protective armor is from hardened steel!
@@dequitem That all makes perfect sense. Many thanks for the practical metallurgical lesson, sir!
Titanium is 40% lighter so you could make thicker armour for the same weight which would be undoubtedly stronger than hardened steel hence why it's used in aerospace
I actually like how you picked practicality over historical accuracy. It still looks really good and fairly historical yet you gave it a bit modern functionality to make it more comfortable to work with. Very impressive!
I've probably spent about an hour tonight watching your videos and I'm realizing just now that YT is possibly recommending these to me because it used its witchcraft to find out that I'm cobbling together a knight character for something I'm writing. Helpful! I'm glad I came across your channel.
Just found your stuff through a VR UA-camr by the name Interestin gameplays video and I’m addicted! All of your videos show the struggle of combat between two completely armored soldiers. I also love your sets and color grading!
Thanks. I already saw his awesome video and commented
ur armor looks awesome, even tho its not completely accurate it makes complete sense and would 100% fit in with the times, many knights and men at arms probably did have armor akin to this, we just dont know about it.
I can say that a lot of the characteristics of his armor are true to reality. A few of my location placements might be off or unspecific, but a lot of arm and leg protection was quite similar throughout all of Europe. Things like forearm protection rarely changed, with only really helmets, cuirasses, and occasionally pauldrons being set-in-stone location identifiers. Even still, sometimes Italians made Gothic (German) style armor. You really can't be sure, but I've tried to hit the mark on original territory as best as possible.
His more "composite" helmet with the rondels on the sides is a variation of a German bicoque helm of the mid-1400s. Helmets like it can be found in the manuscript "Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund", and there is an extant bicoque helmet in the Deutsches Historisches Museum. The only thing strange about it is that it opens in the manner of a close helm rather than an armet, but a few depictions of it indicate that variations of it could've opened like that, as articulation is not specified in many of the paintings.
His cuirass looks English, and is fairly historical aside from the additional groin-plate, butt-plate, and toned backplate, there are many extant examples, but a few similar ones can be found in the manuscript "Guiron le Courtois", with the only difference being the plackart for articulation.
The cuisses are English as well, with "cased" greaves, and a good depiction of them can be found in the manuscript "Le pèlerinage de la vie humaine".
His pauldrons have some modern typology, especially on the sides with the extra curvature on the pauldrons. That's not to say they're completely inaccurate, a few examples of a very similar pattern (lame, pauldron, lame, lame) can also be found in Guiron le Courtois, mentioned earlier.
Many upper cannons, or rerebraces, were enclosed. His are not, which is more indicative of an earlier, late 1300s pattern. They also have some modern typology and extra "sleek" curvature on the side.
Couters could be Italian or English, they remained quite homogenous throughout Europe from 1400-1600.
The open vambraces are also indicative of a late 1300s design as with his rerebraces.
His arming doublet seems fine, design is shown throughout the 1400s as with the rest of his soft kit.
The chainmail are chainmail voiders, found throughout the 1400s to replace the larger and heavier hauberks.
The shield suspended on his armpit would be in the place of a suspended bouche shield, which are much larger and colorful, mostly used for tournaments but shown on foot in Guiron le Courtois.
His mitten gauntlets are more modern in their composition but have a basis in historical accuracy. Mitten gauntlets can be found in Lancelot du Lac, De Casibus, Tristan und Isolde, etc. They have fewer plates than his do.
If he were going in a more historical direction, I'd recommend kastenbrust. His helmet, gauntlets, and leg protection fit, but kastenbrust has historical armpit protection and a similar if not better protective cuirass. The faulds of a kastenbrust cuirass might get in the way, but versions are shown with shorter ones. They often have no tassets. Really wouldn't be too many big changes to make it almost 100% historically accurate, from what scholars could tell.
Your exactly where i hope to be in the future. I dont have much armor now concentration more on exercise and weapon practice. This is extremely helpful thank you
Nice to take a closer look at the Armour.
amazing. I will consider one of those cloth mounting belts.
Some of the Buhurt shops sell belts like these. (Medival Extrem, buhurttech...)
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Oh yes! I was looking forward to it! Nicely done and informative!
Yes! This is very helpful. I do not have an assistant to help me do anything, so these suggestions make a huge difference, thank you!
With the armour being attached to clothing, it reminds of how samurai armour is constructed.
Beautiful video with beautiful armor
The video is only 5 minutes online. There is no way that you already watched it :D but thanks for your comment.
@@dequitem haha you're right, I hadn't finished it when I commented. I already knew what a good video it would be
Sehr spannend, auch mit den ganzen Maßeinheiten die du angegeben hast. Ich finde die Rüstung optisch richtig schön, sie macht einiges her. Und hin und wieder lieber auf Sicherheit zu setzen finde ich auch vollkommen richtig. Wie immer ein klasse Video, ich freue mich jedesmal wenn ich die Benachrichtigung bekomme das du ein neues Video hochgeladen hast.
Beautiful suit of armour! I see it works very well.
The duels are amazing but videos like this should be pinned to the top.
Cool. I'm getting my own suit of armor soon. Well, the helmet for now. A great bascinet.
I would love to see content of you creating your armor pieces!
I already show how I made my gloves and arm protection but nobody watched it, that's why I stopped filming the progress. It was to much work to made the armor and film it.
Finde deine Rüstung klasse. Ist wie du gesagt hast nicht historisch, aber sieht meiner Meinung nach trotzdem besser aus als die meißten Buhurt Rüstungen.
It looks so good. Especially the helmet! The small armpit tartsche is a very interesting idea, not often seen, except for the joust. How much does it limit the arms range of motion? I see you often don't wear it in some fights
Only a little bit. Historical versions were often bigger and would hinder you a bit more.
@@dequitem Looks like far better protection that the besagew though. And protecting the left side from the blows of a right-handed attacker is so important. Keep up the good work!
I can’t wait until I have money to afford this style of fighting.
Very insightfull. Thanks for making this. Its given me some ideas about my own armor.
Thank you
Tremendous and Useful Insight
Wieder mal ein wirklich gutes Video! Ich liebe die Leidenschaft, die überall hineingesteckt wird, das sieht man auch schnell in der Qualität der Videos!
Ich habe leider momentan noch nicht die Möglichkeiten, so etwas selbst auszuüben und bin daher absoluter Leihe auf dem Gebiet, deshalb eine Frage: Welche Waffen sind echt und welche sind aus Sicherheitsgründen "Sparringsvarianten"? Es sieht alles sehr überzeugend aus, ich komm nur manchmal ins Zweifeln. Das liegt sicherlich auch an der wirklich guten Filmarbeit und der Echtheit des Sparrings an sich😅
Also grundsätzlich verwenden wir Federn, Waffen die Stumpf und mit breitere Schlagkannte versehen sind (mindestens 1mm) und eine abgerundete Spitze haben, die teilweise sogar nach hinten gebogen/gefaltet ist. Alle Schwerter, Speere und Dolche bestehen aus weicher gehärtetem Stahl und haben bis auf die Form der Spitze historische Maße und auch ein historisches Gewicht. Mit abgerundeter Spitze und Biegeverhalten ist die Gefahr in historischen Rüstungen gering, natürlich wären die Trainingswaffen aber in der Lage ungerüstete oder ungepolsterte Menschen zu ohne schutzauskleidung die Knochen zu Brechen und im Mordschlag auch zu töten.
I really like reanactors but i have a feeling if you can make armour with historical sources it's best to combine multiple types of them. Not saying that medieval armourers were bad but it's up to your comfort in fighting in them
Indeed. Like every knight in the past had a individual harness, we also ne individual customized armors.
Been watching your videos lately and I must say out of all modern knight armors I've seen yours is by far the best. The back of your breastplate is simply fantastic.
Thank you. 😊
and that my friends is why Knights had a squire :D I am sure besides the looks, knight armour had to be functional if used in conflicts.....if old pieces survived and were family heirlooms i can see a mixed set of older and newer parts, so i would never have any issues with that
I mean you're honest about the armour, usage and purpose - OK by me.
Can't expect You to take hit and risk your lifefor my entartainment (and eductaio! :P) and make demands...
Love the channel, BTW
THANK you so much for showing this to us ,
Gods, Titanium alloy plate armor just sounds badass.
You will not hear a difference to steel.
Hello. My pleasure. Nice work.
Have you ever tried duralumin as an armor?
It's to soft for that intensity!
As a fellow Buhurt practitioner, I'm in awe of your kits! Would you mind sharing who makes your helmets? I have a hard time finding good options for those fencing style visors!
Fascinating.
Thanks.
Do you like the Idea of a knight wearing a cape or cloak in combat? I know its not necssary but it would look really amazing and sick because it really suits you
I would love it.
But I also love the silver skin look.
Cloaks mean grabs. Only really good for fencing duels. They get trampled and cut and trapped easy
@@lilconch I never knew I could learn here in youtube for free, Thanks a lot.
bro this man needs a Sir Vilheim Poncho. dont ask, just google.
Great video!
Is it possible if we could get a close look at your armor for those interested in building their own harness? I am in the process of making a costume made out of 22 gauge mild steel sheets, and your leg harnesses would be a very helpful reference.
One question, at 0:18 the person with the greathelm is using some sort of padded garment around the shoulders, does that have a name?
Thank you for showing and explaining this. The choices are very understandable for how you use the armour and that you have to produce films at the same time ;)
Can you tell me who made the armour for you?
Really cool
........echt guter Film
Very interesting to see! The time to put the armour on has always been a hotly contested topic in our role-playing sessions with players (I can do it in 30 seconds, tops!) and the game master (It will take you at least an hour. At least!) having very different opinons. :)
Do you think having a 100% historically accurate armour would change the time it took you by a lot?
You can prepare your armor for fastening the process so 3 to 10 minutes is realistic. Depending on the armor typ. I play pen and paper myself. 3 minutes for light armor, 6 for heavy armor. 1 minute if u only take the helmet and chest but don't but legs and arms on.
@@dequitem Perfect, I'll use those timings when I'm the GM and I'll refer any angry players to you. ;) Thanks a lot for the reply!
@@WeddingVegetables It's a quite interesting take and something hard for us to imagine but seeing the process now I guess the professional warriors who regularly used armor in training would be practiced at taking it on and off.
Similar to how firefighters train to be quick at reacting to a fire
Hey, very interesting! I'm curious as to where does one get such armour from? It'd be really cool to see a "Dark Knight" aesthetic in a harness fencing fight!
Forged by myself, but you can buy stuff like this from russian or Ukraine armor smith's for around 10.000 - 20.000€.
That is most certainly interesting, congrats on forging it! And goodness, that sounds VERY expensive. I'm still quite excited to see a "knight" in dark/black armour. @@dequitem
Ah yes, Finay
Dequitem wearing the mithril armor!
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Man. From an aluminum fan to you mr. Titanium, I say WOW. Thats expensive. More power to you I wondered how you where so fast but thats some thin stuff and those dents make me nervous. Titanium may be fancy, but I'll stick with my confidence in my stupid thick kit to not buckle
you tube: Tony's snap with black sabbath's ''iron man''
Did you think I look like him or is that advertising?
@@dequitem no; you are... Iron Man, er, Titanium Man!
It’s modern knight armour, not historical armour. I think people need to chill and enjoy the content.
Cool !
very good video keep up a good work, i can give u content idea:can u compare armors from different countries to eatch other like nanban gusoku to german plate armor, roman lorica segmentata to greece armor and so on
I would love to make a video about this but I only compare thinks I know and can test by myself. I don't wanna make videos about think that I only saw ones. So if you have such an armor, please visite me in Germany and I would love to make a video about that.
In my area I only know people with European armor and Russian/eastern Europe armor. But I don't wanna make a video about that armor types when the war is on and I would look like a guy how make propaganda videos for one side or against a tradition of a culture region. I don't like war. I am a sport channel and wanna make knight stuff. A video about russian vs German armor isn't fair in modern time and warfare.
Nice ! how about foot !?
Don’t you need a codpiece or sonething else to protect that region, it is hard to get hit there but i could see a dagger reaching it even when the dagger is blunted i can’t imagine it being nice to get hit there
I will buy some mail soon.
The lack of sabatons is a little unusual, but practical for what you do. English knkights of the 14th and 15 century, had specialised sabaton's along with ground optimised armour. The sabaton's were worn more for protection from accidents like a dropped weapon of an armoured person falling on them. As, any major foot injury is a mission kill, and out of the battle you go.
As you mentioned, your harness is not copied from historical examples, I will leave it there. Dr Toby Capwell has done some vids about English foot optimised armour and its differences to mounted armour.
No Sabatons is quite normal for German men at arms and knights in foot combat. Absolutely a different story on horseback.
Any combat video with gapless, articulated joint plate armor, like the one belongs to Henry ?
Do you forge all your armour yourself? If not, what armourer have you been using? Having trouble finding someone who will work with titanium.
All of my stuff is currently mild steel or spring steel and the upkeep is a lot.
Damn Gucci set of amor 😊👍
Forged by myself for the most parts!
@@dequitem whaaaat😮 woah your incredible jack of all trades
Sorry what did you say at 5:08? (01:34 in the video) What's only used for the commonfolk?
Was only used...
Bro you should join the Great Gnomes Vs Knights War
Who invented that bullshit? 😅
What camera do you use to film your videos?
Under my other videos I have linked the camera and audiosystem, most of the time I only use the drone and recorder.
titanium armor, how absolutely cool is that
How much would you say just this set of armor as well as separately your whole armor and weapons collection cost?
Thats hard, because i build it by my own, so i only pay the equipment for making most parts of the armor most . I think its around 15.000 - 20.000€ if you buy it from a european smith. I need over 5 Years to build the armor 8 hours every week. I wouldn´t have the money to buy it :/
Sorprendente, yo también quiero aprender a fabricar mi propia armadura, muchas gracias por compartir con nosotros.
@@dequitemIt's just too awesome! I feel like a kid reading this. Five years, 8 hours every week, sounds like a beautiful challenge.
I'll probably need to forge my own one day so having a detailed vidéo on how you did it would be really great.
And all that hard work is rewarded, you look amazing in this armor and i love how you thought the détails for safety and fighting.
Vous êtes le chevalier le plus fringant qui soit, messire.
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Thanks. i hope we meet the day you made it!@@vilmarhgrarhk494
Dequitem, I'm curious, do you havec a proffesional camera person who picks up angles and conpositions? Or is it your direction?
Only me. But I studied art.
@@dequitem It shows, beautifully executed.
Armour, power conductor? and lightning swords.
Do you have a piece of armor for bottom and beetwen legs? Just courious...
Nop no armor there
Hey how did you craft that the parts from titanium? It is very hard to actually do that with that material. Did you use a forge or a vacuum chamber?
Only a gas torche 😉
Where did you get sized and buy all this armour? Did you make it yourself? I want the exact thing for Buhurt!
Only difference would be fully hardened steel helmet rather than titanium since that's the rule, and hardened steel hourglass gauntlets, and same thickness back as the front.
Edit: i just read you built it all yourself, amazing! Do you do commissions or have recommendations of smiths who would do this?
No and I wouldn't be happy if you rebuild my armor. It's unique and in it's combination not historical and mostly designed by myself.
@@dequitem It definitely is unique to you, I certainly am inspired by how mobile you are and will have to make alterations because of the way the sport works. Your videos inspired me to get into armoured fighting so I'm sorry if I offended you.
How much did the entire suit cost you in total? I’m curious to know if you’d be comfortable to disclose that.
Where are these places you've been shooting on? Looks like places straight out from the Faerie.
Nearly all in Germany.
I might missed that but no groin protection? 😲😲😲🤣
Yes. But there will be mail in a few month.
No groin protection? Seems very easy to hit
I will ad some mail there in the future.
Are you worried about your armour breaking or fail in the thinner areas? 1mm or less?
Normaly not.
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I'm surprised you don't wear arming cap to protect your head from the impact.
I dont have room for it in the historical helmet!
How much would you charge someone if they wanted you to build a suit like yours,and how long do you think it would take?
I only forge for myself., so I don't take orders. There are talented black smith's who can build suits like mine. It will take around a year with the waiting lists for most black smith's and mayby 20.000 to 35.000 €
If I may ask, who made your titanium armor?
Me myself. I have some videos about forging titanium armor. But look for armors.pro or arma fora.
@@dequitemoh wow! And well thank you!
make a video of the cost and the making of this titanium armor
I do forging videos! But no one watched these.
@@dequitem oh thats sad... :/
@@Lothaii I did over 15 forging videos. 5 are still on my UA-cam-Channel, I deleted the rest, they had under 200 views, even when the quality was high as always.
@@dequitem oh damn I love the ones you have, could you reupload them one by one between some of your fights? Maybe people will get more interested now that you have more viewers
I would changed some of the progress and forging techniques. I don't wanna share wrong knowledge, even when my armor ist great now.
If I could edit effects I would do a video where I show how I put on armour but it would just be a he-man/sailor Moon transformation. Lol
Funny idea.
Is your titanium armour lighter than one made out of steel ?
Not much.
how loud you full armor actually is IRL?? I it as loud as someone playing drums? maybe higher or lower?
It is much lower!
How much does your titanium armor cost? It must be damn expensive
8:35 hab erst jetzt bemerkt das du deutsch sprichst😅 Servus aus dem schönen Österreich
What about the family jewels?
They are not protected
@@dequitem how does that not cause issues? I’d suspect you’d want the same level of protection as your head for that area. Is it predetermined that the area won’t be hit between combatants?
Super interesting/
Wanted to ask: Where do you buy your kits from?
Forge them by myself!
Where did you get those collars?
Forged myself!
@@dequitem oh nice!
Where do you buy your armor?
I forge my armor by myself, the only parts that I bought are from arma fora.
Not only the larynx but also the carotid arteries. Don’t hit the carotids with blunt force!
I'm curious, who made it?
I myself!
How much does the cuirass weigh?
I never weight it alone and it's hard to messure.
i must say thank you for not going skyrim iron "helmet" horns, thats just such a painful thing to witness, so its quite nice to see armor that can be considered armor instead of something with about the same quality as a pile of horse crap in terms of the armor department. these fights have been my favorite out of the medieval fights i've seen
i was never fascinated with knights until seeing good well made armor and how it works instead of cheesy hollywood or game crap. happy with the armor as long as the fights keep on going without a body part getting strewn about
I wouldn't want to put it on because I hate metal smell 😂
His undies, dem tidy-whities are very distracting, takes away from the badassery of the feminine skirt flared out armour!
It isn't the way I duel most of the time, but they are historical legs.
Fuck, wieso bekomme ich in den Montagen immer auf die Fresse? :D
Vieleicht bekommst du auch oft auf die fresse, aber im letzt hast du mir doch ins Visier gestochen und ich bin zurück getaumelt.
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Do you like the armor
Yes I like the armor. That's why I build it that way. But I will change stuff in future!
@@dequitem How many minutes
@@josephbevacqua9217 month not minutes of work
@@dequitem what your favorite hobby
@@josephbevacqua9217 beating people with swords and polearm of course. Forging ist more a nessesary part to get well fitted armor as a normal person without much money.
А яйца тоже из сплава какого? Или напашник не предусмотрен?
🙄 I don't know if the translate worked correct, but I have no protection for my groin! 😅
Where did you get your collars and breastplate? Love your content!
Forged by myself.
@@dequitem you are a badass
You talk too much. Only dress.