And Now... Henry VIII's suit of armour!

[TheMightyFavog]

You can actually buy full size replicas of the codpiece at the Tower of London.

[Deep13]

1. It's scarier in person.

I've seen it.

[TheMightyFavog]

2. I got a funny story about seeing it in person, too.

Ok, the first time I saw it, I busted out laughing at the codpiece. I figured that I had to photograph it. This poses a problem. One, the lighting in the tower stinks on ice, and two, I didn't want to pop my flash because of the glass. So, I opened up the aperture as far as it would go, and slowed down the shutter speed to 1/4 of a second.

There I am, trying to hold absolutley still, all the while trying to stifle my laughter when I hear a guy behind me say:

"Bloody hell, that's not a codpiece, that's a whalepiece!"

I was practically doubled over with laughter, unable to shoot for at least five minutes.

I need a digital SLR so I can slap polarizing filters for shooting things behind glass.

[supernova]

3. Ole Henry was really optomistic I guess

:7

[T_i_B]

7. "I didn't want to pop my flash"

Not in public!

[Elidor]

4. It's the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!

Lost these many centuries.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. Reminds me of the Bush "Mission Accomplished" flight suit.

Both wishful thinking.

[texanwitch]

6. Boy, old Henry was thin back then.

How would anyone even walk in that.

[sasquatch]

8. If that's legitimate I can see why he was married eight times

:wow:

[T_i_B]

9. "I can see why he was married eight times"

My Dad said the same thing when we went to visit the tower!

[billyskank]

10. Actually it was six times.

[billyskank]

11. That must have been made for a young Henry VIII

He turned into a right fat bastard as he grew older.