Pirate Shirt - Black

You’re the first to spot the sails o’ a ship on the horizon, and so the chase begins. You and your crewmates have a reputation as the most formidable pirates on the sea, and it’s time to defend your title.

You board the merchant’s ship with your cutlass at the ready, your Pirate Shirt billowing in the sea’s vibrant breeze. They have heard o’ your flag before, and so they be surrendering smartly. Good. This be easy loot! You and your crew pack what plunder you can find before a Royal Navy ship can come along.

DETAILS

Epic Armoury’s Pirate Shirt is a loose fitting garment tailored for women, designed for both comfort and style. Reaching from the shoulders down to the upper thighs, this medium cotton shirt is inspired by late renaissance and early baroque design. Its raglan neckline can be worn tightly around the neck or open to expose the shoulders, simply by adjusting its cotton drawstring. The sleeves are full length and designed to give a full, loose look often associated with swashbucklers, pirates and musketeers. Tie the sleeves at the wrists using their own drawstrings to keep them out of the way.

The Pirate Shirt is compatible with other Epic Armoury clothes, and can be combined with inner or outer garments for your specific look or style.

HISTORY

• Shirts began as a form of undergarments for men in the 7th-10th centuries
• Considered more of a Renaissance-era fashion for men with its billowy sleeves
• Traditionally worn as an underlayer beneath a doublet or vest

The Pirate City be dangerous, even when minding your own business in the corner o’ a tavern. Despite the Pirate’s Code, you be surrounded by cutthroats, scoundrels, and buccaneers alike.

Hangin’ from your shoulders and against your hip, your baldric keeps your Cutlass at the ready just in case things should turn ugly. But you be feelin’ lucky. The quality of your Cutlass’ blade be the sharpest you’ve ever owned. To all the would-be troublemakers, it’s a sure sign that you’re skilled enough to steal from the best...and if they’re smart, they’ll leave you to your ale.

DETAILS

This bestselling Ready For Battle Pirate Sword is a straight blade for pirates, corsairs and landlubbers. The Pirate Sword is 77 cm long from tip to pommel, and comes with a 57 cm long blade with a single-edge. The blade has a handguard that protects the entire split-leather wrapped handle, attached from blade to rounded pommel.

As a Ready-For-Battle weapon, the sword is moderately styled ensuring that it can be used in most settings. This sword is quality gear with great durability at a great price making the Ready For Battle Pirate Sword a natural choice for new players. Made from durable closed cell foam around a solid fibreglass core and finished with a strong latex coating, you can feel confident that your LARP weapon will provide the safety and appeal you want when crafting your kit.

HISTORY

• Designed to simulate a cutlass, which was commonly used as a naval weapon
• Designed to effectively slash enemies
• Traditionally used with a trident dagger, pistol or a belaying pin

The Ready for Battle (RFB) range is a light-hitting range designed with children and light-touch LARPs in mind. 

It may not be suitable for medium-to-heavy hitting LARP games.

The Ready for Battle (RFB) range is a light-hitting range designed with children and light-touch LARPs in mind. 

It may not be suitable for medium-to-heavy hitting LARP games.

It's not holy, but it does the job

You first found a Hand Grenade while scavenging. Some soldier had it stashed in her pack, unused against the invading dead. She wouldn’t miss it, so into your own pack it went.

The only thing is, you aren’t really sure what the Hand Grenade does! You expect that it will create an explosion--but there’s only one real way to find out. You won’t miss your chance to use it if the need should arise.

DETAILS

Dark Moon’s Hand Grenade is a realistic looking grenade designed to be used as a throwing weapon in a post-apocalyptic world. Whether it contains shrapnel, sleep gas, or disorienting smoke, there is one thing for certain: this hand grenade is extremely useful!

This Hand Grenade is available in black, and is sculpted and handpainted to look like heavy metal. Its 7.5 cm diameter fits great in the hand, with a realistic safety pin detailed on the top. Made from coreless durable closed cell foam and finished with a strong latex coating, you can feel confident that this Hand Grenade will provide the safety and appeal you want when crafting your LARP kit.

HISTORY

• Commonly used for centuries
• Used during the 21st century to negate an opponent’s cover
• True grenades might contain explosive fragments, sleep gas, or smoke

There are stories being told about you amongst the soldiers. You are the mercenary who has slain over a thousand men. You put fear in your enemies with just a glance. Your aura of darkness freezes the hearts of anyone who looks you in the eye. And your favorite? Someone is saying you made a deal with a devil so that you may never die.

You will never tell them which might be true. Instead, as you sit in camp and wash the blood from your Gambeson, you simply listen...and smirk.

DETAILS

This bestselling Ready for Battle Gambeson is a padded armour coat covering the torso, abdomen, back and upper arms. It can be worn on its own or serve as essential padding under mail or armour. The gambeson is donned like a jacket and closed on the front with four leather straps with iron buckles.

Thick enough to serve as its own armour, this sturdy gambeson is constructed with heavy layers of fluffed cotton padding sandwiched between coloured heavy cotton, all stitched together in vertical lines. The stitching keeps the padding in place and mimics a classic European high-medieval style. The gambeson is open under the armpits to allow the wearer to breathe and have ease movement.

Though of European cut, gambeson or quilted-style armours have seen world-wide use since antediluvian times, making the Ready for Battle Gambeson a great basic armour with a range of possibilities regardless of time and place.

HISTORY

• Used as padding under chainmail or plate armour
• Historically, a high-medieval European gambeson was recorded as being capable of stopping sword blows from penetrating the skin
• Could stop heavy arrows and mace and axe impacts with the addition of overlaying chainmail

Available in one size, fits unisex small - large (best fits size medium).

Donning your kimono and Jin Baori every morning is as much a ritual as a tea ceremony. Carefully inspected and folded the night before, it is of the utmost importance that a samurai of your stature maintain a pristine uniform. To look sloppy implies that your discipline is lacking--and by that logic, your swordsmanship must be, too.

Instead of risking such dishonor to your reputation, you take the care that is necessary. There will not be a thread out of place.

DETAILS

The Epic Armoury Jin Baori is a traditional open overcoat to be worn over a high-ranking samurai’s armour. Reaching from the shoulders to the mid-thigh and edged with broad golden bands along the collar and hem, this handsome garment adds detail and interest to an Asian-inspired costume. Fit shoulder armour outside the Jin-Baori by threading straps through the four eyelets located on the back and front. Each eyelet is clearly marked by golden edging, adding strength and aesthetic appeal.

On the back, the Jin-Baori has two slits allowing maximum mobility. These slits also allow a sword to hang comfortably from a belt beneath the coat. The garment is made of durable, but comfortable cotton with gold coloured cotton edging. Fully compatible with Epic Armoury's other Asian styles, the Jin-Baori is for the warrior looking to display his status and skill on the field of glory.

HISTORY

• Historically made for armoured samurai to wear
• Considered a type of haori, which is a kimono-like jacket that adds formality to an outfit
• Traditionally a male garment until the Meiji period