Since 2004 I have been making arming cottes (gambesons, aketons… whatever you wish to call them), pourpoints (padded, quilted garments), and unpadded martial surcottes for medieval armour and combat practitioners. Here’s a selection of some of these commissions. I don’t actively take commissions anymore, but every once in a long while I get the urge and make something for someone. Click any of the thumbnails below to browse the gallery.
- Arming cotte based on the Charles de Blois pourpoint, front
- Arming cotte based on the Charles de Blois pourpoint, back
- Arming cotte with grandes assiettes
- Arming cotte made by Nicholas Friend from custom-fit pattern by me
- Mid-15thc arming doublet with grandes assiettes, front
- Mid-15thc arming doublet with grandes assiettes, back
- Arming cotte with grandes assiettes tailoring outlined
- Pourpoint based loosely on shape of the pourpoint of Charles VI
- Pourpoint based on an Italian image from the 1370s, back
- Italian-style pourpoint, worn without armour
- Italian pourpoint used under an armour display
- Coat of plates, front
- Coat of plates, back
- Side-laced 1350s surcotte
- 1350s surcotte, lacing visible
- 1350s surcotte, worn with armour
- Silk side-laced cyclas, 1340s
- Side-laced cyclas
- Lined early 14thc surcotte with fold-back riding slits
- Early 14thc surcotte with fold-back riding slits
- Early 14thc surcotte with Osmorog cross
- A surcotte created from my tutorial instructions