Inch and a quarter thick linen and leather... Care to explain more? Is that made from leather with linen stuffing, is it layers of linen then an outer covering of leather like a jack? I'd imagine a bascinet (which is what I'll be using) might rock back and forward as it will pivot about the ears and...

I've been talked into taking up heavy fighting again. I'm interested in period methods of padding helms, and translating those into useful SCA methods. At first I thought of rolls of something - horsehair or jute matting - attached to an arming cap, but couldn't find anything useful about how much h...