Leather Armour - Historical or Fantasy?
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- čas přidán 9. 08. 2015
- A detailed introduction and investigation on historical leather armour. Leather armour is a very interestin gtopic and in this video I dive into it's history, it's origins, how it was made and how it was used also examining quite a few important factors concerning some misconceptions we have out there about it.
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regarding fantasy studded leather, I would say that its fabrication was a result of fantasy authors' misinterpretation of brigandines. My guess would be they looked at brigandines from the outside and saw this leather jacket with studs, and thought "Ah, leather armor with studs, probably the studs gave some sort of deflecting quality to the leather....... because of reasons", but they never looked on the inside of the jacket to realize the studs were actually meant to hold the inner steel plates of the brigandine in place
It'll never be as good as tupperware armor.
I feel like "studded leather" armor came out of a misunderstanding of rivets that could have been used to secure a layer of leather to a backing such as a plate or some mail.
While providing very little protection vs forward thrusts of spears or swords, thick and hardened leather do provide protection against glancing blows and slashing attacks. Leather is nature's invented 'armor'. Some leather armors were quite effective. Please do more research on the Mongolian leather armor which were hardened with horse urine over a long process. Underneath the hardened leather armor, the Mongols covered their torsos with tightly bound silk cloth which formed a form of a multi-layered kevlar effect and prevented arrow heads from making puncturing wounds to the body if they penetrated the hardened leather armor shells.
The ancient Chinese indeed used leather armors. It was made from multiple layers of stiff or hardened rhino rawhide, and then lacquered several times to make it even more resistant. The earliest example we have was found in the tomb of Marquis Zeng dating back to the year 425 BCE.
Leather was an essential part of armor, whether it be straps and fittings for your plates or chain, or for padding to make your helmet fit better or be more compfortable. But lets remember people, leather was never the "main ingredient" so to speak, of armor.
Buff coats were commonly worn alone without a breastplate from the 1640s until they faded away in the early 18th century.
The vast majority of people ignored that until the industrial revolution, it was expensive to mine, refine and produce metal, leather would be the logical option to protect your body for war, greetings from Brazil.
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Leather was good & not cheap. 50 white plastic in my homeland
"Fancy the leather armor, huh? Something to be said for going light."--Whiterun Guard
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This video made me retcon all the light armor in my rpg into Gambesons, light plated Aketons, and, because its still fantasy, Silk Woven armor with Chitin Plating for extra protection i just call Bringadine.
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Wouldnt you still want to wear gambeson underneath some kind of hardened leather vest?
The Greek spolas (tube and yolk armor) is now thought to be either thick leather or quilted linen, not glued. Late Hallstatt and Early La Téne cultures used it as well, maybe even later.
I always enjoy your videos. Thanks for your insight on this topic!