iron cuirass

[colin henshaw]

Originally Posted by Iain

Well after quite a few years I am finally in possession of one of these. I need to do a proper photo session in the coming weeks and it needs a little clean on the inside of the cuirass but I thought some might enjoy a quick picture of it enjoying its new home with an old takouba.

A good piece Iain, well done. In fact it would look nice with my chainmail hauberk

Looking forward to more pics...

[Iain]

Originally Posted by colin henshaw

A good piece Iain, well done. In fact it would look nice with my chainmail hauberk

Looking forward to more pics...

Thanks Colin, a maille hauberk is another thing on my long term list. Not easy to find one of the good old riveted ones!

I'll hopefully have time and good enough light this weekend for an extended photo session.

Hard to date these things precisely but this example shows quite a lot of age to the iron, surprisingly large as well.