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 Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 3:05 am
The armor and chainmail under the armor was heavy. As were the weapons.
The armor rusted. A black knight was a knight who had nobody to serve so he colored his armor black to hide imperfections worn in from usage since nobody could maintain the armor for him.
You had to risk your life in times of war. Period. No ifs, ands, or buts. That was your job for life unless you got discharged from service. Office/desk/non-combat military jobs did not exist yet.
The armor was hard to remove. If you had to pee or crap it was easier to go in the armor and clean it out later than to take the armor off and go.
Still idolize the knights of the middle ages?
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:04 pm
Think of the athletic ability they had to have to do all of that. I know a group of medieval reenactors (SCA if anybody knows what I mean). A couple of times, I've borrowed the armor of a guy who's about my size and attempted to fight. This armor is made of plastic, leather, styrofoam, and cloth, except for the steel helmet. All put together, it weighs around 50 pounds. They don't use swords, they use sticks of a specific type of wood that is supposed to shatter before it will break a bone. They're still kind of awkward if you've never used a sword, which I haven't. I lasted about 20 minutes of what they consider light practice. It's hard work! Maybe idolize isn't the right word, but I can admire somebody who could do that.
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