Ring Belt

You tighten your Ring Belt another notch, frowning at the watered-down soup over the fire. It’s been a long winter, and you and your family aren’t sure you’re going to have enough food. As you consider ways you might be able to afford some meat--maybe you can do some work for a merchant in town?--there’s an anxious knock on the door.

“Raiders!” shouts the messenger on your doorstep. “Raiders are coming! Every able person is being called to fight!”

Suddenly an empty belly is the least of your worries.

DETAILS

Epic Armoury’s Ring Belt is a long leather belt made from 3 mm thick full-grain buffalo leather. Strong and durable, this belt is also extremely practical with its various D-ring hangers and leather straps for attaching equipment. With a rounded belt-tongue and 10 punched holes, adjust this belt to a large range of sizes to fit your unique body. Secure the belt using its solid brass belt buckle.

The Ring Belt is handsome and clean, making it a perfect fit for almost any character in any setting you care to play.

HISTORY

• Belts have been documented for male clothing since the Bronze Age between 3200–600 B.C.
• More commonly a male fashion item, with the exception of the Middle Ages

You’ve been told that it’s not what’s on the outside that counts, but the inside. A beautiful lady in all her elegant skirts and jewelry is only as lovely as her personality. Despite her beauty, she could truly be a rotten core, putrid and a blemish on society.

As you consider yourself and your newest gown in the mirror, the only ‘inside’ you’re concerned with is the inside of the dress’ scratchy wool. Thankfully your Astrid Shift is doing a rather impeccable job keeping you comfortable and itch-free. Perhaps it really is all about what is on the inside that counts.

DETAILS

Epic Armoury's Shift Astrid is a simple and loose fitting slip-on underdress. Made from light and breathable cotton, this dress is designed to be a base layer for your costume. This shift will help keep your more elaborate, detailed outer layers clean while also moderating body temperature. The dress reaches from the shoulders to the ankles and has a wide gusseted skirt with plenty of room, making movement easy.

The roomy, drop shoulder sleeves are long and tied at the wrist with a cotton drawstring in order to keep them out of the way. The Shift Astrid is a simple, but classic design that will suit many LARPers, cosplayers, and reenactors comfortably--whether it be for fantasy or period perfection!

HISTORY

• Historically worn as a women’s undergarment
• Gussets--the triangular piece of fabric added to the skirt--were traditionally used at the hems of chemises to shape the garment to the body

It’s been a long and tiring day in the brutal cold. You’ve suffered through a mighty battle, and saw several of your comrades fall on a bloody field. As you finally return to your camp, shivering despite your many layers, you reach for your Thermos Holder and pull back the cap to drink the hot brew.

Your Thermos Holder has kept your beverage hot, and you are glad for the reprieve. With gratitude you sit beneath the protection of your tent, slowly regaining your strength and vigor.

DETAILS

Epic Armoury’s Thermos Holder is a leather-clad bottle designed for carrying refreshments without breaking character. The full-grain leather is dyed and cut to give it a neutral appearance while also being extremely durable, making this a perfect addition to any multitude of characters. With the correct leather care, you can expect it to withstand the abuse of heavy use. Easily carry this holder with you by using the adjustable leather strap over your shoulder. The strap has 16 punched holes and is 140 cm long measured to the middle hole to accommodate your height.

Store 1000 ml (or approximately 33.8 US fluid ounces) of hot or cold liquid inside the insulated steel bottle with a dual-function lid hidden beneath the leather flip lid, perfect for a drink or soup. When you need to clean the thermos between uses, simply pull it from the leather’s top.

HISTORY

• Bottles have been developed over a millennia, with early examples from Ancient Rome and China
• The word bottle comes from the Old French boteille, which is a word derived from the Latin word for “cask”
• Ancient bottles were often carried on a rope sling with a special knot

THE PERFECT BALANCE BETWEEN COURAGE AND RESPECT OF LIFE

Whether you are a common thief or an honourable Samurai, Epic Armoury's Beruto is the belt for your complete LARP outfit. This light belt is made from two connected, black leather pieces fastened to an underlayer of black, textured cotton. The back features a spacer to give an extra option for customization and perfect fit and is locked in place at the front by a rounded brass belt buckle with a Samurai inspired pattern. Fully compatible with Epic Armoury's other Asian styled fighter clothes, the Beruto is a great basis for almost any warrior-inspired LARP character you wish to make.

Deadly Elegance

Although you are skilled in close quarters fighting and Martial Arts, your elven heritage still shines thrown in your sense of fashion. While some races would see it as opulent and somewhat needlessly complex, you see intricate patterns and history woven into the very fabric that you wear, a declaration of your deferrence to the past. Made from brown leather with sharp edges, that are more prominent with Dark elven design and an ornate fully cast brass buckle, the belt is fastened by using unique loops, that you hook the fully cast brass buckle onto, creating a double loop of the belt before using the lock mechanism of the buckle to fasten the belt . This belt is a graceful yet strong high-fantasy statement; an absolute essential when crafting your LARP kit! Available in three different sizes.

INSPIRATION

Elves are originally a creation of Germanic mythology and folklore

Has been considered to be a magical creature with supernatural beauty, but this definition has varied throughout history

J.R.R. Tolkien’s 20th century writings on the “Middle Earth Elf” has influenced how elves are seen today in the high-fantasy genre.

The Luthor belt is handmade in italy by the leathermanufactury Fucina del Drago. Its great to attach lots of equipment, either on the belt or on the added D-rings. Thereby it´s great for traders as well as fighters, that like to attach lots of sheaths, sword frogs etc.

You think about dreaming it, we will take care of making it happen.

Our work briefly translates into this: starting from an idea, a sketch, a story and transforming those smoky lines into an object that can be used in the context (whether strictly historical or fantasy) for which it was designed.

Design therefore, at the base of each project, modulated on the budget of each client.

Realization, with a particular attention to detail and real use (not only display but rather mainly products made to be worn, used, lived).

Assistance, so that everything that has already been created does not suffer the damage of time or the wear and tear of years of use.

Black Dragon is our brand for the design and construction of weapons, armor and props oriented to LARP, Cosplay and film productions.

These are articles made of materials such as plastazote, evazote, resins and the like, used to give shape and substance to the wildest dreams of every designer or to reproduce objects not otherwise available because of fantasy.

It was born from the meeting between the Fucina del Drago and Black Forge, an artisan workshop that has been active for years in the LARP and Cosplay sector at national and international level which, in February 2020, joined forces in the common goal of expanding their work and their skills to offer them on a wider market also linked to film productions.

From this collaboration, projects related to TV series have been born that have benefited from years of experience and tests on materials, at the same time highlighting on the one hand the absolute reachable realism and on the other the possibility of truly shaping the imagination to give shape to things otherwise unattainable.

From the feedback obtained, the push that led us to strongly believe in this new project was born to the point of creating a brand dedicated only to this type of product.

A fundamental component of our work remains attentive listening to the customer and continuous contact in order to be certain not only of the achievement of the final result, but also and above all of full satisfaction: from this point of view it makes no difference that you are a live role player, a cosplayer or a film production company, we will still be able to accompany you from the preparatory sketch to the finished product in order to give you the most precise possible idea of ​​what we are making for you.

"And so I said to Olaf, I said, now with this belt I no longer have to worry about all the ethical issues of animal skins. I just don't have to worry about cruelty to animals at all while I'm off on my raids. It's such a relief I can tell you."

A basic simulacrum of leather, 160cm long, with a pattern sutiable for any modern viking stamped into it.