Knight Armor

The Medieval knight armor has been a vital item among warriors, and one of the most famous pieces is the suit of armor utilized by the warlike knights from the middle ages.

The knight armor offered its user adequate body protection from various weapon attacks that were utilized in battle. The parts of this knight armor included a complex and intricate series of items such as the chain mail, garments, and the iron plate.

Main Kinds of Knight Armor

During the period of the middle ages, knights commonly utilized heavy armor made from metal and there were two primary types of knight armor: the plate armor and the chain mail.

However, the most recognized and popular style of armor in the whole world is the plate armor that is connected with the knights from the late middle ages of Europe.

Listed below are the different types of knight armor that have been utilized in the past.

Chain Mail

The chain mail was a knight armor created out of thousands of interconnected metal rings that have been welded or riveted together. It is said to have been developed in Eastern Europe in the year 500 BC.

The chain mail armor was characterized by a hauberk (long cloak) and knights commonly utilized a finely made padded cloak just beneath the knight armor – this was necessary for the warriors to carry all the weight of the chain mail; additionally, the hauberk can weigh as heavy as thirty pounds.

The chain mail may have been an excellent protective gear that was flexible enough for better movement yet it could be pierced easily by the enemy’s sword or arrows.

At some point, knights started to set metal plates for additional protection over the vital parts of their bodies; yet soon, they were fully covered with the metal plates which soon led them to stop utilizing the chain mail all in all.

Plate Armor

By the 1400s, most warriors utilized the full plate armor since it provided the wearer better protection when on the battlefield. Although it did provide more protection to the soldier wearing it, the armor was heavier and less flexible compared to the chain mail. Full plate armor usually had a weight of about sixty pounds in total.

The plate armor was an excellent way to protect the knight’s lower limbs and chest; plus, it was also utilized by the ancient Romans and Greeks for the same reason.

However, this specific knight armor fell out of popularity after the collapse of the Roman Empire since creating the piece required a lot of work and high cost during production.

This is because the process of creating the armor involved the production of the lorica segmentata or any other similar plate armor.

In the European areas, this type of armor reached its peak during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries; its popularity was due to its association with the specialized jousting armor that has been developed in the sixteenth century.

Parts of a Medieval Knight Armor

The fully functional medieval knight wore a body harness a suit of armor to protect their bodies from sudden enemy attacks. The common way of constructing these types of armor featured a technique that used lames that overlapped each other.

These types of laminations were commonly utilized for the shoulder, abdominal, and collar areas to allow proper movement; and beneath the suit of armor, cushioning gambesons may have possibly been utilized together with a quilted jacket filled with wool, grass, tow, or even horsehair.

Below are the elements of the body harness:

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Head and Shoulder Armor

• Comb – an extension that can be found from the front to the back, right across the top of the helmet.
• Helm – armor for the head that features a pivoting plate that is linked to its front area; this provides adequate protection for the soldier’s face. The visors frequently featured holes or spaces for ventilation which also worked for additional visibility.
• Gorget – an armored collar that is made out of laminations or hinged plates.
• Pauldron – this is a vest-like shoulder armor that adds a little protection across the soldier’s upper back and over the breastplate.

Torso Armor

• Breastplate – protection for the upper chest portion
• Plackart – armored reinforcement that also covers the lower portion of a Knight armor’s breastplate; sometimes, it can also cover almost the whole breastplate.
• Fauld – usually made up of lames; it is attached to the plackart and breastplate to serve as a guard for one’s abdomen.
• Tasset – these are either skirt of lames or solid armor plates that are hung from the fauld to conceal the gap between the thigh armor and the fauld.

Arm and Leg Armor

• Rerebrace – armor that shields the upper arm
• Couter – the armored elbow guard
• Vambrace – a shield of the forearm
• Gauntlet – armored gloves
• Cuisse – armored guards for the thighs
• Poleyn – armored knee guards that take the shape of a cup
• Fan plates – fan or heart-shaped guards for the sides of the knees
• Greave – knight armor for the lower legs
• Sabaton – articulates the foot armor

Knight Armor for Sale

For an unbeaten level of protection, it would be great to buy knight armor that is fully functional. The knight armor can be purchased from numerous online weapon shops and are modeled from the typical plate armor from the late middle ages.

These replicas of the knight armor can also provide full protection as well as decorative purposes for those who prefer to add these pieces to their collection.

The knight armor sold in numerous online weapon shops is made of the finest and highest-quality materials to provide each individual with an authentic-looking piece that is similar to the original knight armor.

The most common knight armor for sale are the classic pieces such as the English plate armor, Milanese plate armor, Gothic plate armor, and a lot more.

Some of the available knight armor may seem just like decorative pieces but these are also fully functional and can provide adequate protection when re-enacting various historical scenes or during training.

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