#Royal armouries

[barbucomedie]

Court Sword from Japan dated to the 19th Century on display at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, England

This Tachi style sword was worn for court to display and is an archaic style derived from China using flowers and foliage as decoration. Such weapons would most likely not be used for combat but as an indication of wealth and rank in court amongst other nobility.

Photographs taken by myself 2024

[thatshowthingstarted]

Sword (jian) and scabbard, probably made in the court workshops of the Yongle Ming Emperor. Chinese, Ming Dynasty, early 15th century.

The hilt is of gilt iron. The grip is of gibbous rectangular section, punched with small circles to imitate ray skin. Down the centre of the front is a raised spine bordered by tiny flames at either side.

The pommel is of trilobed form, bordered at the front and rear by bands of golden scrolls. The front panel of the pommel is chiselled and fretted with a dragon surrounded by interlacing flames, with triple claws on each paw. At the rear of the pommel, the central panel is decorated with a monster mask (kirtimukha), surmounted by a silvered crescent and golden disc, and with human hands, also surrounded by flames. At either side of the pommel are the Eight Buddhist Emblems of Good Augury (ba jixiang): the wheel of law (dharma), the standard, the treasure jar, the pair of fish, the endless knot, the lotus, the parasol and the conch shell of victory.

The guard is embossed in the form of a monster mask, surmounted by a silvered crescent and golden disc. The face is punched with circles, the canine teeth silvered, the eyebrows and whiskers chiselled and gilt. The horns are in the form of crab claws. At either side of the mouth is a paw in the form of a human hand. The head is surrounded by scrolling curls of mane. The rear of the guard is rendered as the underside of the jaw, with a set of silvered teeth, and a narrow beard running into a throat of alternate silvered and gilt bands.

The blade is associated but is probably a later replacement of Tibetan manufacture. It is formed of pattern-welded steel, of diamond section, straight and double edged. The pattern welding produces a mirrored pattern of addorsed crescents at either side of the medial ridge. The tang is of rectangular section, tapering towards the pommel, with a large expanded peg-hole towards the end. The edges have been ground and sharpened.

The scabbard is of wood covered in green stained leather and bound with gilt iron. At the throat is a V-shaped cut out at the front for seating the blade, and a scalloped cut-out in the leather to accommodate the guard. The throat retains traces of the scarlet silk with which it was lined. The iron binding comprises a long, facetted strip running all the way round either edge.

There are eight transverse bands at the rear, the uppermost and fourth of which are wider than the others, and extend round the front of the scabbard forming suspension loops. The edging strip has four main facets, with an additional narow facet at either side. It is decorated with scrollwork in gold running down each facet, and matching that on the pommel. At either end is a set of three golden lotus leaves.

The front panel is divided stylistically into upper and lower sections. The upper section is decorated quite plainly; a series of five beaded transverse bands divide it into six sections, and there are three vertical bands of fretted four-petalled rosettes in each section.

At the throat is a cusped section with a beaded border, below which is a band of flames. The ornate lower section has six smaller segments, divided vertically and horizontally by fretted 'vajras', each with a 'yinyang' symbol in the central knop. The half-'vajras' at either side emanate from the heads of lions, and the vertical bands of decoration at either side are formed by rows of flames.

Above and in the middle of these divisions are two square panels, each containing a cusped lozenge shaped central medallion, the corners decorated with interlacing flames. The uppermost of these two panels contains two dragons intertwined amid flames, with the heads at top right and bottom left; the lower has two similar dragons, with thicker bodies, and with their heads confronted at the left and right.

The chape section is decorated with a large panel of interlacing flames, within a beaded border. At the rear of the scabbard, the upper band is decorated with alternating gold and silver scrollwork, and terminates in a rosette at the front. The next two narrow bands are decorated with silver scrollwork only. The fourth is decorated at the rear like the top one, but is extended accross the front in a broad band; it is chiselled with four medallions decorated with gilt characters on silver grounds, and surrounded by interlacing gilt flames. The three lower bands are decorated in gold scrollwork.

The rear chape panel has a small, flat piece of rather coarse, scrolling interlace at the bottom, and narrow bands of petalled rosettes at either side.

A four character Tibetan inscription on the lower suspension loop reads 'khi'u ga ral gri' (honourific sharp sword).

China, 15th century (About 1420),

Leather, Ferrous, Gold, Silver, Semi-precious stone, Silk, Wood,

Dimensions:

Blade Length: 30 inches

Overall (sword) Length: 35 inches

Courtesy: Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, United Kingdom

Sword (jian) and scabbard, probably made in the court workshops of the Yongle Ming Emperor. Chinese, Ming Dynasty, early 15th century.

[m3dieval]

Mateusz Sulowski Swords at the Royal Armouries in Leeds

[goos3-345]

Pencil sketches for college

Last week I went to the Royal Armoury museum in Leeds for a class trip. It was pretty cool - even if it didn't really help me with my current project.

These drawings are of armour (and a gun) from around the 1600's used by the british. I think my favourite one is probably the bottom left one just because of how detailed it is (I mean it's got hearts on it, how could it not be my favourite?).

[tutanchanup]

Day 8: Hike

Today a saw a great video by Royal Armoury, where a person hiked to a peak dressed in armour. 11/10

[htogr26]

Final Fantasy 16 x Royal Armouries - Official Invictus Sword Collaboration

[kultofathena]

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🗡️The classic Italian Longsword from Balaur Arms returns with a twist🗡️

We asked swordmaker and martial artist LK Chen to not simply reproduce the original model, but to further optimize it to create a performance longsword. In addition to a host of material and construction improvements, LK Chen was able to achieve outstanding balance and performance characteristics with the use of substantial distal taper and faithfully executed hollow-ground blade. In the hand the sword is a natural extension of the arm and deft enough to be used with a single hand if necessary, but it truly comes into its own when wielded in two hands. A quick striker with a fast recovery, this is a sword that can keep pace with the speed of your mind in the duel.

In stock and available to order now

Thank you @thejade.eye for the video.

[ziphos123]

I’ve been thinking about this sword a lot lately.

[solidsilverphoto]

Royal armouries Leeds

[wfxue]

20230926_F0001: Up the hall of steel by Wei-Feng Xue Via Flickr: - The Hall of Steel is a part of the Royal Armouries museum in Leeds. This is looking up its tower.

[barbucomedie]

Sword from Japan dated to the Late 16th Century on display at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, England

Photographs taken by myself 2024

[mechanicalbloodlust]

✨complaining about gabriels armour yay✨

DISCLAIMER (please read): - i am doing this for fun. this is not a serious post. - this is not a criticism of gabriel's character design. - gabriel is an angel. obviously angels function differently to humans. the armour of angels in ultrakill could be purely decorative for all i know, but im evaluating it in terms of protection in relation to human anatomy. - i often specifically refer to protection against swords. this is because i am basing my knowledge off of medieval armour. (what im saying is: i know v1 uses guns im not stupid) - im not an expert on armour. i read about it for fun, as a hobby. if i get something wrong, PLEASE tell me i love getting new information about armour and i do not want to unintentionally spread misinformation.

initially i did a quick assessment of the gaps in the armour, which would be weak points. while ive seen some interpretations of gabriel wearing a sort of bodysuit, he is definitely not wearing a gambeson. this would make the armour uncomfortable to wear as there would be no padding under it.

the rest of the armour evaluation is in the images below. all of the text is also written out in the image descriptions.

after all this nitpicking, i decided to try to redesign gabriel's armour to make it more protective while keeping it similar to his original design and still recognisable as gabriel ultrakill.

• lowered pauldrons so they're not floating

• added an aventail to the helmet to protect his neck

• the golden parts of the cuirass no longer go inwards

• didnt add couters because i suck at drawing them but lets pretend that i did that to stay closer to his original design (besides he still has the elbow pieces on his vambrace to provide some defence)

• his gauntlets have articulated fingers now

• tassets are laminated rather than the layers he originally had. in retrospect i should have done tassets of three lame and decorated them similarly to gabriels original design but oh well

• i also imagine that he would be wearing a hauberk under the skirt

• added extra plates to the poleyns as well as side fins

• he's got proper sabatons now

• also he would be wearing a gambeson under his armour

• helmet is more like a visored bascinet

• there are actual holes for ventilation now, and there's more of them.

• there are also holes for vision yay

• didn't want to get rid of the gold bit that goes around the helmet so i changed the shape so that weapons wouldn't get caught on it, but would instead skate off. i think it should come closer to the visor on the side profile though. thank you for reading all of this i had a lot of fun doing this :-)

[costumedump]

Crown Princess Josefina's Red Redingote With Small Gold Wire Buttons

Circa 1810s

The Royal Armoury

Stockholm, Sweden

[drawsmaddy]

[ID: A digital illustration of a tiefling woman with pink skin and short, fluffy white hair with dark pink roots. She is posing with her left hand on the base of a spiked mace that has pink and green stickers on the handle and her right hand held up in a peace sign. She is wearing a short, dark pink, formfitting dress with white heart designs on the top and bottom, and small metal holes just above the hem, one of which has a small, light green, heart shaped charm hanging from it. She is also wearing knee high black platform boots, a short black hooded cape, a dark pink choker with a heart shaped ring, and metal plate armour all over her right arm, on her left hand and forearm, and attached to her boots at the knees, the shins, and the tops of the feet. She has light green decorations on her horns, stickers on her cheeks, and a heart shaped hair clip in her fringe. End description.]

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[baldy-wan-kenobi]

An excellent interview, and an insightful take from Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history. The irony of using a maxim in its intended role once again, 100 years later hadn't really occurred to me, through the horror of seeing one mounted with a holosun. (Also, good job on getting a question featured, Frogman.)

Ian McCollum interviews Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic firearms throughout history.

(p.s. @baldy-wan-kenobi, check out 23:38-27:28)

[baba-yada]

my friend and I were watching Twisted, and we both saw Aladdin's dagger and suspected immediately that it was a latex LARP-Safe weapon. Lo and behold I look on larpinn and I find the exact dagger less than a minute later

conclusion: larpers can sniff out a LARPsafe weapon just by looking at how a prop shines, apparently???