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You may have seen leather helmets in movies, video games, or other fantasy scenarios and thought to yourself "that wouldn't do much". So have I, but let's find out by practical testing...

A viewer sent in a helmet made of 4mm thick boiled leather ("cuir bouilli") for that purpose. Not historically accurate by any means, but that would be tricky anyway due to how few examples of leather armor are preserved. It's about the material itself. Keep in mind by the way that it's produced and treated with modern methods and different from what they'd make in medieval times.

Either way it's interesting to see what leather armor could be, particularly when thinking about fantasy worlds with some degree of realism.

What we used here:

Custom katana from Swordis (crucible steel blade)
https://swordis.com/custom-katana-bui...

LK Chen Munich Town Guard sidesword
https://www.kultofathena.com/product/... (affiliate link)

Rutger (Bauernwehr "peasant's defense") by Landsknecht Emporium
https://www.kultofathena.com/product/... (affiliate link)

Rugger by Adam Bodorics
https://www.kultofathena.com/product/... (affiliate link)

Hawaiian stone headed war club by Koa Studio
https://www.koastudio.net/shop

Flanged mace from Wulflund
https://www.wulflund.com/weapons/axes...

The video in which I tested a riveted maille ("chainmail") coif:
   • Fantasy Mail Coifs are Stupid, and This is...  


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