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Living Manuscript Medieval armor reproductions! Check out my YouTube channel 🙂⬇️
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As Geoffrey Chaucer said in The Canterbury Tales, "People can die of mere imagination." Living Manuscript strives to avoid letting people die of imagination by creating lifelike and immersive atmospheres primarily as 14th century English men at arms, we travel to events to show off techniques in fighting, warfare tactics, and to educate on similar topics.

11/12/2025

A pair of cuts I can be proud of! Executed at the recent Krump Pow in my first rapier tournament, it was pleasing to have no small amount of practice pay off in at least a few instances :)

09/10/2025

Götz tells a story (filtered through google translate)

Doing a reading of Götz von Berlichingen's autobiography. This is just a small snippet from part 1 :)

08/22/2025

I forgor what the German name is but it was clean

08/20/2025

Some of what's been in my shop recently:
- old breastplate with new leather
- sord
- brigandine (in slow progress, but it's wearable)
- the enchanting sounds of August critters

A helmet for sparring, a sparring helmet!Made for my clubmate's noggin, I based this helmet on early burgonet forms from...
08/09/2025

A helmet for sparring, a sparring helmet!

Made for my clubmate's noggin, I based this helmet on early burgonet forms from around 1500 as I feel like it suits his activities well: as a general purpose mask alternative and gateway drug into harnischfechten ;)

Let me know if you want to see more of this helmet!

burgonet

08/08/2025

One way to make vambraces (and a lot of other armor pieces) is to use a cross-peen hammer to repeatedly strike the inside of the pieces to give it organic and historical compound curves which make the armor stronger and more human-shaped.

Also lol @ my anvil scooting across the bench

08/07/2025

My friend 's iconic helmet just got a little upgrade: spring pin to hold the visor up!

A Glarner surrounded by Frenchies 🇨🇭Got to experience a little 13th century fun this past weekend, doing my best to keep...
07/01/2025

A Glarner surrounded by Frenchies 🇨🇭

Got to experience a little 13th century fun this past weekend, doing my best to keep up with some phenomenally researched impressions and hanging out with some more of my favorite folks :)

Featuring an iron hat made in two days: one in 2020, and the other this past Wednesday. Not my best work but for the time spent making something a bit unfamiliar, I'll take it!

Hello followers, friends, and a few family! A little bit of a new chapter for me as I am looking to sell a few stock pie...
06/18/2025

Hello followers, friends, and a few family! A little bit of a new chapter for me as I am looking to sell a few stock pieces -used and new. All of these pieces are ready to ship, so if the shoe (armor) fits, please dont hesitate to reach out or send it to a friend who you know is looking for a deal!

2-3: "Almain Arms" SOLD
- 65cm long from knuckle lames to spaulder tip (some adjustment available due to knuckle lames)
- made by me
- $150

4-6: "Iron Hat" SOLD
- 67cm brow circumference
- no liner, though I could make one for it given a little extra time and compensation
- made by me
- $200

7-9: "Leg" SOLD
- no measurement for this, bought off the shelf and is broadly sized bit modified for my 173cm frame as well as a leather added for mobility and historicity
- slightly battle damaged ⚔️
- $100

Thanks for taking the time to check out my little shop! Again,if you or a friend are interested, please reach out to me in the comments or dms :)

Some fun in the park where I, along with many of my friends, organized a Hema skirmish event!At about 50 fencers, this w...
05/05/2025

Some fun in the park where I, along with many of my friends, organized a Hema skirmish event!

At about 50 fencers, this was our largest event so far after seven years of holding them, adjusting our rules and methods each and every time to make it more of an event we would enjoy attending (and many did!) ⚔️

A very special shout to , without whom this event would never be the way it was. Indeed, they got plenty of cardio from shouting and running in the soupy ground that was our very favorite Olin Park!

Watch out for , who was kind enough to lend his drone + piloting skills :)

Recent work for me :) I'm making a few pairs of "Almain Rivet" arms because I feel as if the authentic ones are less sim...
09/14/2024

Recent work for me :) I'm making a few pairs of "Almain Rivet" arms because I feel as if the authentic ones are less simple than meets the eye. These are relatively generic as far as that family of armor goes because the important part for me in this stage is to develop a workflow, then I'll make the next pairs a closer copy to some originals :)

From [about] start to finish: a really rough breastplate I made some time ago, complete with a lance rest. I used a meth...
08/15/2024

From [about] start to finish: a really rough breastplate I made some time ago, complete with a lance rest. I used a method I've relarely seen, although it seems I never took a picture of its pattern, where there is a split in the bottom half which is welded together to create most of the shape. I think a second try would make for something much cleaner!

Roughly based on an example from the Wade Allen Collection :)

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