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Black Dog Armoury "L'Armurerie du Chien Noir", atelier de reproduction d'armures historiques sur projet personnalisé

Late XIVth c. leg harness. Completing the arms harness I made for the same customer last year. Customer is a bit larger ...
07/08/2026

Late XIVth c. leg harness. Completing the arms harness I made for the same customer last year.
Customer is a bit larger than usual and it is for sport, hence as always for this purpose the large cuisse plate is made from 1.5mm (but remain at an acceptable 2kg per cuisse), greaves are quite taller than what I commonly do, it shows with a suprising 1.4kg (vs ~1kg in most previous projects).
I also experimented a bit with hand polishing, mostly in the first steps. Removing less material, but objective was obtaining as much of a genuine finition as possible.
For sport it is not much worth it. But I will have the opportunity to do it more on next projects. The most complicated part is how to secure/block the piece to something

Steel C45. Heat treated. Handmande buckles and hinges.

Harnois de jambe style fin XIV. Il vient compléter un set de bras exécuté l'an dernier.
Le client est un peu plus grand que d'ordinaire et le set c'est pour le sport, ainsi donc la plaque de cuisse est en 1.5mm (malgré tout le cuissot reste à un acceptable 2kg la pièce), les grèves sont bien plus grandes que d'habitude et montent vite à 1.4kg contre 1kg sur les anciens projets plus petits.
J'ai aussi expérimenté un peu avec le polissage à la main, surtout les premières étapes (donc surfaçage). Moins de matière enlevée qu'à la machine, mais le but était d'obtenir un aspect le plus original possible.
Pour le sport ça ne vaut pas trop la peine. Mais j'aurais l'opportunité d'y passer plus de temps sur les projets suivants. La partie la plus compliquée est de caler la pièce correctement.

Acier C45. Traitement thermique. Boucles et charnières faites main.

Some post 1450s sabatons made earlier this year.Since completion the leather strap going under the feet and the buckle h...
02/08/2026

Some post 1450s sabatons made earlier this year.
Since completion the leather strap going under the feet and the buckle have been removed. (got cut few hours in a day of skimirshes).
Toe leather was also remade for it was too short initialy.

After extensive testing the lames completely cover ankle gaps and do not impede mobility.

Cuisses reproduction based on Gaudenz von Matsch set. Late 15th (~1485-95). Demi-greave and larger poleyn wing on custom...
31/01/2026

Cuisses reproduction based on Gaudenz von Matsch set. Late 15th (~1485-95). Demi-greave and larger poleyn wing on customer request.

Very nice to work other styles for once.

C45, full heat treatment, hand made buckles and hinges, brass hinges for this one to match the greaves.

Another of the projects from past yearAs usual, c45, full heat treatment.
28/01/2026

Another of the projects from past year

As usual, c45, full heat treatment.

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