Did SPIKED Armor Exist in Real-Life History or is it Just Silly Fantasy?

As strange as fantasy designs can be, sometimes you find some rare, unique examples of real historical arms and armor that are surprisingly close. Is spikey armor one of those cases?

Here is what I've found. It's not exactly as crazy as the Knight of Thorns from Dark Souls, or the similar armor from Dungeons & Dragons, but well... there are some spikes here and there.



** Sources / Credits **

Museums
https://wallacelive.wallacecollection...
https://royalarmouries.org/collection/
https://www.rom.on.ca/

Original suits of plate
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...

The "Wildman Suit", often mislabeled(?) as "Siberian Bear hunting armor"
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sib...
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/ente...

"Armor" of the Lord High Executioner of the state of Rewah, India
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

The Pickelhaubed (spiked helmet)
https://www.historynet.com/the-purpos...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Spikey helmets made of puffer fish, from Kiribati (Micronesia)
https://smarthistory.org/kiribati-armor/
https://www.ancient-origins.net/histo...

A "clawd arm defense" (forearm guard)
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/106225...

Gauntlets of Emperor Maximilian I.
https://archeology.dalatcamping.net/e...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...


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