Medieval/Fantasy Armor Question- any SCA people help!

[KitSmasher]

Is there a "technical" name for the flap that hangs down between the legs? Someone told me it was a tasset, but I thought those were on the sides covering the thighs? Here's a pic I got from Google of what I'm talking about:

Thanks in advance!

 

[KitSmasher]

Bump. Anyone?

 

[glim999]

It's called a cuvourwang...






:lol Honestly, I have no idea. Just couldn't resist. Sorry :lol

 

[Djinn]

Well the pieces that hang from the waist over each leg are called tassets. I'm not sure if the piece between the legs has a different name.

 

[DarkHeart Armoury]

I'd go with "tasset", but it's something you don't see often (if at all) in actual European armors. Think about it- do you really want a chunk of armor banging around right about there? :confused

 

[WarpedScale]

I believe tasset would be the term to go with. I know in Japanese culture the armor around the legs is called the kusa-zuri and the part over the groin specifically is the mae-kusa-zuri.

Ryu

 

[Goodwolf]

http://home.messiah.edu/~gdaub/armor/picgloss.htm

According to these guys, a tasset hangs from the fauld to cover the gaps between the breastplate and cuisses.

Simple.

Actually from what I see you're pretty much right on target, only this site seems to imply that it's not the groin specifically, but the space as a whole.

 

[Zeppo]

There really isn't an exact match in European style armour to something of that design, my first inclination was to call it a fauld.

 

[KitSmasher]

It's called a cuvourwang...






:lol Honestly, I have no idea. Just couldn't resist. Sorry :lol

Dude, thats horrible... :lol

Thanks guys! I'm gonna go with tasset...