Early 15th Century Italian Legs

        This is based on the statue of 'Orlando' in Dubrovnik by Bonino of Milan from 1413. A picture of the statue can be seen in The Venetian Empire, 1200-1670 (Men-at-Arms Series, Volume 210) by David Nicolle, Christopher Rothero (Illustrator); 48 pages; Paperback (July 1989) Stackpole Books; ISBN: 0850458994 .
        You can also see a similar effigy on the Tomb of Giovanni Cose of Naples from 1418 in the Louvre. A picture of this appears in "The Sanctuary of the Madonna delle Grazie with notes on the evolution of Italian armour during the 15th century." by James G. Mann printed in "Archaeologia" Journal of The Society of Antiquaries of London 1930 Vol.80 pages 117-142. The picture is Figure 2 on Plate XXIII.
       These are sized for someone between who's height is 5'8"/172cm to 6'2"/188cm and who's weight is 200lbs./91kg to 225lbs./102Kg.

Completed November 25, 2017

The poleyns / knee cops are made from 0.040"/19ga./1.0mm 4130 steel and the rest of the plates are made from 0.032"/21ga/0.8mm 4130 steel. The plates were heat treated to a Rc48 hardness by heating them to 930C/1706F and quenching them in water. The plates are then tempered at 260C/500F for 1 hour. The plate were blackened with Sculpt Nouveau Black Magic. The brass is 0.040"/1.0mm half hard 260 brass. From what I've seen the plates should resist denting as well as unhardened mild steel at least 3 times their thickness.