PERIOD KIT GUIDELINES

KEY: K=Knight, S/S=Serjants/Squires, M=Man at Arms, B=Brother, P=Page

Tunics: Cotton, Wool, or Linen. Color as per chart.

Tunic Length: K: Knee to Ankle length as preferred. S/S: Knee or higher. M: Higher than knee.

MaArms: Brown tunic red cross over heart or chest centered.

Under tunic: white/off white cotton or linen as St Charles or similar to period.

Over tunics: Dress surcoat/overtunic. Black. Red cross formee center chest, trimmed mustard/gold/soft yellow. 10” x 10”. Options: Lined or unlined. V or U shaped neckline. No square cut necklines. No sleeves, Short sleeved to elbow or full-length sleeve. Should be big enough to go over two (2) undertunics.

Hose or trewes: Period hosen to be used. Basic colors per chart. Leg wraps or Wickelbanders optional but encouraged on trewes. No pantaloons of eastern styled pants.

Colors: See chart

Trim: See chart for placement of trim per rank. Hand sewn period designs preferred.

Cloaks: Optional: Wool basic or similar for foul weather.

Company Cloak: Wool, Linen or cotton, black, lined if desired. String or similar ties for neck. Hood shall be small and not extreme pointed. Red cross shall be on the lapels / shoulders, size to be determined, placement see chart. Length midcalf.

Coifs: white cotton or linen in period fashion.

Hats: wool, cotton, or linen per period use. Colors to be determined as styles.

SCA rank chains: these will not be worn in period kit. Discussion to come.

Belts: As per SCA rank. Thin belts shall be used as a supplementary belt for dagger, knife, and / or pouch.

Pouch: Cloth or leather: period style only. Simple round drawstring allowed.

Spurs: Not allowed.

Shoes: Period shoes. For now, due to expense, camouflaged shoes allowed, slight points, preferred period shoes. Moccasins allowed if leg wraps used to hide majority of boot.

ARMOR:

Padded gambeson. Linen or cotton sandwiched over cotton batting. No sleeve, short sleeve, or full sleeved. Natural white, or color as per chart. Hip to mid thigh in length.

Pull over only, split to groin; add gores to keep skirt full if needed.

Padded chausses if desired, full hip to foot, ankle option allowed if dressed over in wickelbands. No crosscheck designs, vertical rows preferred.

Mail: period mail preferred: butted, round ring riveted, flat ring riveted, welded.

Short sleeved or long. Waist to knee length, split. SS or cold steel. Lighter gauge like 18 okay.

Scale & Lamellar: Scale: preferred fish scale design or period documented style. Lamellar, Period plates as per documentation for Mediterranean cultures or Byzantine. Plates preferred up, laced properly, trimmed in hide, basic steel.

Mail greaves okay but not necessary due to weight. Faux lowed mail greaves okay if camo’d okay.

Plate front greaves or Schynbalds for Knights only.

Coifs: Padded for armor. Thin. Optional.

Mail coif: no dagging. Prefer no brass trim. Square face preferred.

Helms: Spangenhelm, Norman one piece, Basic steel cap, Early Kettle Hat and D face-plated great helm are allowed. Preferable kit is spangen or one piece.

Gloves: Leather, basic, natural colors. Mail mittens. Leather mittens. Alternatively, open hand.

Shields: Three (3) styles: Long heater or crusader shield 4’ long (a flat topped kite); these are required for the knights. Round top kite shield: 4’ long, round bottom slightly to prevent breaking. Domed boss preferred center. Round shield: Minimum 3’ round, center boss. All shields should have a period war strap made of leather for caring on back. Period style leather strap grips on inside. Shields can be made a number of different ways but 2 x .25” 2’ x 4’, glued and bent as needed, covered in cloth and glued. Colored outside per chart.

WEAPONS: Wood club, warclub (studded), period mace, period sword, dagger, period two-handed ax, period spear, crossbow. Spears for adults only due to trip hazard.

*Templar Kits are only to be worn when the Call is made by the leadership of Outremer. 

**Wearing of Company Colors and dress armor will not be allowed unless asked by the Commander of the Company. In Company dress kit, you represent the Company and it will not be tolerated for anyone to wear the colors/kit and become intoxicated etc in public or represent yourself as speaking for the Company. Develop your own simple surcoat etc to wear if you feel the need to dress in full dress kit and walk around at events.  

***The Draper of the Company shall hold inspection of kit prior to walking out into public. In lieu of the Draper the Commander shall inspect.