ok, so these are "sorta" quilted.
I just got this suit of armor back from a happy customer. We made this suit with the idea that it would get him safely through the last years nationals and the Battle of Nations in France(He is on Team USA). We figured we would learn from what worked and didn't and make rev 2. Well that was a little over a year ago and with several local, regional, and national tournaments in this kit, it is finally that time.
He has managed several hundred full contact combats ( they use the same rules, weapons, and armor that was used in the medieval period) in this suit and last weekend took the first shot that actually left a mark on his body through the armor. (the same person/weapon combo that bruised my friend, took 5 other fighters off the field with the same horizontal blow to the center spine....)
We are now going to replace the Canvas with leather.
I took these shorts so folks could get an idea of the OTHER hobby I obsess...
The left and right bits have been flipped to show the inside
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Stacks up pretty small (great for international flights)
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The legs
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The arms (and gauntlets)
(I did not make these gauntlets, but i am going to repair them)
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