Welcome to Dark Knight Armoury

Dark Knight Armoury has the finest custom leather armor around! We design custom, hand-crafted legal armour for SCA and LARP (Live action role-playing) events. Our leather armour will provide protection for you in role-playing events or making you that unique person at a medieval fair. Dark Knight Armoury crafts all our leather armor out of 7/8 ounce or 13/15 ounce top grain, quality armour leather. Our leather armor comes in a variety of colors and sizes, some items are made to your measurements that you specify.

Dark Knight Armoury has handcrafted leather arm armour which include leather arm bracers and leather wrist bracers for the lower arm protection. Leather arm bracers are the most common forms of protection in sword fighting or finishing off a medieval outfit. The most popular leather arm bracers we carry are the plain leather bracers, Celtic leather arm bracers, Viking leather bracers and the studded leather arm bracers. For the Upper arm protection we carry leather pauldrons and leather spaulders made of high grade leather. Pauldrons are layered leather armor plates that start at the top of the shoulder and run down the arm toward the elbow. For those reenactors that are looking for complete arm protection we have full leather arm armor. Complete full leather arm armour protects from the shoulders to the wrist area, even the elbow is protected. Finally, we have leather gauntlets that cover the hands for sword fighting. Dark Knight Armoury also has leather gloves which provide better handling of your sword. Leather gloves are great because they protect your sword from the sweat of your hands making your sword rust.

We have combat ready leg armour which includes the leather cuisse for the upper legs or thigh area. For the lower leg leather armour protection we carry leather greaves. Leather greaves are the next favorite leather armor protection after the leather arm bracers. Our leather greaves come in many different styles such as studded leather greaves, plain leather greaves and the famous berserker leather greaves. Dark Knight Armoury has the complete full leg armour protection which covers the thigh area to the ankle. The full leather leg armour is a combination of the leather greaves, leather knee cops and the leather cuisse. Finally we have leather sabatons that cover the feet and are adjustable to fit over your medieval boots or shoes.

We have various types of leather body armour for the re-enactor in LRP, LARP and SCA events. We have leather breastplates for protection of the chest and kidney area. Our leather brigandines are designed by lining the inside of suede with rigid leather plates. Our leather brigandines allows re-enactors the flexibility they need while providing protection to the upper body. This form of armor protection was commonly used by soldiers ranging in rank from archers to knights and were mostly used by men-at-arms. The leather harness provides complete full upper body armour that protects the chest and back, and from the shoulders to the waist line. A leather harness has a leather breastplate and leather backplate fastened together with straps and buckles. Dark Knight armour has many styles of leather cuirasses and leather harnesses. The most popular in the Elven Ranger Harness that was inspired from the movie Lord of the Rings. Other pieces of our leather body armour are inspired from movies like Gladiator, Braveheart, Batman and Kingdom of Heaven.

We carry leather gorgets for protection of the neck area of the reenactor. Our leather gorgets are designed to fit the contours of the neck and shoulder that is designed to provide the re-enactor the best possible protection from that sword blow. Leather mantles are constructed from 7 to 8 ounce armour grade leather. Mantles provide protection to the shoulders and the chest area just below the neck line. We carry leather neck armour from traditional medieval styles to awesomely bad fantasy styles of leather gorgets and leather mantles.

Our leather helmets are great for LARP, re-enactments, hanging out at the fair or with your SCA buddies. Choose from styles like Barbuta, German Sallet, Pig Faced Bascinet, Viking helmet, Crusader helmet, Comb Morion and Lord of the Rings inspired helmets. Most ofour leather helms come one size fits all but we do have other that are designed to your measurements. Some of the leather helmets are similar to the full steel versions, but are lighter in weight, which makes it great to wear outside at the medieval faire or SCA reenactments.

We carry a full line of decorative belts, buckle belts and ring belts for that medieval outfit. Dark Knight Armoury has designed belts for both swords and rapiers. For your favorite sword, we custom make scabbards to preserve and protect the sword from normal wear and tear. We have designed leather sword frogs, axe frogs, dagger frogs and rapier frogs so a re-enactor can carry their weapon to medieval fairs, LARP and LRP events. Dark Knight Armoury carries a wide selection of medieval leather pouches from sporrans to Scottish types. Our medieval pouches were created because medieval outfits did not have pockets. Dark Knight Armoury is your source for different and unique Medieval headwear, leather headbands and crowns.

We also provide many other types of armour from the medieval era. In our catalog you will find Chainmail armour, which includes: Chainmail Coifs, Chainmail Hauberks, Chainmail Mantles and Chainmail Chauses. Our chainmail is battle ready and a necessity for all Knights, so get yourself a full suit of chainmail armor from Dark Knight Armoury. Dark Knight Armoury carries the most chainmail armor on the internet while providing the lowest price to our customers. Our chainmail armor comes in a variety of metals like carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, brass, copper, and blackened steel. Dark Knight Armoury has a variety of chainmail armor styles such as flatten chainmail, butted chainmail and riveted chainmail.

Here at Dark Knight Armoury you’ll find Steel body armor consisting of breastplates, Medieval cuirasses and harnesses. Our functional steel arm armor consists of arm bracers, elbow cops and full arms that is made from quality steel and blackened steel. Functional leg armor consisting of greaves, knee protection, full leg armor and thigh armor, that will provide the best possible protection at a reasonable price. SCA Steel neck armor has SCA gorgets and mantles. Looking for a complete set of functional armor? Well Dark Knight Armoury has full suits of armor that come in a variety of styles like Medieval Knights, Roman Soldiers and Greek Warriors.

Live Action Role-playing or LARP for short, is a from of role playing game where participants physically act out their characters. Many of the players dress up as their characters with costumes and LARP weapons. Dark Knight Armoury supplies many of these LARP events with LARP weapons and swords from top manufacturers around the world. Dark Knight Armoury carries a full line of LARP weapons that include LARP axes, clubs, LARP daggers, LARP hammers, LARP maces, rapiers, LARP swords and oriental weapons. These LARP weapons are made to look like the real thing and will last for years of play. This new process produces the best quality, safest ‘LARP weapons’ on the market today. We are proud to carry these LARP weapons and LARP swords, and bring what has been commonplace in European LARPing and re-enactment to the USA” These LARP swords and LARP weapons have been approved for use in the NERO International Game system in participating chapters starting August 1st 2003. Customers are encouraged to contact their local chapter before ordering.

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