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Light Coat

Light Coat

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Our woolen Light Coat is inspired by one of the most common top garments throughout European history. It gets called different names in different contexts, like cotte, houppelande, dolama, gown, kaftan, zupan etc. The buttoned up, above the knee coat is a constant, practical option. The design we offer isn’t a complete reconstruction of any of the particular period versions, but works as the perfect basis for a fantasy impression based on anything from Iron Age Scythians and early medieval Norse to peasants, knights, cossacks and many more characters.  

The Light Coat comes in 2 sizes, both of which are unisex. Size Smaller corresponds with common European confection measurements of S and M, size Larger fits sizes L and XXL. It is made to be relatively loose and we kept the sleeves long, to make sure they fit everyone in the given size category. If they are too long for you, you can simply roll them up. The pattern is kept simple enough to allow you to modify the coat with minimal sewing experience. The Light Coat is not lined.

If you aren’t sure that the garment will fit you, take a look at the measurements below. The exact measurements can vary by a couple of centimeters, as they are cut and sewn by hand. To ensure a comfortable fit, your chest and waist circumferences should be at least 5cm smaller than the listed ones, including any layers you wish to wear underneath. The Chest Circumference is usually measured on the level of your nipples and the Waist Circumference right above the bellybutton. Both have to be taken with a string or a tailor measuring tape. The Sleeve Length is taken from the top of the shoulder seam to the end of the sleeve and the Total Length is measured from the shoulder seam to the bottom edge of the item.

The material we use is woolen Melton, which is a very densely woven and semi-felted mix of 60% wool and 40% viscose. Both of those are fibres with excellent breathability and thermoregulation properties. The viscose in the mix makes the fabric stronger and nicer to the touch, even for people who find regular wool scratchy. The fabric is relatively thin, but because it is melton, it’s very resistant to wear and doesn’t suffer from pilling (little balls of fibre forming on the surface). The thickness we chose is tailored for the usual larping season. It’s light enough to be comfortable even in the worst summer heat, but it will keep you cozy in slightly chilly Spring or Fall events. It is not suitable as your main coat for colder environments.

Buttons we used are handmade from pure brass. They are hollow, which makes them quite light. Spherical hollow buttons like these are the typical design for much of history. 

If you order the coat with simple rolled hems and we have the color in stock, we will send it within a week. However, we also offer customized versions with decorated hems. We hem the bottom edge of the tunic with a contrasting fabric, this can be wool, linen-cotton, printed linen, or even fancy brocade from Sartor.cz. We only keep the particular fabrics for decoration in limited amounts and once they run out they will be replaced. If you really like a certain design, don’t hesitate, because it might not return!

As an outer garment made with naturally antibacterial materials, it is not necessary to wash the coat very often, unless it gets dirty. Letting it air out is usually sufficient. If you have to wash it, use the gentlest and coldest Wool/Handwash setting on your washing machine and avoid harsh detergents, get one that is specifically for wool. Let it dry on a flat surface naturally. If you decide to iron the product, keep the temperature low. Dry cleaning is also a good option.

The Light Coat is both designed and made in The Czech Republic.

Specifications:

Size Smaller
A) Chest Circumference: 108cm
B) Waist Circumference: 108cm
C) Sleeve Length: 65cm
D) Total Length: 98cm
Weight: 890g

Size Larger
A) Chest Circumference: 125cm
B) Waist Circumference: 125cm
C) Sleeve Length: 66cm
D) Total Length: 100cm
Weight: 1090g

Fabric used:
Melton 400g/m², 60% wool 40% viscose 

Care Instructions - LARP weapons

Avoid cutting the weapons with sharp objects, likewise do not hit hard or rough objects, like rocks, benches or trees. Try to avoid substantial blows to edges of armor, especially things like swordbreakers. Also, pay attention to the potential sharp edges of your own gauntlets, as some can cut into cross guards or other parts of the hilt when fencing. Make sure to avoid long term compression of the eapons, especially during storage. Our cross guards are made of hard rubber and do not mind blows in combat, they bend slightly but return immediately. The cross guards however can get deformed with extreme bending over longer periods, when they are for example put under luggage in the trunk of a car or in a chest.

If you tear the foam of the weapon, you can repair it with a high-quality flexible superglue. We personally recommend Loctite Super Attak Power Flex gel, which fills up and strengthens the crack in about 10 minutes. The color of the weapon can be restored or changed with paints made for plastics. A broken core unfortunately cannot be repaired. FAQ

Care Instructions - LARP blasters

The locks on the blasters are not connected to the mechanism itself and they don’t move when shooting. They are solid steel, much like most of the barrels, so while accidentally shooting someone will be harmless, hitting them with the blaster definitely won’t be. Therefore be careful when brandishing it in crowded situations.

While the blasters are relatively hardy, don’t expose them to needless stress, like dropping them on the ground or using them to stabilize a table. Also don’t use them to parry blows. The lock might tear out, if there’s unreasonable leverage on it and it’s very likely to damage any larp weapon it gets hit with.

The most important part of the maintenance of our blasters is keeping them well oiled and lubricated. This prevents rust and ensures that the mechanism operates smoothly. You can use any kind of anti-corrosive technical oil, the seal in the piston is leather, which doesn’t degrade in oil, like rubber does. I personally use Silkal, which is silicone based. To oil the lock, simply spray it and use a rag to wipe excess oil. You can also wax the lock to make it more rust resistant, but I find that oil works sufficiently well. If you get any rust spots, you should be able to easily clean them with an abrasive sponge. FAQ

Care Instructions - Leather products

Our holsters, munition satchels and sword-belts are made from high quality vegetable tanned leather and the staining and subsequent oiling is done with natural agents, and as such they necessarily require some maintenance. Let’s elaborate intelligibly:

Best method of caring is to actively use the products. The more you use them, the better. This is especially applicable to belts because they are worn in the most “personal” manner.

If your product spends some time (namely circa month and more) stored somewhere, please make sure you use leather conditioner (readily available in your local shoe or DIY stores) before taking the product on an event again, because after that
long while of idleness, the material may be prone to undesirable cracks. The conditioner usually comes with a handy manual, but putting a small amount of it on a cotton cloth and then rubbing the whole product should do the trick.

Other instance in which some level of care is greatly advised is if your product gets wet somehow – during rainstorm, while crossing wild rivers and/or streams, after falling overboard, whilst fighting some terribly drooling monster or celebrating something by ingesting liquids of various origin after a day well-spent – we advise to let the product dry naturally and then, once again, thoroughly rub it with an above-mentioned leather conditioner.

The metal fittings, both brass and especially steel should be protected from oxidization by applying an appropriate mineral oil regularly. In case they do rust, you should clean the spots as soon as possible with an abrasive sponge and reapply the protective oil.

Finally, please do note that leather of all kinds tends to get ever so slightly darker with time and both from usage and maintenance. FAQ

How long does delivery take?

We currently manufacture our larp weapons to order and we usually do not have any of them in stock. Your weapons will go into production only after you order and pay. How long the production takes depends on how busy we currently are. We try to make and send the weapons as quickly as possible, but we cannot guarantee the precise completion of your order.

We are currently averaging 15-25 days between order and shipping for our non ready-to-ship products, with the exception of range weapons, which are usually 20-40 days of production time.

The exception are weapons from the Ready to Ship category, which are usually shipped within 5 workdays.

Shipment to EU countries is within a week (3-7 days, depending on the distance from the Czechia).

Shipment outside of the EU takes 1-3 weeks, but during Holiday seasons, it can take up to 4-6 weeks.

When the product is finished and packed, we send an email with the tracking number and a link to the shipping company's tracking page.

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