The Armour Archive

Thought you might like to see the results of a helmet workshop I held on the weekend. All but one (a "Khazar" style helm) are spangenhelms.

Two guys worked on helmets they'd started earlier (of which one is now complete and the other just needs to have the rivets put in - BTW this is NOT a Mad Max helmet - it just has temporary bolts where the rivets will be - and he really needs to get a proper suspension system instead of wearing someone else's arming cap), and three started from scratch, of which all got their frames made up, and two dished all their plates (the other got three done out of four).

Photos below.

Bugger - must have exceeded the bandwidth, Well, here's another photo or two.

Those look cool, Steven!

Whoever has the helmet on in the first photo with the coif, well, should probably work on their presentation for photographs. Everything is quite lopsided on that image!

Cheers!

-Gregory-

No worries - he wanted to straighten out his coif, but I was in a hurry to get the photos, so I didn't give him time to do so. Looks good, though, doesn't it?

Oh, and I've added the other photo here - I just couldn't get it to open on the other post.

Lol, aren't you a mean one:p Haha. Yeah, that did turn out really nice! Can't wait to get time to make an order for another Rus helmet... If I ever get the money!

-Gregory-

Why not make your own? Two or three weekends, and you can have your own, for the price of the scrap metal and some flat-headed nails . . .

Comming along great. The first one has a fantastic finish.

Yes, he put a lot of work into it. The one at the bottom is the first example I've been involved with of using the "soak in vinegar" technique for removing the black scale from steel. It doesn't come up this shiny, of course - you still have to smooth it down and shine it up. But it certainly gets that black gunk off!