ES - Armour weight

[Christine Fink]

I don't remember how much a suit of armour wieghs. But, last summer the
History Channel had a one hour special on the history of armour. One of the
interesting facts about full scale armour is that once worn it is so
flexible that one can actually do cartwheels (they showed a man in armour
doing carwheels)!

My theory is that it can't weigh that much if one can do carthweels. My
guess would be around 75 to 100 pounds? You might want to check their
website and see if they have any information or links on armour.

Maria de Vasquez

------Original Message------
From: ladylavina <ladylavina at email.com>
To: elfsea at ansteorra.org, steppes at ansteorra.org
Sent: March 8, 2000 6:26:03 PM GMT
Subject: ES - Armour weight


I have a question for all of you fighter types out there.

My boss was admiring a copy of David Edge and John Miles Paddock's "Arms and
Armour of the Midieval Knight, An Illustrated History of Weaponry in the
Middle Ages".  He was particularly interested in the armour of that of the
knight in the portrait of "St. George and the Dragon", c. 1460 (page 110). 
He wanted to know how much that particular armour weighed.

So, here's your trivia question for the day - anyone have any clue as to how
much a full set of armour like that portrayed weighed?  The description
reads "St. George is wearing a typical Italian 'export amour'"

Lavina
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