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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the blacksmith, post: 9470787, member: 20148&quot;]Very nice! </p><p>Unusually long at the front, most are relatively short, as this enabled sitting on a horse easier and more comfortable. </p><p>The leather of course is relatively modern, and the buckle incorrect. The shoulder straps should have had small iron plates rivetted to them, as would probably the rivets holding the waist strap.</p><p>Do you have any pictures of the inside please? And also the small mark at the neck? It may be that this is a smaller version of the TE mark at the waist, but a better picture would help. Almost certainly they are not a pair as such, but have been added together at some point, so quite probably they were made by different makers. Perhaps put in some chalk before photographing the mark?? Also a picture of the edge of the metal where the breast and backplate join would help.</p><p>Are those marks below the collar on the left hand side of the breastplate?</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks a very nice pair of plates.</p><p>This may be a fairly light breastplate, what would be termed &#039;sword proof&#039; at the time. Others were pistol proof at least, and other were extremely heavy, which were for seige wear, engineers etc. Pistol proof plates were usually tested with a pistol at extremely close range, done using a double charge, and the resulting dent was proof that the plate had been tested and passed. It would then be stamped with the armourers stamp and probably a guild stamp.</p><p>I hope to see more pictures. Thank you for posting these.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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