Tatami (Japanese armour) the other related parts of a full suit of Japanese armour. Collapsible head protection such as "" and other collapsible armor are also "tatami" armor; a traditional kabuto could also be part of a tatami gusoku. Tatami armour was lightweight, portable, convenient for transportation, and they were manufactured inexpensively for the ashigaru light infantry. Tatami armours were worn by all samurai classes from the highest class to the lowest class. The higher class samurai wore elaborate armour while the lower class samurai and retainers wore simpler versions. In his book "Arms and Armor of the Samurai: The History of Weaponry
Sallet overlapped the bevor near the wearer's mouth. By the mid 15th century a regional variety of sallet had evolved in England and the Netherlands, termed the 'English-Burgundian style' (the Netherlands were at that time ruled by the Duke of Burgundy). It was usually worn with a bevor by more completely armoured soldiers and had very similar facial protection to, and frontal appearance as, the German sallet. It was, however, more curvaceous and possessed a less extreme projection to the rear. In many ways it was intermediate between the German and Italian forms. French sallets were very similar to the English-Burgundian