Some Good Armouring Channels
Today all kinds of skilful artisans are describing their work on YouTube, and some documentaries and demonstrations are available there. This makes it possible to learn about armouring on your laptop in the same way that 20 years ago you could learn about cooking or home repair on TV. Unfortunately, a simple keyword search will turn up both videos on historical armour and rants about video games, the New Zealand Army’s video on a trade, a British soldier grumbling about a change in pay scales, and other things not very helpful to someone interested in ancient and medieval armour. So this week I thought I would suggest some channels by good craftsmen who know what they are talking about. All of these links are videos hosted on a site owned by an American company which makes its money by tracking you [Google], so let the privacy-conscious or low-bandwidth clicker beware.
Jeff Wasson of Wasson Artistry, plattner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgzQiO9liNw
Armure Dubé, plattner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR4Q1ZeIr1M {Canadian content!}
Greenleaf Workshop, plattner https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiaOdgnpP0PQ1lofmAHUhrA
James Arlen Gillaspie, plattner http://www.craftsmanslegacy.com/craftsmen/SEASON-2/James-Arlen-Gillaspie
WinterTree Crafts, plattner and brigandinier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi3LOkO5kAg
Jessica Finley of Fühlen Designs, linen armourer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy3WuNr0t48&feature=youtu.be
John Gruber of The Surly Anvil https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcfj7jTVdjoX9i20DkWUdRg
There are probably many other good channels out there on making costume armour, or sports armour, or cosplay armour, or LARP armour, or modern concealable armour. I can’t speak to those because I do not know enough about what makes those kinds of armour excellent. I wish I could recommend good videos on making styles of armour other than plate from western Europe, but until then you can check out Royal Oak Armoury’s progress pictures on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/royaloakarmoury {more Canadian content!}
Dear readers, what are some of your favourite channels on armouring or other historical crafts? Do you know good channels on those other types of armour?
Edit 2018-02-14: Some American armourers like Andrey Yumanov, plattner https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTiLMbbryDzJjuEJfWhsrug {in Ukranian or Russian}
Edit 2021-11-01: Fixed links broken when WordPress introduced the block editor
