How hard do you think- Hlmet conversion Klapp to Great

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MJBlazek
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How hard do you think- Hlmet conversion Klapp to Great

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I have a Klappvisor bascinet.
I also have Talbots plans for an Early 15th centuy great Bascinet.
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How hard to you think the conversion would be? I don't think it would be terribly hard, the hardest part is already done!

her eis the picture of the helmet I have Image

The visor ataches with a bolt and a smal pin.
And the a strap buckles it closed. There really wouldnt be that much I think.

Opinions?
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Re: How hard do you think- Hlmet conversion Klapp to Great

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Proceed, for you already have the plans. It's a neglected type of helmet. And you can trade off your camail to some XIV-Cento Mafioso who will hang it better than you did! I'm so mean! :wink:

Or else to a XVI-century Landsknecht for a bishop's-mantle. It's huge!
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Re: How hard do you think- Hlmet conversion Klapp to Great

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Oh I know. That was put on in a rush for a demo. Its way to long, and the main reason it looks so horrible is that the leather strap wasn't really big enough to fit around the helmet. I had to stretch and cajole it to fit over the vervelles. Which, it didn't fit over all of them. :P


The only thing I am proceeding with caution is that my wife bought me this helmet as a wedding gift.
I might just find an already made bascinet "bowl" and put this on on the shelf for display.
Lord Alexander Clarke, Righteous Brother of the Priory of St. Colin the Dude, The Bear of Hadchester, Squire to Sir Cedric of Thanet

~Chivalry unpaired with Valor is a meal to starve a mans soul~
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