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Tube vervelles
Tube vervelles
On the Facebook 14th century Armor group AA's Gusto (Augusto) and PartsAndTechnical (Andrew) were discussing Goll Ref_arm 1561's tube vervelles. The inside of the helmet looks like a plain shank, and the tubes look like they have an open split at the bottom. Inspired by Mac's soldering experiments for rivet caps, I wonder if the rivets aren't soldered into the tubes? Apologies for the small size of the pics, but it's the best I could pull from Goll.
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Konstantin the Red
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Re: Tube vervelles
He's even got a bigger picture somewhere in the lot showing brass-clad tunnel vervelles with iron insides. I suspect the shanks are iron as well. Somebody back then was determined to to be let down by squishy brass.