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.

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 ...

Blacksmiths with Art of Steel, which has produced medieval armor for sport since 2009, are now using their materials to create caltrops — sharp, six-inch spikes that date back to ancient wars.

When he dons his gleaming metal helmet, he’s Sir Brian De Catton, a 15th-century knight in shining armor. When he takes it off, he’s Brian Caton, a jovial 50-year-old medieval performer from ...

After reading about the 400-year-old military helmet found in Hungary, go inside the surprising truth about Viking helmets. Then, view 44 of history’s most magnificent pieces of armor .