RED TABARD WITH A HALF BLACK EAGLE ON A YELLOW SHIELD ANR RED-BLACK DIAGONAL STRIPES

RED TABARD WITH A HALF BLACK EAGLE ON A YELLOW SHIELD ANR RED-BLACK DIAGONAL STRIPES

Tabard is a surcote, which seems quite simple, but absolutely indispensable in SCA, HEMA, LARP and reenactment events, stage performances and medieval festivals.

Tabard had its origin in the Crusades times. Dressed in heavy chain mail knights found themselves roasting under the Middle Eastern sun. That time they found way to keep the sun from heating the armor's metal - wearing a simple piece of fabric over their armor. It was a surcote - just long rectangular fabric strip with a hole cut in the middle for the head and belted about the waist. And when knights went back to Europe, this simple utilitarian garments were adopted for everyday wear and were renamed in tabards.

Tabard was shorter than surcote, often parti-colored and decorated with a coat of arms, emblems and family seal. Tabards survived in use into the late Middle Ages.

Tabard took all the best feature of its medieval ancestors - natural fabrics, beautiful look and damn important function - showing who is in front of you.

You may order tabard sewn by two ways. Machine manufacturing, when our tailors will make heraldic surcote by your parameters, using sewing machine. And historical one - hand sewing, means custom tabard will be completely sewn by hands of our tailors stich-by-stich. Such type of manufacture is historical one and offered for additional costs.

Base price, shown at the photo includes following options:

Natural red linen for outer shell;

Natural uncolored linen/cotton for inner shell;

Cloth-covered buttons (red linen);

Short wide sleeves;

The emblem, made in the form of appliqués and machine embroidery;

Straight bottom edge.

Additional options allow you creating of unique model of heraldic surcote. We offer linen, cotton, wool, silk, velvet or brocade for your tabard outer shell. At the Tabards section you can get acquainted with some of the infinite number of possible forms, types of décor and emblems that we can make according to your personal order.

If you want any other, just inform us by e-mail what colors, cut and decoration you prefer and its exact disposition. Please contact us [email protected].

Benefits, which you’ll get, if you buy tabard at Steel Mastery:

Custom-made high-quality heraldic surcote made of natural fabrics by your individual parameters;

Reliability and comfortable wearing for years;

Product made by experienced tailors, who really know how to make a good tabard;

Convenient payment systems (PayPal, Skrill, Visa, MasterCard, American Express);

Flexible return system in case if you don’t like an item.

Check out these models of humble but worthy armor's outer garment tunic: Half-colored tabard with black and white half-eagles, Quarter colored tabard with boat, tower and lions.

We offer to complete your medieval heraldic look with torse (medieval heraldy headband), black and red leather belt bag and Knight s gloves of the 14th - 15th century.

In section Tabards you can see all models that we offer for ordering. If you did not find any for your taste and wish, please send us photo and description of the required model and we will make it for you.