https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=24.64.194.121 2026-05-17T03:32:08Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.39.3 https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Aketon&diff=36434 2007-11-24T04:56:50Z

<p>24.64.194.121: </p> <hr /> <div>A '''aketon''' term that until at least the end of the [[13th century]] was used interchangably with [[pourpoint]] and [[gambeson]]. This was as quilted garment worn under [[armour]]. <br /> <br /> The term then came to mean a [[padded armour|padded]] defence [[clothing|garment]] that is worn under [[armour]] (typically [[mail]]) to provide protection gainst blunt trauma. Typically the aketon is thinner than a [[gambeson]] as it already has the defensive properties of the rigid [[armour]] over the aketon. <br /> <br /> Another form of aketon design used a steel interior chain-mail that was said to allow warmth based on a theory of warming body temperatures. This type of aketon was able to be produced in less then an hour. For this, it was greatly used during cold winters or while on a colder climate.<br /> <br /> Unlike most forms of chain-mail, this type of aketon was easily made. The amount of metal that actually was used to make it was as little as none. Most Blacksmith's who'd made such an under garment would use plain sheets of metal and puncture small holes within it. This is what gave it, it's chain-mail like physical property. Although they fell under the category of an aketon, they were more commonly known as '''akon'''.<br /> <br /> ==Internal Links==<br /> '''See also:'''<br /> * [[arming doublet]]<br /> *[[gambeson]]<br /> *[[jupon]]<br /> *[[padded armour]]<br /> *[[pour point]]<br /> <br /> [[category:armour]]<br /> [[Category:artefact (medieval)]] [[category:padded armours]]</div>

24.64.194.121 https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Aketon&diff=36433 2007-11-24T04:54:03Z

<p>24.64.194.121: </p> <hr /> <div>A '''aketon''' term that until at least the end of the [[13th century]] was used interchangably with [[pourpoint]] and [[gambeson]]. This was as quilted garment worn under [[armour]]. <br /> <br /> The term then came to mean a [[padded armour|padded]] defence [[clothing|garment]] that is worn under [[armour]] (typically [[mail]]) to provide protection gainst blunt trauma. Typically the aketon is thinner than a [[gambeson]] as it already has the defensive properties of the rigid [[armour]] over the aketon. <br /> <br /> Another form of aketon design used a steel interior chain-mail that was said to allow warmth based on a theory of warming body temperatures. This type of aketon was able to be produced in less then an hour. For this, it was greatly used during cold winters.<br /> <br /> Unlike most forms of chain-mail, this type of aketon was easily made. The amount of metal that actually was used to make it was as little as none. Most Blacksmith's who'd made such an under garment would use plain sheets of metal and puncture small holes within it. This is what gave it, it's chain-mail like physical property. Although they fell under the category of an aketon, they were more commonly know as '''akon'''.<br /> <br /> ==Internal Links==<br /> '''See also:'''<br /> * [[arming doublet]]<br /> *[[gambeson]]<br /> *[[jupon]]<br /> *[[padded armour]]<br /> *[[pour point]]<br /> <br /> [[category:armour]]<br /> [[Category:artefact (medieval)]] [[category:padded armours]]</div>

24.64.194.121 https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Aketon&diff=36417 2007-11-23T08:18:28Z

<p>24.64.194.121: </p> <hr /> <div>A '''aketon''' term that until at least the end of the [[13th century]] was used interchangably with [[pourpoint]] and [[gambeson]]. This was as quilted garment worn under [[armour]]. <br /> <br /> The term then came to mean a [[padded armour|padded]] defence [[clothing|garment]] that is worn under [[armour]] (typically [[mail]]) to provide protection gainst blunt trauma. Typically the aketon is thinner than a [[gambeson]] as it already has the defensive properties of the rigid [[armour]] over the aketon. <br /> <br /> Another form of aketon design used a steel interior chain-mail that was said to allow warmth based on a theory of warming body temperatures. This type of aketon was able to be produced in less then an hour. For this, it was greatly used during cold winters.<br /> <br /> Unlike most forms of chain-mail, this type of aketon was easily made. The amount of metal that actually was used to make it was as little as none. Most Blacksmith's who'd made such an under garment would use plain sheets of metal and puncture small holes within it. This is what gave it, it's chain-mail like physical property.<br /> <br /> ==Internal Links==<br /> '''See also:'''<br /> * [[arming doublet]]<br /> *[[gambeson]]<br /> *[[jupon]]<br /> *[[padded armour]]<br /> *[[pour point]]<br /> <br /> [[category:armour]]<br /> [[Category:artefact (medieval)]] [[category:padded armours]]</div>

24.64.194.121 https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Aketon&diff=36416 2007-11-23T08:03:14Z

<p>24.64.194.121: </p> <hr /> <div>A '''aketon''' term that until at least the end of the [[13th century]] was used interchangably with [[pourpoint]] and [[gambeson]]. This was as quilted garment worn under [[armour]]. <br /> <br /> The term then came to mean a [[padded armour|padded]] defence [[clothing|garment]] that is worn under [[armour]] (typically [[mail]]) to provide protection gainst blunt trauma. Typically the aketon is thinner than a [[gambeson]] as it already has the defensive properties of the rigid [[armour]] over the aketon. <br /> <br /> Another form of aketon design used a steel interior chain-mail that was said to allow warmth based on a theory of warming body temperatures. This type of aketon was able to be produced in less then an hour. For this, it was greatly used during cold winters.<br /> <br /> ==Internal Links==<br /> '''See also:'''<br /> * [[arming doublet]]<br /> *[[gambeson]]<br /> *[[jupon]]<br /> *[[padded armour]]<br /> *[[pour point]]<br /> <br /> [[category:armour]]<br /> [[Category:artefact (medieval)]] [[category:padded armours]]</div>

24.64.194.121 https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Aketon&diff=36415 2007-11-23T08:00:13Z

<p>24.64.194.121: </p> <hr /> <div>A '''aketon''' term that until at least the end of the [[13th century]] was used interchangably with [[pourpoint]] and [[gambeson]]. This was as quilted garment worn under [[armour]]. <br /> <br /> The term then came to mean a [[padded armour|padded]] defence [[clothing|garment]] that is worn under [[armour]] (typically [[mail]]) to provide protection gainst blunt trauma. Typically the aketon is thinner than a [[gambeson]] as it already has the defensive properties of the rigid [[armour]] over the aketon. <br /> <br /> Another form of Aketon designed used a steel interior chain-mail that was said to allow warmth based on a theory of warming body temperatures. This type of Aketon was able to be produced in less then an hour. For this, it was greatly used during cold winters.<br /> <br /> ==Internal Links==<br /> '''See also:'''<br /> * [[arming doublet]]<br /> *[[gambeson]]<br /> *[[jupon]]<br /> *[[padded armour]]<br /> *[[pour point]]<br /> <br /> [[category:armour]]<br /> [[Category:artefact (medieval)]] [[category:padded armours]]</div>

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