This suit of armor is one of some 3,000 pieces that will be moved to the Worcester Art Museum when the Higgins Armory ... though — amassing a world-class collection of medieval armor, helmets, ...

Welcome to the world of buhurt, a modern medieval combat sport where athletes wearing suits of armor fight with heavy metal swords, axes and maces.

It’s important to get bang for your buck—a full set of armor can cost $5,000, and you don’t want to be buying a helmet from Amazon. It’s far safer to trust professional smiths.

wearing a silver medieval helmet. Maddon, who has been known to do a few outrageous things in the past, wasn’t startled at all. “I said, ‘You need to wear that to the bullpen,'” Maddon said.

The Russian helmet remained effective in such close-quarter fighting, and in 1380, Dmitry Donskoi wore a shishak during the Battle of Kulikovo – a major defeat for the Mongols.

It’s important to get bang for your buck—a full set of armor can cost $5,000, and you don’t want to be buying a helmet from Amazon. It’s far safer to trust professional smiths.

Following is a transcript of the video. - [helmet clanging] [knight groaning] [armor clanging on ground] Toby Capwell: Poor old R-Patz looks like a pile of garbage, I'm afraid. Hi, I'm Toby ...

Only the Germans created an effective helmet, borrowing liberally from one of the very best medieval designs, the Salade (or Sallet ). A Sallet-style helmet from late 15th-century Italy ...