we're gonna be talking about besagews and some other forms of shoulder rondels. So what is a besagew? Now in its simplest form it's essentially a rondel or a circular piece of plate armor -although we'll see that they're not always round-
Besagews, Rondels for the Shoulder and Armpit
Hi it's Tod from Tod's Workshop and Tod Cutler here with... Matt Easton of Schola Gladiatoria. Now Matt is here for a very particular reason and that is I made the Wallace A726 rondel dagger in the first of these three films. Took it to the Wallace in the second with Dr Toby Capwell
Testing a medieval anti-armour dagger
the collection is just full of absolutely gorgeous things, but can you just tell us about this one Toby. Yeah this is inventory number A726, it's a late medieval rondel dagger. Rondel daggers came in a number of shapes and sizes but the the large proportions of this one,
Medieval Rondel Dagger - THE ORIGINAL