The early 16th century Harquebusier gear - Part 1: Making the bandolier
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The bandolier of the early 16th century Landsknecht Harquebusier differed a lot from the ones that the musketeers used from the second half of the 16th century. Follow Capandball as he is making te first part of the gear, recreating the earliest version of the apostles.
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