Store — Medieval armor — Medieval Lamellar Stainless Steel Armor Body Suit

The lamellar armor is the best one from the various points of view because of great balance between flexibility, protection and weight.

Armor is made of stainless 1mm thick steel scales that is absolutely enough because of double-covering and great shock-absorption peculiarity of lamellar armor. The shoulders and front/back plates are also made of stainless steel (1.5 mm i.e. about 16 ga).

Each line of scales is covered with leather for the best shock-absorption and contact between scales. There are 10 holes in each scale in accordance to the authentic Mongolian design - the most complicated and reliable fastening way. Comparing with the previous version armor is upgraded with wider shoulders - they have better appearance and protect arm from almost all sides.

General specifications:

- About 780 scales (i.e. more then 7000 holes lacing comes through)

- Stainless steel scales and plates - More then 180 yards of lacing

- Leather bordering of each scales line bottom

- The base case of the armor consists of: 2 shoulder plates, 2 lamellar spaulders, front and chest upper plates, body and back lamellar segments and 4 tassets - absolutely in accordance to the pictures, what you see is what you get.

The helmet you see at the pictures is not included into the base case, but you can optionally order it in our store.

Base case of the lamellar armor approximately has following weights for the different sizes:

S (chest 33" - 35") - 33lb;

M (chest 35" - 38") - 38lb;

L (chest 38" - 42") - 44lb;

XL (chest 42" - 46") - 50lb.

If you are looking for the lighter variants of that armor we are pleased to propose you combined leather & steel variations such as "Leather & steel armor" and "Leather & steel blackened armor".

One more importand thing you may be need is Eastern style long medieval gambeson padding

The shoulders and the tassets are the optional elements of the armor and their length can vary according to the customer's request. You can also choose natural leather lacing for extra charge. (Please contact us if you have any additional questions). We suggest the future support for our clients: for those our customers who have bought this item the expendable materials are available, such as scales and lacing.

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