St George Armoury armour

St George Armoury hand crafts high quality armour, made to measure and with the same flexibility and weight as the original.
Welding is almost totally avoided and details such as buckles, hinges and washers can be hand made, so the armour looks real when handled and not just when worn.
Some original armour was hardened, and this too can be recreated to increase the quality to the highest possible level, with plates forged out to give the tapered thickness of real armour.

Reproduction of a late 16th century German half armour for foot combat over a barrier. Styled on one of the twelve armours made for Christian I of Saxony, by Anton Peffenhauser in 1591.

Few modern reproductions really do the work of medieval and renaissance armourers justice, often showing signs of modern production methods.
Armourers of the time were some of the highest paid craftsmen, and produced work of elegant aesthetic form, quality of fit, finish and flow in articulation. With this armour I have attempted to meet these standards.

This armour was made for the Tower of London, and used for real combat at the Tower in 2003. David Edge of the Wallace Collection said the gauntlets had better articulation than the originals.

A fully functioning late 15th century German armour in the High Gothic fluted style.

Highly flexible and light at around 55 pounds (25kg).

Made for Stuart Huntley of Cut and Thrust for foot combat and sword technique demonstrations.

A North Italian armour of about 1480. Based on the armours from the Santa Maria delle Grazie that have been attributed to the Missaglias of Milan.

This armour is made for real jousting, and has lances broken on it regularly.

It has a 3.5mm tapered section breastplate which has been hardened, as have the pauldron gardbraces and vambrace reinforces.

The multiple layers of plate offer protection of up to 8mm to vital areas. It weighs around 70 pounds.