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Posted: **Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:54 pm**

Hello Guys,

Finally I got some time to upload the pictures of my next current project, italian style bascinet. It is based on the piece from Musee del armee and some more contemporary pieces. Now it is grinded and more or less sanded, waiting for the liner, aventail and final touches. Both parts are 2,5 mm mild steel. Hope you will like it.

all the best

Jiri

Posted: **Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:06 pm**

continues...

Posted: **Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:12 pm**

and more

Posted: **Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:42 pm**

Hi Jiri

Wow! this bascinet is lookin very good already, I love the whole sweeping lines of the visor, where it continues on from the helm basin - lovely!

Posted: **Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:08 pm**

Fantastic work!
thanks for progress pics

Posted: **Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:14 pm**

That looks GREAT! Your a man that knows what he's doing.

Posted: **Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:40 pm**

Hi Jiri,
Its looking really good. Not wanting to hijack the thread but I am interested in your heat set up. It looks similar to Eric things. How have you found it and do you have a base below the forge top piece. What diametwer is your forge can/top piece. WOuld you think teh next one may be larger or smaller?
Andrew

Posted: **Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:59 pm**

Hello Guys,

thank you for the comments. The work should be difinitelly finished early next week. Aventail is cut, liner started to be produced. Sorry for no new pix, I can not upload pix from my camera. Maybe just broken cable. Once I have time to fix it, I will post it.

Andrew, PM will be sent in a while

JIri

Posted: **Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:15 pm**

Thanks for the progress pics, very interesting.

Hal

Posted: **Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:30 pm**

That top shot is excellent!

Thanks!

IdÃ«val

Posted: **Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:13 pm**

wow, that is outstanding work!

Posted: **Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:10 pm**

SHMECKSY!

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:19 pm**

I love picture sets like this. Nice work!

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:53 pm**

Outstanding. Well done.

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:24 pm**

this is why i'm not bothering to make helmets

wow

Posted: **Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:48 am**

Guys, sorry for the delay, the hat is finished for a while but the light is too poor to make good pictures. I hope theese will be good enough as preview. I promise to send some better soon.

I got several questions about the visor - no it is not welded cone, it was 2,5mm flat sheet, raised into the cone.

jiri

Posted: **Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:52 am**

Another fine work of art! Thanks for posting the pics Jiri!

Posted: **Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:53 am**

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Posted: **Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:58 pm**

Absolutely beautiful bascinet Jiri, Bravo yet again!

Posted: **Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:34 pm**

wow....

and I'm not even a big fan of the pig faced visor
( unless I should be using a different term )

Posted: **Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:28 am**

Wow! Classic armour pr8n!

And I really like what you did with the aventail, especially the part going over the mouth of the wearer. If you don't mind me asking, do you have more info on how you made the lining? For instance, is the lining of the aventail attached to the lining of the bascinet?

My Eric DubÃ© bascinet has been waiting for a liner for more than a year now (this is a crime, I know!) and I think this is the way I would like to make mine.

Congrats!

Posted: **Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:14 am**

Thank you for the comments, guys.

The liner of the aventail is attached to the helmet lining. It is hand stitched, linen cloth. I made most of the paterning, but my mother produced it.

all the best

Jiri

Posted: **Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:05 am**

Wow, fantastic. Between work like yours, and watching vids of the Battle of the 30 on Youtube, its becoming harder and harder to resist the pull of the 14th Century....just love the Viking era so much.

Nice work is an understatement. Bravo.

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