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Post by pgandy on Oct 30, 2016 16:54:04 GMT
I finally got around to satisfying my long standing curiosity concerning my padded armour. In particular Lord of Battles’ Gambeson. I have two gambesons, one of which is Lord of Battles the thicker one. The other was made for me by a gentleman in Canada and is thinner. That one is more comfortable and easier to move around in and works much better under other armour such as mail and my brigandine than the thicker one. No doubt as a standalone it would be inferior to the Lord of Battles. I was curious in the later as a standalone. I argumentatively cheated some as I was not willing to subject a gambeson that cost me on the other side of 220 USD to a test that might destroy or certainly damage it just to satisfy my curiosity. So I ordered a padded gorget that Lord of Battles makes under the name of “Gambeson Collar”. The gambeson and the collar appear to be constructed the same. The same company, and the out material seems identical, and they are of the same thickness, so I believe the substitution is valid. While watching the video I saw mistakes in my technique that I will correct. Going out and looking back in has its advantages. I also saw things that made me ask “what if”, but nevertheless... Thrusts were more effective and the gambeson resisted all cuts. The one cut, or if you will, sword that I found the most interesting was with my 4¼ lb. Windlass’ Bastard Sword. I’ve always considered it a power house. This was made obvious when comparing it to the effects of other swords in the video. It did manage to cut the fabric by several layers, actually deeper than other cuts but didn’t make it through and the blunt force was evident. I’m certain if that had been for real it would have broken the neck for sure.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Oct 30, 2016 18:34:39 GMT
Thanks for your passion and contribution! Keep it up!
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Post by demonskull on Oct 30, 2016 19:53:32 GMT
Very informative, Thanks for doing this.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2016 13:07:12 GMT
Awesome video pgandy! Some things I noticed. One, you are old 😜, older than I thought. Two, you still looked awesome and like a sword master of old in that Gambeson modeling part. Reminded me of a certain actor. Three, awesome range and variety of swords and blades. Fourth and final, noticed that you used pages that had writing on them. Bravo! I cringe everytime I see perfectly good useable clean sheets being cut. All in all, awesome vid gramps!
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Post by pgandy on Oct 31, 2016 15:48:31 GMT
Thanks all for the comments.
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Post by legacyofthesword on Nov 8, 2016 1:49:09 GMT
Nice video - very interesting. What's the bowie you used at the first part of the video? Not the D-Guard Windlass, the other one.
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Post by Voltan on Nov 8, 2016 16:50:44 GMT
Very interesting pgandy , thanks for taking the time to do this. I have a light gambeson by Epic Armory, and I often wonder how protective it would be on it's own. Man, that white gambeson fits you perfectly. In regards to your tests...looks like all your blades are pretty sharp. I have to wonder how the gorget would have fared with full force, full speed, two-handed cuts with a drawing/slicing motion upon impact. That said, it does appear to provide some protection against the cut, especially when you consider the attacker would be in "the heat of the moment", so the strike would not be fully measured or precise (unless you were facing a very confident, master knight). I think you're right about the blunt force trauma though, no protection from that. Thanks again for posting, and keep'em coming!
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Post by pgandy on Nov 9, 2016 14:59:46 GMT
Very interesting pgandy , thanks for taking the time to do this. I have a light gambeson by Epic Armory, and I often wonder how protective it would be on it's own. Man, that white gambeson fits you perfectly. In regards to your tests...looks like all your blades are pretty sharp. I have to wonder how the gorget would have fared with full force, full speed, two-handed cuts with a drawing/slicing motion upon impact. That said, it does appear to provide some protection against the cut, especially when you consider the attacker would be in "the heat of the moment", so the strike would not be fully measured or precise (unless you were facing a very confident, master knight). I think you're right about the blunt force trauma though, no protection from that. Thanks again for posting, and keep'em coming! :) I have two gambesons; one made for me by a gentleman in Canada and is the thinner of the two. The other is the white one by Lord of Battles which is thicker and offers more protection. However, it is without its faults, amongst them is that my brigandine will not fit over it. The other is that my hauberk is difficult to put on over it. The thinner gambeson is more comfortable under other armour. In short while I question the thinners abilities it is more at home protecting me from my armour allowing the other armour to do their thing. I have no idea which is best. Much seems to depend on the temperature at the time as to which way I go. The cuts while not appearing so in the video were sabered, but not to the extreme. All in all they were not fully loaded with maximum force nor maximum slicing but from a distance that I would expect to deliver in combat while we danced without leaving myself exposed. The technique that I would use to soften my opponent or to make an opening for the one fully loaded finishing cut. I felt this more practical for what I was looking for. In my statement of “what if” includes your question. I am considering doing another video duplicating that one but using what I call not realistic combat cuts, being fully loaded that leave me exposed and exaggerate the slice.
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