Armour news
My armourer has been bogged down in a project for The Royal Armouries reconstructing a suit of Henry VIII's armour. He'll start work on my suit at the end of March, and it may be a month before he has enough made for it to be worth my going down again for another fitting.
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I wish everyone could start off a sentence with "My armourer". Thank you for the update.
How about a cardboard version while we're waiting?
Well, guess that proves he's the real deal. How about a video about the imported Italian and Flemish armorers in the meanwhile?
Blimey, that might take a while. I've seen one of Our Enry's suits in the Metropolitan Museum of Art; he was a big chap!
Here is one of his massive suits of armour: <a href="https://royalarmouries.org/line-of-kings/line-of-kings-objects/single-object/350" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://royalarmouries.org/line-of-kings/line-of-kings-objects/single-object/350</a> Impressive! It weighs 77 pounds and has an articulated codpiece.