With its billowing sleeves, wastefully slashed fabric, and protuberant codpiece, this "puffed and slashed" armor imitates in steel the extravagant costume of the German mercenary soldiers of the early 16th century. Arm defences of this type are very rare - they were produced only for a few fancy armors, and are not suitable for much beyond waving (and that rather stiffly). A more practical pair of arms, shoulders and gauntlets exists in fragmentary condition for the original harness, now in Vienna; the harness I produced includes a pair of splint arms for exchange. Since the collar associated with Kolman Helmschmied's "Rogendorf" does not match it, I took the liberty in this copy of producing a grotesque anatomical collar which would match the horned helmet I made for this armor. Were I to produce this, or a closely related, harness today, the slashes would be etched and gilt.
The sallet shown in the photograph is not part of this garniture.