Klaus J. Gehr was born in Hessen, Germany where he lived for 16 years.
His father exposed him to much of Germany’s rich medieval past in the
forms of castles and towns. Many of these places had museums which seemed
unchanged by time.
Several of the locations he visited and viewed had elaborate collections of armor
and weapons on display. This stirred an interest in Klaus at a young age.
In 1972 his aunt and grandmother had taken Klaus to the Marksburg during
a Rhein river tour with its armor through the ages display.
These images stuck in his mind and eventually inspired him to make and build
armor himself.
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Klaus Jürgen Gehr
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In 1974 Klaus arrived in America then served with the US Army and completing
his engineering degree, Klaus began to make armor.
He started making chain mail armor which progressed to plate mail shortly there
after. It was at this time, he made the decision to focus on more historical based
armor, and proceeded to produce custom work based on 14th/15th Century designs.
During this period, he began work on more elaborated pieces in the German and Italian
style.
In the spring of 1999 the OnLineArmory was officially opened in Richardson, Texas
and is now a full-service armory supplying both armor and special medieval items to
it’s clientele .
We are continually striving to upgraded and improve the armory for the custom work
we do. Klaus with his extensive reference library continually designs and engineers
new armor to meet our customers needs.
Our business is now an international supplier of armor for both theatrical and reenacting.
We sincerely hope you will become one of our satisfied customers too.
Amy and Klaus
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You can contact me at: klaus@onlinearmory.com
Last Modified: Oct. 11, 2006
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