This padded arm guard is worn beneath a metal manica, the segmented arm armour that protected a gladiator’s weapon arm, cushioning the limb and preventing chafing during a bout.
Foam padding gives this reproduction genuine comfort for extended wear, a practical layer supporting the more visible metal arm defences typically worn over top.
This reproduction recreates that essential padded undergarment, part of our Roman heritage range.
This padded arm guard is worn beneath a metal manica, the segmented arm armour that protected a gladiator’s weapon arm, cushioning the limb and preventing chafing during a bout.
Foam padding gives this reproduction genuine comfort for extended wear, a practical layer supporting the more visible metal arm defences typically worn over top.
This reproduction recreates that essential padded undergarment, part of our Roman heritage range.
A padded arming cap with an extended collar gives coverage down to the neck and shoulders as well as the head, cushioning a broader area beneath a full helmet and camail or aventail.
This reproduction is made from padded cotton, suited to wearing beneath a close helmet or great helm where neck coverage matters as much as head protection.
Deepeeka’s reproduction recreates that essential padded headwear, part of our historical clothing range.
This shirt is styled for a swordsman’s impression, made from cotton for a practical, breathable base layer suited to active movement and re-enactment sparring.
A well-fitted, comfortable shirt was genuinely important for anyone engaged in physical martial activity, allowing free movement of the arms and shoulders.
Deepeeka’s reproduction recreates that practical medieval shirt form, part of our historical clothing range.
Known variously as the gambeson, aketon, arming doublet, or padded jack, this quilted defensive garment was a vital part of medieval equipment from around the 10th century onward, worn either as standalone armour or beneath mail and plate. Built from multiple layers of linen or wool stitched together by quilting, with stuffing that varied from scrap cloth to horsehair, a sufficiently thick gambeson offered genuinely excellent protection, absorbing and distributing the force of blows while preventing the chafing that bare mail or plate would otherwise cause against the skin. The word aketon likely derives from the Arabic al-qutn, “the cotton,” reflecting the garment’s origins and preferred stuffing material.
This version is fitted with removable arms, letting a wearer adapt the garment between full-sleeve coverage and a sleeveless build depending on what other armour is worn over top.
Deepeeka’s reproduction recreates that adaptable piece of medieval arming wear, part of our historical clothing range.
This medieval-style shirt is made from cotton, a versatile everyday garment suited to a general medieval impression across many social classes and periods.
Shirts of this basic form remained broadly similar in cut across much of the medieval period, worn as a base layer beneath a tunic, gambeson, or other outerwear.
Deepeeka’s reproduction recreates that practical medieval shirt form, part of our historical clothing range.
