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2. Kusari (Japanese mail armour) - Wikipedia

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   Rare 1800s photograph showing kusari katabira (chain armour jackets) and hachi-gane (forehead protectors) with kusari shikoro (chain armour neck guards) being worn. The Japanese had more varieties of mail than all the rest of the world put together. [2]

3. List of medieval armour components - Wikipedia

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   Neck: Aventail or camail: Detachable mail hung from a helmet to protect the neck and shoulders, often worn with bassinets. Bevor: Worn with a sallet to cover the jaw and throat (extending somewhat down the sternum). May also cover the back of the neck if worn with a bassinet rather than a sallet. May be solid or made of lames. Sometimes worn ...

4. Kikko (Japanese armour) - Wikipedia

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   Kabuto (helmets) could have a neck guard (shikoro) made with kikko plates sewn to a cloth backing. Ian Bottomley, in his book titled Arms and armor of the samurai: the history of weaponry in ancient Japan , shows a forehead protector ("hitai ate") with a kikko hood, and calls the kikko chest armor ("kikko gane do") a form of "tatami", or ...

5. Japanese armour - Wikipedia

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   Guruwa, a type of throat and neck protector. Nodowa, a type of throat and neck guard. Tate-eri, the tate-eri is a small padded pillow like piece with a standing armored collar that sits on the shoulder to protect from the weight of the dou (dō). The standing collar would be lined with kikko armour to protect the neck.

6. Bascinet - Wikipedia

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   Bascinet with a bretache (nose protection) and aventail (chainmail neck protection). This illustration shows a bascinet with a type of detachable nasal (nose protector) called the bretache or bretèche made of sheet metal. [10] The bretache was attached to the aventail at the chin, and it fastened to a hook or clamp on the brow of the helmet. [10]

7. Chain mail - Wikipedia

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   Chain mail (also known as chain-mail, mail or maille) [1] is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh. It was in common military use between the 3rd century BC and the 16th century AD in Europe, while it continued to be used in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East as late as the 17th century.

8. What some Nashville Predators think of neck guards after ex ...

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   NHL players, including Nashville Predators Tyson Barrie and Colton Sissons, are talking about neck guards after a player died in a game in England.

9. Auxiliary armour (Japan) - Wikipedia

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   Manju no wa, ( also manjunowa or manju nowa) are a combination of shoulder pads, collar and armpit guards in one that protected the upper chest area.Manju no wa were covered with different types of armour including kusari (chain armour), karuta (small square or rectangular armour plates), or kikko (hexagon plates), these iron or leather armours or a combination of them were sewn to a cloth ...