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Wolf

well for sca helm, why doesnt someone raise or weld a helm to get the shape right, then either etch or flute it to look like it has all the lil segmented plates.

definitly a challanging helmet

Wolf

wait, bob with a mustash? hmmmm are ya sure Tanc will like it tickling his bum? hahaha jk

Wolf

ya, the top of the helm is larger than the brim. i'm not done shaping the eyes yet so they look a tad off

Wolf

hahhaha, tried it 3 times so far. ive got 3 pieces of scrap on teh floor somewhere whereever i thru it. ahhaha. maybe i'm jsut not patient enough. when i ty to go around the oval, the sides i jsut did move and warp for some reason, ah well.

Wolf

here is the mock up of the helm in question.

helpful suggestions on attaching a top

Wolf

http://home.armourarchive.org/members/wolf/images/armour/CNORMAN.jpg kinda cross post from the R&A. but here is my helmet. shoulda spent a tad more time planishing, but got in a hurry. now, i needs a nasal. what should i do? rectangle. thinner at base, wider at nose center crease? so many ideas!! h...

Wolf

i havent yet. i jsut started to rivit in the panels. i still dont know what to do. ahhhhhhhh ehehhe. prob jsut make something up when i get to the front

Wolf

i'll be there sporting my new helmet

Wolf

hey, if the SCA lets stick jocks with non period plastic poo-poo and combat boots do stuff they better as hell not discourage people for doing a proper earlier kit. you cant have it both ways.

Wolf

http://www.ageofarmour.com/instock/splintedlegs.html

man william, this is awsome work! i love the inside picture.

Wolf

What information do You need? i have plenty documentation on the original finds, i know one guy who owns such a helmet (used to be in that group) and have worn the helmet... You can also contact me directly: andreas_riegel@hotmail.com Regards, Andreas waaaaaa? POST IT!!!!! damn i love that helmet. ...

Wolf

hey thanks a lot AB though it may take a while to get down there. i'm in the "potomac highland" part of WV. Maryland is still above me hehehe. paul, i emailed Clang about next weekend to see whats on his plate, thanks for the idea. ya, i can roll an edge, a buckler is really hard cause ive done it o...

Wolf

ok HOW THE HECK do you do it. like on the top of a greathelm where the top has a lip that rivits. or the outside rim of a kettle helm brim. i just cant seem to do this for some stupid reason. what am i doing or not doing right? whats the best tools needed for this?

Wolf

this is fun

but what i am looking for is my replication of a nasal. how wide should it be at the brow line and the tip, how long should it be? should i crease it, flair it, dish it.. what is period examples tell us?

Wolf

shit dude look at those helmets!!! more pics glen!

wil, what u mean by tri lobed? never heard of it

Wolf

ok, making a nasaled spangenhelm. looking for period nasals. wanta good look for my helm. how long should it be? how wide should it be?

Wolf

be prepared to have carbon paper handy with these patterns if u plan to make the different things. if i remember right, they put some patterns over each other for some stupid reason

Wolf

man thats a nice helmet. great job, i hate it when people with patience do better than me

ehehhe

truely A+

Wolf

Winterfell wrote:There is also the Ponte Alto practice in the Tysons area as well.
http://pontealto.atlantia.sca.org/weekly.php

pffff farbs ehhehe

Wolf

i wanta see pics

especially the arms hehe

Wolf

try this :

7.1 oz for the inner 2 layers of linen
3.5 for the inside covering that goes next to the body and a 5.7 on the outside. reason for the 5.7 is that you can find it in more colors than the 7.1

Wolf

reston, sweet got friends in teh area. your about 2-2.5 hours from me, but about 45 minutes from my mo in law which i visit about every other weekend. have to stop in once the shops open

Wolf

wow very nice. where in VA are you moving again? looks like james b and i will have to pay you a visit and learn from the master! hehehe

Wolf

ah HA!! leave bad feedback!!

jk hehe

Wolf

1460's sallet found that has a textile covering

pg 8 of European Helmets 1450-1650

so at leas tu know it was done at soem point

Wolf

ah yes that ol arguement about the drapes eh ? hehehe we're not italian or german, we're english

and i have no say over the rules, i just go with the flow and like it. theres no need for cotton in teh stuff we do anyways. maybe tow for stuffing beds but thats about it

Wolf

Wolf, I notice the Grey's standards still have the "No cotton, even the fiber, under any circumstances" rule. Presumably that will be updated to read cotton is an allowable substance under appropriate controls? ?? umm no. its linen or nothin. 100% wool, linen or silk. even teh silk and velvets are ...

Wolf

mood swings uh oh, look out boys, matt's going thru MANopaws. hehehe jk matthew

Wolf

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Wolf

http://home.armourarchive.org/members/f ... dards.html

ours arent too bad. they are in teh mist to being updated soon too i think

Wolf

wish there english long bow was soemthng other than oak and wasnt linen backed.

Wolf

ive seen something like that at home depot or was it lowes. it was in the trays where u can see whats in each try on teh side.

i've also seen people use grommets and shape them (thinner than washers)

Wolf

is there such a thing in mid-late 14th c? if so anyone got any pictures/paintings etc of them?

Wolf

ya i saw that after i posted (smacks forehad)

Wolf

prices?

new norman helm, but needs a nasal

splinted legs-- william hurt

rolling a round edge

period nasals

14thc spangen kettlehelms?