The Armour Archive

I made an aluminum viking helmet with locking cheeks and a flip up ocular for my friends kid.

That looks great man! Heck that is far superior to what was first used in the SCA by adults. It's probably better than what a lot of folks use today!

Nice piece. I am sure the other kids will be jealous!

yeah its a very nice helmet,the boy loves it and cant wait to use it. I liked the design so much that I might make something similar for myself for tourney fighting since my lady is viking.

Just remember that you can't use aluminum helms for SCA heavy fighting.

That rule was put in after the dude made one out of Ti and had his head stapled to his shoulder from an avg head snap. Word got around after that, I'm told the dude was an armourer and kept the helm for a "look what I can do" piece.

Aside from that it is a nice helm.

If you put a mail drape around the outside and then used a curtain for the face you could successfully hide alot of the non-periodness, and still use the visor.

-Ivan

B. Helms
1. Helms shall be constructed from steel which has a thickness of no less than .0625 inch (1/16 inch or 1.6mm), or of equivalent material. Alternative materials, such as stainless steel, brass, bronze, or like materials, are permissible as long as the material is structurally equivalent to 0.0625-inch-thick steel. The mass of the helm is an important part of the protection. As such, no titanium, fiberglass, aluminum, or other ultra-light materials may be used. If a spun-metal top is to be used in the construction of the helm, it shall be a minimum of 0.0747 inch (14-gauge) steel. The process of spinning the top thins the metal, thereby requiring a heavier gauge.

I think being a veteran SCAdian, Gunther assumed he'd be making that iteration of steel.