How Medieval Armorers Made Flexible Armor

Armor must protect its wearer, but it also must be flexible and allow for movement -- especially during combat. How did medieval armors solve this engineering paradox? At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Curator-in-Charge of the Arms and Armor department Pierre Terjanian shows Adam some of the ingenious hacks armorers were able to engineer centuries ago.

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[Edyorke]

We often look back on history as a more primitive time, but this type of problem solving and craft really highlights how ingenious problem solving is nothing new.

[cleverusername]

It is amazing what smiths and armourers were capable of that long ago. The quality of the craftsmanship from the 14 and 1500s, that's just astonishing. Thank you Tested, myself and a lot of other folks love this armour content. It's so fascinating to see what people were capable of back in the day, so much storytelling and problem-solving on display.

[whatupdawg]

My favorite part about tested is that they are willing to produce in depth content about niche items and concepts that would be typically overlooked by other media sources. Not to mention Adams credibility as a mythbuster gets him unprecedented access to so many inteligent people and places.

[Rileysworld]

That armor in that book is insane because most plate armor was designed to have the gaps protected with mail. However that plate armor doesnt require any mail to be worn. The evolution from full mail in the 13th century to full plate in the 15th century is an underated journey of technological developments.

[strawberrylemonadelioness]

I love when Adam makes videos going places and talking to experts. It kinda feels like a field trip

[corrinastanley]

This series is really interesting thanks Adam and the Tested team.

[piorism]

To be completely fair, it took them 50 years to get actual *confirmation* that it is what this piece was for.

[robbokeys]

I love the fact that they spent years trying to work out what the ‘mystery’ piece is for and Adam worked it out in 2 minutes… Myth Busted!

[ianrigby]

I absolutely love these videos at the MET Armourer's. Is truly fascinating seeing the pieces and the insightful conversation about them 😊

[ThisTrenton]

Absolutely incredible. I hope that this series continues because Adam brings that excitement and the MET has people with incredible depth of intimate knowledge. Love this so much!

[LordElend]

I really love the MET Armory episodes. Great people great objects. Love their knowledge and Adam's appreciation of the armor and arms as well as his knowledge.

[johnarizona]

Yesterday that was armor technology and today that is HVAC ductwork.

[norman]

Just watched the whole damn thing (Met playlist) again. Please make more of these videos, it's so fascinating!

[Topcatyo.]

I've been doing some character design of knights as of late (inspired by Elden Ring, Dark Souls, GoT, etc) and mobility in armor has been one aspect that I began looking into for making those designs. This video is great and I really appreciate it.

[ConnorJaneu]

The Arms and Armor exhibit at the Met is my favorite museum exhibit on Earth, so awesome to see some behind the scenes on these pieces!

[jimruddy]

Thank you Pierre for sharing this and thank you Adam for bring it to us. Ancient solutions to contemporary problems - amazing!

[jeremynedrow]

I love all things metal and combat oriented. This whole video was heaven for me. Thank you.

[raymondsmit]

Adam has a great taste in watches. The Seiko SK009 he is wearing is an absolute classic and iconic piece of an extremely affordable, quality watch. The fact that you are wearing this rather than something that’s much more expensive and with more prestige/status, shows how humble and down to earth you are as a person.

I’d love to see Adam do a tour or dedicated video on how watches with complicated movements get made.

I bet he’d and the audience would find it very fascinating.

[ClintWestVood]

this is BY FAR my favorite series on youtube right now.
Awesome stuff

[jimmyzhao]

Military: Unknown piece of metal from a downed UFO.
Adam: It's an Alien Codpiece !