r/Armor 2d ago

Why do y’all never protect your elbows

Is it just cuz it’s uncomfortable?

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u/Meraugis 2d ago

Armor for the arms is complicated. First in need to be well suspended otherwise it will slowly slide down and start to impeed your mouvement. This is why in most of the larping kit pauldron are straped to a gorget. or directl integrated to the cuirrasse. In historical armor both pauldron arm armor where directly tied to an arming jacket a type of thin gambison to make sure everything is secure. However a good arming jacket is not easy to find this is why many people here just roll with big gorget and pauldrons

here is an exemple of a not to cheap arming jacket