FUNCTIONAL FULL ARM ARMOUR SETNW80747 MADE IN INDIA This set of arm protection armor is a replica of those used throughout the Middle Ages. This set consists of articulating upper rerebrace, elbow couter, and forearm vambrace. Designed to fit most adults and are fitted with genuine leather adjustable buckle straps inside each rerebrace to make a secure fit to each arm. The set is made of 16 gauge steel. This sturdy set will be a great addition to anyone assembling their medieval armor for LARP or Reenactment events. Hang them in noble display on your castle wall when not in use.
Please Note: Steel Armour comes coated in oil for protection from rust and may be cleaned and oiled occasionally as necessary maintenance procedure for the life of the product.
• 16 Gauge Steel
• Genuine Leather Adjustable Straps • includes rerebrace, couter and vambrace
• Total Weight: approx 4.5 lbs
Note: Due to these item being hand finished, minor cosmetic imperfections are natural characteristic of genuine hand made steel armour.
REREBRACE, COUTER, VAMBRACE
A rerebrace (sometimes known as an upper cannon) is a piece of armour designed to protect the upper arms (above the elbow). Splint rerebraces were a feature of Byzantine armour in the Early Medieval period. The rerebrace seems to have re-emerged in England, in the early 14th century. As part of the full plate armour of the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance the rerebrace was a tubular piece of armour between the shoulder defense (pauldron) and the elbow protection (couter). The couter (also spelled "cowter") is the defense for the elbow in a piece of plate armour. Initially just a curved piece of metal, as plate armor progressed the couter became an articulated joint. Vambraces, (sometimes known as lower cannons in the Middle Ages) or forearm guards are tubular or gutter defense for the forearm.