At this special time I wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! May the holidays bring you piece, joy and a chance to rest and recharge.

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Greetings!

Some updates from my workshop for first quarter of 2024. At first I invite you to follow me on my Instagram profile: https://www.instagram.com/piotrplatener/ I going to public there latest armour projects and also remind some of my previous work.

Complete reproduction of the helmet from Nysa (Poland), with hand-sewn lining (made also by me) and with riveted mail avential made by mail maker Paweł Dubiel - https://en.paweldubiel.pl/ That's how the helmet may looked like when it was new in mid XIV c. It's was my very interesting project, because I have unique opportunity to work so close with original piece which was preserved in soil for more than 600 years.

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Klappvisier bascinet based on two sources: skull on bascinet from Musee de Valere in Sion and visor on original from University Museum in Marburg, Inv.-Nr. 185. For the visor I made additional vent holes on left side and divided eye slot into small rectangles for better protection. Skull raised from two halves of 2 mm high quality mild steel, heat hardened and tempered up to 36 HRC. Visor raised from one piece of 2 mm medium carbon steel and hardened and tempered up to 42 HRC. Visor is removable. All in rough satin finish with some visible hammer marks and scratches from grinding. Weight 3,230 kg.

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Leg harness in Kastenbrust style, circa 1470. It's part of incoming full armour suit, one of few projects I currently have on my workbench. Made of medium carbon steel and spring steel in various thickness: 1,5 mm; 1,2 mm; 1 mm. Equipped with handmade steel buckles and vegetable tanned leather in dark blue dye. Heat hardened and tempered up to 42 HRC. Weight of single cuisse is 2,5 kg, and 1,2 kg for single full greave.

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For more photos I invite you to my website.