The Kingmaker canvas gambeson
Two-piece universal under armour padding
Whether you are heading to your weekly fencing practices with just a couple of essential pieces of protection or preparing for a heavy combat tournament in full gear, this versatile two-piece gambeson is the best choice for your under-armour layer. The combination of the short breathable part with quilted sleeves and the long sleeveless quilted vest guarantees an excellent level of comfort and mobility without any loss of padding and protection. The overlapping of the sleeves with the shoulders of the vest ensures gapless coverage – even if your combat style resembles a windmill.
The gambeson is made of sturdy canvas fabric, lined with natural flax linen and finished with soft leather at the edges, which includes the stand-up collar, arm-holes, front and bottom edge of the vest and forearm slits and edges of the sleeves at the bottom piece. The canvas has a beautiful weave, is tough and can take a rigorous beating - it happens to be the same premium canvas we use for our tents and viking vests.
The inner piece is a crop-top body part made of two layers of natural linen with canvas sleeves doubled with flax linen as well and padded with thick cotton batting. The sleeves are wide enough at the upper part not to affect your movements and taper in narrower from the elbow to the wrist for a great fit. By leaving out any buttons or lacing at the bottom of the sleeves, we have allowed room to comfortably wear bracers or an arm harness. The front lacing of the inner piece of the gambeson allows a tight fit so that your padding always stays where it is supposed to be. You can trust it not to ride up or crumple under your shiny armour!
The straight cut vest can be laced tight, with significant overlap under the lacing allowing you to get the perfect fit. The arm-holes are wide enough to fit the sleeves of the inner piece and to provide you all the freedom of movement you might need. We decided not to pierce the gambeson through: the lacing points for your arm harness and pauldrons are created with the help of leather squares. A similar approach is used to fasten the vest – there are no eyelets and the laces go through the reliable leather squares without breaching the gambeson itself.
This incredibly thought through item will make you forget about all the other options. The only possible exception is the most luxurious version of this gambeson made of natural velvet.
To have a have a better picture of our gambesons and padded armor, you may check out our article covering this topic.
To check how to measure yourself please click here.
Please contact us if you have any additional questions.
Materials:
- Canvas;
- 100% flax linen (lining, the body of the inner piece);
- Cotton batting (filling);
- Leather squares (fastening of the vest, lacing points);
- Metal eyelets (fastening of the inner piece);
- Lacing cord.
Dimensions for Fixed Sizes (length of the central seam from the neckline to the bottom):
- S - 70 cm (27 9/16");
- M - 71 cm (27 15/16");
- L - 72 cm (28 3/8");
- XL - 73 cm (28 6/8");
- XXL - 74 cm (29 1/8").
Features:
- exclusive two-piece design;
- slits on the sleeves at the forearm;
- lacing for closure;
- lacing points for armor;
- slim fit.
This item is part of the “The Kingmaker” collection
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when will the black one be available in xl size
We hope to have black canvas back in stock soon, but there is no ETA, unfortunately.
I am concerned about the sleeves being too long. Is it possible to have this jacket custom made?
Hi Keith, this gambeson can be made in fixed sizes only, sorry.
For reference, how tall is the model in the photos and what size is he wearing?
Hi Tyler, the gambeson was made in custom size for the photo shoot. Please send us your measurements so we could help you to choose the right size.
Can this gambeson be made with no padding at all for those who will not be fighting in it but need an arming garment?
Hello Brian, alterations are not possible for this gambeson, unfortunately.
Hi there guys, can you tell me what's the difference between linen gambeson and canvas gambeson? Îs only about material and resistence? And you can buy only online or i can come to your Shop? And i want to know The place where It is
Hi Morar, yes the difference is in material. We have online store only, unfortunately.
I wanted to use this for HEMA Fencing. I was wondering if you had a puncture resistance rating for this.
Dear Krillix, our fabrics are non puncture resistant, unfortunately. However, canvas is pretty dense and durable so it might work for HEMA Fencing. We can ship you sample of fabric if you wish.
Does the light canvas option match the colour of the white gambeson in the pictures?
Hi Edward! Yes, they will match.
Since I'm small, could I order this in a size similar to the small but maybe slightly tailored?
Dear Gabriel, unfortunately, this particular gambeosn comes in fixed size only and cannot be altered, sorry.