Cloak: Is riding in a Medieval cloak difficult? (and Talos bites it!) 

Well said!!

This is my favorite RU-vid comment. And it's a well deserved comment. As an equestrian, I'm always happy to see riders who don't let horses get away with their nonsense and yet show their horses love and compassion... and good feed.

Bob Ross x Witcher crossover.

Now that you've said it I can't unthink it

I have pneumonia so I have been binging watching this on the couch for the past five days.

ALL his horses.

@@bcaye without question, he absolutely loves all of his animals, especially the horses.

@@lonnieporter8566,possibly my favorite thing about Jason. The channel is so interesting, informative and human.

@@bcaye he's a good man that I'd like chat with over a cup of tea or a glass of whiskey. I believe it'd be a hoot!

a millionaire like him has the luxury to enjoy the simpler existence. Im not holding that against him in envy, i love this channel, but not everybody has the luxury to buy gilded arming swords or to get a full suit of armor made. Im just glad he shares that with us.

I'd gladly muck out the stables for a chance to hang out with those horses. 😍

@Gary York me too !

@@TheKingreddragon Start a video game company like he did and grow it to the size he did, you'll have all the time in the world to ride horses and learn European martial arts :)

I have two ponies that I keep myself, not at livery. I don't have a car though. Priorities!

I had a horse who loved zippers, too! Those big industrial size ones on the outside of a winter vest.

@@rameyzamora1018... Same here! Big zipper on a heavy Carhart winter coat.

I had one who, while you were picking his front hooves, would take the "scrunchy" out of your hair and hold it up and wave it out of your reach. Or, the mane comb out of your back pocket. Just played "keep away" with whatever he got for a bit, then handed it back to you.

@@sherrieludwig508 ... Some horses have such a sense of humor!

That is it, some do.

haha...

I have done medieval reenactment off and on for many years... never heard of a cloak that has more than one closure. ??

@@sassytbc7923 I've seen a couple. But they were more brainchilds of the seamstress rather than historical copies. :)

@@sassytbc7923 After this, um, unfortunate event, I sewed 3 frog closures down the front of my new cloak, from collarbone to breastbone. The new one also had the ability for me to put my arms through slits while keeping the front closed (Mystic Cloak & Tailor at the Texas Renaissance Festival). I'm certain that multiple closures aren't historically accurate, but I was aiming at practicality. Would love to see a variety of period cloak patterns!

Good info, thanks for sharing. ✌️

He's got some good taste

Letting you know he has had enough and wants to go back inside you mean.

You're wearing ***

OneSkiWonder I bet it had a dense embroidered trim and was weighted to avoid that. Medieval wives would think "that won't do" Lol.

Is that gray? I love gray

Was about to suggest leg ties! I'm not aware of any historic or archaeological evidence unfortunately.

Yep: I'm in NZ and my stockman's coat as knee ties too (well press studs actually).

Driza-Bone? Got one myself. A must have when out doing farmwork in wet, windy and cold weather.

@@jasonr5989 No: a Kiwi brand.

There were a lot of historical fashions where you bound your hose into your legs, added bindings for warmth, etc. But that was mostly earlier (like Saxon times). Still, it is in the range of the possible.

Always handy when your animal has an easy grip handle lol

Lol!!!

The funniest thing I've read in months.

Cathy West My seven year old Australian Stock Horse used to do something similar! Though, he had a habit of grabbing the lambs by the ears, not just their wool. Thankfully we’ve managed to keep them separate in recent years since taking him on, but we do still have one sheep who’s missing the tips of his ears.

My colt attempted to kill one of our goat kids. My parents were pretty upset with him. He had got the kid down and was pawing him. He broke the kid's femur and jaw. Thankfully the kid survived and is doing ok now. Our dog helped correct my colt later since he was inclined to go after more sheep and goats once he learned that he could dominate them. The colt is a gelding, but he was in the terrible twos at the time.

Glad you like them!

A camp would be neat but this channel seems to focus more on day-to-day 'doing' stuff. I bet Shadiversity would love to do a video on that topic though

@@ShellShock794 Hopefully; it's always interesting know what the medieval equivalent of Tesco's is.

Oh that would be brilliant!

Lovely idea!

Modern History TV Send your palm size.

How about arse wiping?

Had the same thought. It would be interesting to hear about their methods.

@@deftigemahlzeit5935 Well, the king had the Groom Of The Stool to handle that task. They say it was a prestigious job.

There were little metal pick things, similar to for teeth. Henry VIII of England gave a little set of tooth and nail picks with matching earwax scoop to Anne Boleyn among his many gifts. Personal care products were seen as being essential but intimate, so it was kind of cheeky to give to her. “Think of me while bathing and making yourself look pretty,” that idea. It’s interesting.

@@act.13.41 Oh is that where the expression brown nosing come from? LOL

Lol well hobby. Hes independently wealthy from being the CEO of a pretty big game development company

I think it's the hair, NOT the face!

Also his personality, intelligence, and character are the exact opposite.

if he wasn't evil? Maybe.

@@greenmarcosu I mean I guess Denethor is spiteful but that's where the opposites end. Denethor is actually incredibly intelligent, which the movie doesn't portray correctly.

@@andrewsmith3608 Denethor wasnt evil. But he did play favorites with boromir, and he was grief-stricken and despaired at the size of mordors army, causing him not to think clearly. He became paranoid, fearing the kingdom he had sacrificed so much for would be taken away, and lost, by some vagabond from the north that had no experience in matters of state, or even large scale warfare... just some guy with a sword, a distant claim to the throne and no other qualities.

You think that horses are abused? How so?

Same here 😂 He looks like an adorable goof, nibbling on the cloak 😂 My horse loves playing with the zippers on my jacket, pulling them up and down. It is apparently very amusing, according the my goofball 🤣

Anna K Hjelm I’ve had horses that do the same with drawstrings and zippers! They’re so funny!😂😂😂

@@chiaroscuroamore They are so cute when they do things like that. My horse is super curious and just has to check everything out propperly. Including figuring out how to open the latches on all of the doors in the stable, it is annoying. But she looks so funny when she works on using her lips and tounge to open a door 😂 (the horses can't get into any feed by accident because we have all of their food on the stable loft)

Anna K Hjelm oh that’s so funny regarding your horse opening the stable latches! I can understand how annoying that could be though! Good thing that they can’t get into the feedbins lol!

I would think so. It was freezing then.

FOR THE NORDS

The Thalmor would like a word

@@allinwonderland7047 They can have my axe!

@@allinwonderland7047 Yeah, I doubt the empire would be all too pleased...

I have seen something similar to this said a few times on Jason's videos but I don't understand. He has an OBE but that's not the same as being a knight or am I just being dim and missing something?

@@SpiralMantis The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry. An order of chivalry is a knighthood. Sir Jason is a knight, talking about knights.

@@. That is how I understood it. I don't want to knock the guy because I think his videos are really interesting and an OBE is not to be sniffed at...it's just he should not be referred to as "Sir".

@. Apologies didn't know that.

My OBE is an order of chivalry, but, sadly for me, does not come with the ‘right’ to add Sir in front of my name. I’d need to be two levels higher for that as someone said above. On the other hand, I believe in English law one can call oneself whatever one likes, and after all honour is the gift someone gives themself.

Also, mittens don't have the finger split between ring and pinky fingers necessary for rein positioning. :)

It's very true, that one can become acclimatized to both hot and cold weather. If you spend a lot of time outside and transition with the seasons, that helps a lot. This is why I don't like to turn my heat on very high in the winter (if I am warm inside, then my body is not adjusting to the colder weather, so I become quite cold when I go outside.)

@@lynnes11 Definitely true of the heat. I live in Florida and last time I was in Washington DC (about two months ago) people were complaining about the 80°F temperature and probably 60% humidity, lol.. obviously I thought it felt great coming from an area where 100% humidity and 95°F is normal in the summer. 🌞

@@ryand.3858 DC in August can be 100/100. Probably why nobody wanted to live there until the feds insisted.

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed our work. Talos says hello.

thanks, very kind of you.

Good luck with your ambition!

Keep on saving money and striving for your dream. When I was a child, I saved up $80 and bought my first horse. I didn't have lessons or any friends to ride with, but kept on learning and trying. I eventually became a professional at both competing and training in my area of horsemanship. So keep working, dreams do come true!

second that!

Medieval horse bits!? I think that's a little NSFW for this channel...

@@KyussSpeed-sg5je maybe I'm being whooooshed but how is that nsfw?

@@profanelamp3017 My apologies. Where I come from, bits is child slang for genetalia. Hence the fake nsfw remark lol.

Not sure about that in the Middle Ages. Hawking gauntlets were a thing when riding, but to protect against the hawk’s talons obviously. I’ve just not seen any evidence of riding gloves in this period. Who knows?

@@ModernKnight I've found an article (on JSTOR) which describes the gloves in this image (Piers Plowman, Bodleian MS Douce 104) as riding-gloves: "The figure on folio 19r could be Reason, but the riding-gloves would be just as appropriate to Peace, who mentions his horse in the adjacent complaint" www.jstor.org/stable/3733913 The illustration of the allegorical person wearing the gloves can be found here. He's clearly fairly well off, but isn't riding a horse: www.luminarium.org/medlit/msdouce104f019r.jpg Via www.larsdatter.com/gloves.htm I found a photo of Henry IV's leather gloves, which actually look quite similar to the ones in the manuscript illustration: www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/histshoe/redfern/GLOVES/plateII.htm

Oh, and apparently brown leather riding-gloves were found in the tomb of Richard II: books.google.co.uk/books?id=t1SFAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA61&ots=yTGiuo9cXn&dq=%22henry%20iv%22%20%22riding%20gloves%22&pg=PA61#v=onepage&q=%22riding%20gloves%22&f=false That's also mentioned in Herbert Norris's Medieval Costume and Fashion, which has a section on medieval gloves: books.google.co.uk/books?id=xiqahsJPHSgC&lpg=PA92&ots=ChAdhbEIj3&dq=%22henry%20vi%22%20%22riding%20gloves%22&pg=PA89#v=onepage&q&f=false

@@lauravivanco , that's brilliant. THANK YOU!

​@@ayishas4385 I had fun looking up the information about gloves; I'm glad it was of interest!

Welcome aboard!

I am pretty sure Jason's said in a previous video that Talos is an Iberian horse X Shire.

@@TheYoghurt42 Must have missed that one then... Thank you! :)

@@TheYoghurt42 You can see the Shire in him.

BigHenFor Looks to me like a horse of Rohan. :)

@@TheYoghurt42 Agreed. Spanish walk is a feature of the Spanish PRE horses, but he's too big and stocky to be an Andalusian so he must be part draft (those big hairy hooves are a dead giveaway). A splendid destrier.

glad you found us, and welcome!

Every time.

Yep.

Hell yeah! :"D

Yep. I know I'm going to like it, regardless of topic.

Yep. Just after I saw Jason smile

lol, exactly!

Talos says thank you.

I amcarbonandotherbits. You don’t just measure once either. We usually fit saddles and recheck over the seasons and as their work changes. One of the biggest mistakes people make is to get a saddle fitted once and then never check again. It sits on the spine and can cause devastating changes if not regularly assessed, especially on younger horses. It’s like us and shoes in a way, our feet change over the years, especially in our younger years.

@@1stPrivateAccount . Thank you for deepening my knowledge on saddle fitting, Another arrow to my quiver of knowledge I'm going to have to string my bow and send a volley to my friends and family.