Reiver No. 2 Circa 1550. “Jedburgh Axe”. “Reverse Gardant”.
Reiver No.2. holds his Jedburgh Axe, overhead in the defensive position known as “Reverse Gardant “.
His equipment is “scavenged” and highly individual.
His helmet is an old “sallet” circa. 1460, brought from France by a forebear who served as an archer in the guard of Charles V11, and his locally made polearm may well derive from an original carried by Charles’s guard.
He wears a quilted “jack”, (a padded outer garment, sewn from many layers of fabric, or perhaps stuffed with “tow”) over a German chain mail shirt.
He has cut the sleeves of the jack on the inside of the elbows to facilitate movement, and attached metal “splints” to the outside of his forearms as an additional defence.
His equipment is “scavenged” and highly individual.
His helmet is an old “sallet” circa. 1460, brought from France by a forebear who served as an archer in the guard of Charles V11, and his locally made polearm may well derive from an original carried by Charles’s guard.
He wears a quilted “jack”, (a padded outer garment, sewn from many layers of fabric, or perhaps stuffed with “tow”) over a German chain mail shirt.
He has cut the sleeves of the jack on the inside of the elbows to facilitate movement, and attached metal “splints” to the outside of his forearms as an additional defence.
His arms and thighs are further protected by lengths of brass chain sewn to the sleeves of his jack, and the thighs of his trousers, as a light defence against sword cuts.
On his left hip he carries a “war hammer” and on his right, a large “ballock knife”, the forerunner of the Scottish dirk.
He has fitted his polearm with a circular hand guard, and his outfit is completed with stout leather boots, and a pair of South German “mitten gauntlets” of around 1520.
The blade of his axe bears an armourers mark of a “Celtic” cross , probably from an association with Jedburgh Abbey.
His equipment enables him to fight either on foot or on horseback.
On his left hip he carries a “war hammer” and on his right, a large “ballock knife”, the forerunner of the Scottish dirk.
He has fitted his polearm with a circular hand guard, and his outfit is completed with stout leather boots, and a pair of South German “mitten gauntlets” of around 1520.
The blade of his axe bears an armourers mark of a “Celtic” cross , probably from an association with Jedburgh Abbey.
His equipment enables him to fight either on foot or on horseback.
This signed, limited edition, foundry cast bronze stands over seven and a half inches tall to the tip of the polearm.
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