chain mail aventail zinc plated 8 mm Valentijn 5 cm and weighs 985

5 cm and weighs 985 grams

This beautiful single-handed sword has a black blade and is 93

The leather strap is reinforced at the back with a rondel

It can be used for re-blackening a bronzed weapon or armour piece

The chainmail coif appeared at least as early as the 11th century AD

chain mail aventail zinc plated 8 mm Valentijn 5 cm and weighs 985Around 1320, the camail emerged an aventail that was attached to the lower edge of the bascinet helmet and provided protection for the wearers neck. Camails featured a leather strip along the top edge, in which holes could be made to insert the vervelles (metal pins) of the helmet. A leather or waxed cord was then threaded through the vervelles, securing the camail like a collar beneath the helmet. The chainmail of these collars was often attached to