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I cant find a pic of the Burgh castle helm online, but ill keep looking, basicly its a sassinad style helm, I was comparing the sassinad method of construction to this helm, While the helms dont realy look at all alike they are similar in how they are put together. On both helms the perimeter band, ...

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the sassinad helmets, like the burgh castle helm have the brow band inside the cap, i could be wrong, but isnt that what im seeing on this helm? An insedt brow band, then the nose/nape band, with wide ear to ear bands. Its diff in overall shape from the burgh castle helm, but similar in its method o...

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Thanks for those excellent pics, very cool
It construction is very similar to the heavy sassinad helms. Very interesting indeed

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Looks very nice !

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Im glad you liked hte gear. I was concerned about the helmet because it was so small.
Thanks for the kind words

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I recieved my buckles today, as usual very nice quality. I always look forward to Tims work

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Vitus, think about going with typical sca ga in regards to the helmet, of a lighter ga in carbon steel. I recently made a bascinet for a customer (sca knight) who fights with steel weapons, People in his group with 18 ga hats now own spiffy looking helmets with big creases in them. Personally i disl...

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Thyanks for the news, i look forward to more info

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I will donate an early Kite shield primed edged and strapped

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Androu, i think you are missing what i am trying to get at, im looking for something to practice when Fiore just cant happen, Im a member of WolfArgent, so i know about and am looking forward to the springs wrestling class, my problem is im not realy near anyone to practice Fiore with on any regular...

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I have attended one seminar Wolfe Argent hosted (thanks guys) and look forward to attending the next. I realy enjoyed the wrestling aspect quite a bit, my question is this, there are plenty of eastern martial arts dojos around me, many various styles/schools. Which eastern martial art will touch mor...

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"The flat-top style is reminescent of the earliest forms of the bascinet, the plume giving it a stately quality " WFT indeed

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I disliked all of Gimlis gear

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Steve are you looking for a historical method, or would modern be ok?

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siloflex is a brand name of water line, thats the black tubing, you can get it at the hardware store, but they wont understand what siloflex is, they will understand what 100 psi waterline is though. Make a decent edging

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LoL thanks DW, id been looking forward to that pic.

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your english is better than many americans that post on this board.
I am sorry to say i hate to see an armour thread digress to this.

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That would be Norman Finklestein at Silk Road.
Sasha/Riverforge may likely refer you to Egfroth who likely has some answers
Pictorial evidence puts some scale as late as the 14th cent i believe

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Looks nice !!

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I agree that the spikes are the rivits, And i disagree that they are in better shape than the coppergate.
Its an interesting helmet, but it sure would glance poorly

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Im glad you like it, and im glad it fits, as you may have noticed i did not drill the chin strap holes as you indicated on you pic, i was not confident in their placement, mostly the ones that were on the visor. Thomas, David and i worked a trade as well as cash, im still in the process of working o...

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364 i believe

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Yesterday i was poking through some flemmish art and saw the first pair of rondell fan knees ever, but it was also a 15th century painting. I think rondell fan knees for your 14th cent harness would be unlikely, does not mean it wont look cool though, but ive yet to see an example other than the pai...

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I dont have a pic, but it looks like a 2 handed linoleum knife

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I am trying to cantact a vendor of hides, furs, skulls/bones/horns that vend at Pennsic I usually see them set up near the barn, sort of diagonally across from Iron Monger, or in that general area, any help would be greatly appriciated Thanks AB/WMA [This message has been edited by White Mountain Ar...

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Sounds nice, Im planning on building a new lamellar harness for myself out of my plate, ive been thinking about punching a 13th hole on only the waist portion.

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Average height in the roman army had to be subject to change, the early army was made up of mostly romans, generaly smaller in stature than many of the germanics that made up the later army. I dont see the helm tail as evidence of a high wrap, it protects the shoulders though, nicely from blows that...

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No thaddeus i made it, ive been making curved shields pretty much as long as ive been in the sca, my fist shield was a curved kite

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Sure Pheylin, although im not convinced mine will "take the sting out" any better than yours, my guess is if you were blind folded youd not notice the diff.

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no need to apologize, someone else has asked the same question.
No this is not legal shield edging, this is reinforcement for the shield, the edging go on after

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can i get an ISBN from you

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I just thought i would let people know that today at 2:00 the Axel Guttmann Collection goes on the auction block at Christies. While i certainly can not afford any of the items i did recieve my auction catalog today. The Guttman Collection contains an insane amount of artifacts from the bronze age. ...

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The other day i sliced my thumb deeply. squirty messy and all that good stuff, more of a fillet cut, sucked, so im thinking wow, good thing it was my left thumb, especially with a sprained index finger on the other hand, well today i burned the good thumb, but at first i didnt know it because i seve...

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here is mine
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Dwarlock, if you sill have to one that looks like a sewer pipe with a face cut into it i think you win hands down, not that you should not be proud of your ugly hat Krag

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Need help finding a Pennsic merchant (x-post)

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