Some comments on Arming Doublets.
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- Опубликовано: 27 дек 2023
- Just a few points before we get into building a suit of armour.
Zach did a great video on why most people have too much padding.
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So, for blunt trauma, would the plate give enough protection or would a thick gambeson be more protective?
Plate is by far better against blunt trauma than gambeson.
However gambeson does help against blunt damage and is excellent when paired with lesser armor types such as chainmail or Jack chains.
While adding gambeson to an armor kit will add extra protection, it will also make the armor much more bulky and cumbersom.
Not to mention thick gambesons are HOT to wear and is pretty much equivalent to wearing a winter jacket.
I would assume people in period who wore plate armor saw greater benefit in no padding, and being light/aired out then having that little bit of added blunt trauma protection.
Extra padding becomes more essential in modern Buhurt which has a meta based around very heavy blunt weapons since thrusts are banned.
While injuries are accepted in battle (good to be alive) they are less acceptable for a past time sport.
There is a common misconception that plate armor is great against cuts but is vulnerable against blunt trauma.
Truth it plate armor was the best armor around and was great against everything!
Pretty much your only hope of doing damage to a fully armored opponent was through blunt trauma even though the armor is still effective against it.
Now I know there is more nuance to armor, and I am aware of other methods to counter plate armor, but this is where the misconception stems from.
@@fallencrusader2975 Thank you for the detailed answer
@@pinarppanrapir9489 Plate is much better at protecting against all kinds of damage than thick padding. I think I will do a video about this...... melons might be involved...... Plate can stop an impact from causing deformation and spread the force over a wider area. This is why when people started adding plates over mail they added them to bony areas first and why reenactors often hide plates under their mail for extra protection. There is still a small padding value to a thin arming doublets. My custom doublet is like wearing 2 extra shirts. It just isn't the half inch of padding of 30 layers some people use.
You've been able to find templates or patterns? I have found very few and trying to make patterns myself have ended in failure. Most issues i run into with premade items is that people think your modern beltline is your waist when it is actually your hipline. Then are surprised when you tell them that just below your diaphragm is your waist.
All of the arming clothes sellers that i have found only sell items or designs that fill your coverings with quilt stuffings and never layered fabric. How are your findings?
I'm not looking to buy but next time think I will be trying to copy the channel living manuscript's video.
@@ArmourArtist it's been a hot minute since I watched that video. I'll give it another look-see.
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