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November 26

Man At Arms - Armor question

The character of Man-At-Arms in the He-Man universe has a rather enlarged armor piece that covers his neck and extends out from his chest a ways. Is this patterned on an actual piece of armor? It's sort of a gorget, I suppose, but larger than those that I've seen. You can see some pics here. Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 16:20, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

In the pics it looks like the idea is to deflect upward sword blows away from the face. Note that in the real world, head armor was used, too, but that would make a character look rather ominous, so fictional treatments often skip that, at least for the "good guys". StuRat (talk) 16:40, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Looks to me like a bevor, although instead of being a separate piece of armor, it's fashioned as part of the cuirass. Deor (talk) 16:49, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you both! Dismas|^(talk) 14:26, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

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