I am awaiting a helm I purchased on the AA. can't wait to get it!
on to the questions:
It's stainless and is a minor project.
I'm thinking about adding a new closed face and could use some pix.
I'm shooting for a Scott from around 1530ish, a survivor of Flodden and during the transition away from heavier armor.
any input or advice welcome. Oh and the helm is a Hjalmar.
cheers!
jon
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Close Helm advice requested.
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marxbruder
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Expect to use a bigger hammer, one half again as heavy as one you'd push mild around with; stainless takes more force to form. Do much of your cutting with a shear, as SS is also hell to saw without high-end equipment.
Use the same thickness as the helmet's skull, which is likely at least 14 gauge, right? 15 gauge is List-legal, and agreed-upon state of the art these days in the harder-hitting kingdoms is about 12 in the skull. 10 ga (mild) sheet is the heaviest I've ever seen.
If you run out of things to do, break out a round/rattail file and a half round file and spend a constructive hour smoothing out all the bar welds so's you can have a pretty face. They're there, they're presumably good and solid, and they'd look better feathered into the bargrill's curvatures instead of lumpy like drop cookies.
Use the same thickness as the helmet's skull, which is likely at least 14 gauge, right? 15 gauge is List-legal, and agreed-upon state of the art these days in the harder-hitting kingdoms is about 12 in the skull. 10 ga (mild) sheet is the heaviest I've ever seen.
If you run out of things to do, break out a round/rattail file and a half round file and spend a constructive hour smoothing out all the bar welds so's you can have a pretty face. They're there, they're presumably good and solid, and they'd look better feathered into the bargrill's curvatures instead of lumpy like drop cookies.
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marxbruder
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thanks for the reply!
yeah, I did that routine on my AB conical-can't wait to get out of that monster!
It's a Hjalmr, so i believe it'll be 14ga. i'm thinking about sinrics sparrows beak. but first i just want to clean up those welds, address any safety issues, pad and try the bugger out!
I'd love some links to other options. i'm searching the intertubes now for other grills.
yeah, I did that routine on my AB conical-can't wait to get out of that monster!
It's a Hjalmr, so i believe it'll be 14ga. i'm thinking about sinrics sparrows beak. but first i just want to clean up those welds, address any safety issues, pad and try the bugger out!
I'd love some links to other options. i'm searching the intertubes now for other grills.
The more you chill, the more you kill.