Armour :: Body Armour :: Arm, Leg & Neck Armour

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This pair of medieval leg greaves offer complete leg protection for re-enactors. 380mm (15 inches) high. They have been designed to match our polyens and cuisses. Each piece is pre-fitted with a pin and is ready to be locked in position on your polyen to fit your leg. To fit perfectly to your upper legs you may need to drill a hole or preferably make a vertical slot in the bottom of the knee cop for the pin to slide in.

A greave (from 12th cent ury French greve "shin", of uncertain origin) is a piece of armour that protects the leg.

Available in high polish.

Historically they were often made in matched pairs (a pair of greaves), greaves may be constructed of materials ranging from padded cloth to steel plate - as our ones here.

Size: 380mm long
Weight: 1.12kg
Steel thickness 1.2 - 1.5mm

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Warnervale Store

4/1 Burnet Road

10am - 3pm, 7 Days

1300 768068

Available if ordered

Anonymous

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10 May 2025, 01:07

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For the low price that these are they are perfectly adequate and a good buy. Combat on foot they provide good protection for the front of the shin. I wear these with the Gothic pointed sabatons and they fit well together at the top of the foot and I would recommend buying them both. Before I used sabatons I wore steel cap work boots and these still fit with them but after having swapped to sabatons I can honestly say, work boots just feel more "clumsy" plus the modern look breaks the historical aesthetic, immersion so if that is something that concerns you I can only reiterate that buying these greaves with the sabatons is ideal. (And lets be honest who doesn't want to look like a real knight ^_^ ) They go excellent with the Gothic Cuisses and the connecting hole on the cuisses aligns excellently and the length of the attachment pin on the greave is long and doesn't slip very often even during rugged combat and movement. Until you move to mounted combat these will do their job very well.

Sean O'Brien

30 Apr 2015, 19:55

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Good price, Good product I am 5'5 (165cm) tall,
these greaves fit me well,
Could use upper strap but I can do that,
Good stuff MFC.

Jason Harlow

09 Nov 2010, 16:58

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Perfect fit I have had mine for about 6 months and they fit me perfectly. I added a strap recently to join to my new sabatons but that is the only mod I have done. They fit perfectly with the polyens I had bought about a year ago and couldn't be happier. I should mention that I am a 'grown up' of more than 4 decades and over 6 feet tall. JH

Robbie serafino

07 Nov 2010, 19:38

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Shin guards not leg greaves This will protect the shins well, Not the rest of the lower leg. They would suit a 14 to 16 year old but not a grown up, they are simply not wide enough, height is good but far to narrow, i do have big calves but these are not safe for me to train in. great shin protection for that 1200 look, nothing later though.

Sam G. Campbell

06 Dec 2009, 23:37

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Get a leg up... Light, fitted, style and flare.
They work so well for their intended purpose, and whilst tough, since even historical ones were never meant to be a prime target, they're light and well cool.
I did find that, whilst wearing authotics, that they tended to roll a bit, but that can be fixed by removing the stud (if you have to) and attaching another strap.