Hospitaller Surcoat

Originating in the early 12th century was the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. The religious order more commonly known as the Hospitallers. What started out as a group of Italian merchants caring for pilgrims in the Holy Land, soon developed into one of the most powerful military orders of the time. Crafted from wool with a handwoven linen lining, our cloak pays homage to those brave crusaders. All black with a single white Maltese cross on the left shoulder, this cloak is a must for any living history enthusiast. Size Standard Length 147cm Length of Hood 93cm Weight 2.6Kg Colour Black

The Order of the Hospital San Juan from Jerusalem has its origins about the year 1070, when a group of Italian merchants constructs a hospital in Jerusalem for the attention to the pilgrims. When grows the popularity of the Templar, the Hospitable needs to change to warrior monks to be able to get the donations that were receiving the Military Orders, though they never left their welfare and charitable functions. In 1306 they invaded the island of Rhodes establishing there their headquarters. Later they moved to the island of Malta, where they continued supporting the independence of their state and passed to be known as “The Knights of Malta”. - 110 x 70 cm / 44 x 28 inches - Black banner. - Decorated with a White Hospitaller Cross.

The GDFB range of medieval weapons includes medieval swords, medieval daggers, medieval spearheads, medieval axes, maces, halberds and poleaxes. Some of the offered medieval weaponry is made in a blunt version with rounded edges at the blades and ball shaped tips for the spearheads which makes them very safe for re-enactment. Large spearhead, with 3 mm edge perfect for the re-enactment. Approved by the Re-enactment Society. Details: Blade length: 32 cm Shaft length: 13.5 cm

Featured in the movies on a variety of knights and men-at-arms, a coif is the perfect addition to any reenactor or medievalists garb. This coif has been made of heavy, pale green cotton fabric and features a double tie front. It can be worn with many different helmets. Please hand wash and hang dry only.

The maintainance kit has everything in it which you need for the must of care for your handmade sword. Comes with oil and powder. Oil is used to prevent the rust of the sword. Oil makes a film of the oil between the sword body and the air, and it prevents the oxidization of the sword body. Oil dries in about some time. Therefore, reprint it in the new oil once in a month. The thing which made a whetstone powder-shaped is being packed into the Uchiko. White powder appears from the Uchiko when a sword body is struck with the Uchiko. There are two use purposes. The Uchiko removes the old oil which sticks to the sword body. Furthermore, the Uchiko beautifies the surface of the sword. Nuguigami: The Nuguigami is not just regular paper, it is high quality thick japanese paper for cleaning swords. It is used for wiping out old oil and wiping out the Uchiko. The Mekuginuki is used to remove the Mekugi of the sword. The Mekuginuki can remove the Mekugi with the sharp part. In order to use the Mekuginuki for removing the Mekugi, the hammerhead part can be removed from the rest of the Mekuginuki. How to take care for your sword: How to take care of the sword after an Iaido practices or Tameshigiri will be explained with this topic. Take care of the sword after the practices always. If the care for the sword is neglected, a sword rusts in the sweat of the hand. Face an edge toward the top, and pull out a sword slowly from the sheath. Then, be careful not to damage a sheath. Hold the sword pulled out with your left hand. Then, remove old oil and dust from the sword with the Nuguigami. Put a Nuguigami on the Mune of the sword when wiping the sword, and wipe the sword toward the top from the bottom. Pat a sword body with the Uchiko. Powder equally on the both sides of the sword body. Then, wipe the white powder with the new Nuguigami which is different from the paper used some time ago. Repeat this handle, and remove the blurs of the oil completely. Apply new oil to the sword body, and put away a sword to the sheath. Put the oiling paper on the Mune of the sword when oiling the sword, and oil the sword toward the top from the bottom. Don't oil a sword in quantity very much. Oil equally the both sides of the sword body. If the care for the sword is finished, put a sword in the sword bag, and keep it. Keep a sword in the place where it dries in the shade. How to take care of the sword of this topic isn't perfect. Therefore, remove the hilt once in three months, and care for the tang (Nakago) and so on.

Often called a chapel-de-fer, this type of helmet was a very common sight on the Medieval battlefield. The broad rim was meant to turn away arrows coming from above. Made from two welded halves of 1.6mm (16 guage) steel with a single reinforcement strip riveted to the skull. It features a polished surface with an adjustable leather liner and chinstrap. Size Circumference with Liner M 61 cm L 63 cm XL 65 cm