16th century cow mouth shoes

16th century cow mouth shoesThis type of shoe with a broad tip was popular throughout the 16th century amongst all classes of society. The style was worn in great variety and was even copied in the designs of armour from that era. Many layers of society could not afford new shoes and re used the same pair time and time again. Several examples from the Museum of London show how shoes were repaired and adjusted to size regularly. This type of shoe was worn during the age of Henry

The helmet was presumably worn by Sarmautic auxiliae

This hauberk has been developed after these excavated originals

Jan Petersen

The pair of chain mail chausses is constructed from 1

This type of calotte developed from the nasal helmet in the second half of the 12th century

The reverse of the shield is fitted with a rubber handle for extra grip

The bokken is 112 cm long with a blade of 76 cm and weighs 496 grams

The axe is well-suited to early medieval living history and is fully functional

It is of the Pompeii type

Every model shares the same tang so every part may be changed

though they had already been utilised during the Stone Age

It measures 96