Kaftan Gustav, rood, wolmix Pelgrimsbadges en religie This Cold Steel Grosses messer

This Cold Steel Grosses messer is based on the originals that were used by masters like Hans Talhoffer

You can wear leg wrappings below the knees

Early medieval images in illuminated manuscripts from the eighth and ninth centuries offer a more complete picture of this type of clothing

The blunt back edge can be used to parry enemy weapons

or decorated a funerary banket table

Kaftan Gustav, rood, wolmix Pelgrimsbadges en religie This Cold Steel Grosses messerAn example of a short asymmetrical caftan was found in Haithabu. In some graves in Birka, brooches are found at hip level, which suggests caftans were closed with a brooch or pin. But of course the caftan can also be closed with a belt. This caftan is made of a wool mixture (min. 75% wool).