German sallet

[Ckanite]

How far is the visor supposed to go down on the face if a beavor is going to be worn? how large is the eye slot? and does anyone have any useful tricks for getting the slot even?? mine always come out crooked and it's killing me

[d-farrell2]

for the question of how low the visor goes - It seems like it would depend on how high your bevor goes. I am not really into sallets, but it seems like bevors that go up to the upper lip and a visor and crown that end about the lower lip/chin are what i have seen. The effect without the bevor is that the lower jaw is partially exposed.

Eyeslots vary (modern helmets tend to have pretty big eyeslots) - but I want to say about 1/4-3/16ths of an inch is about as small as they seem to be historically. I wouldn't go over 3/8 inch if you want to keep a historical look.

[Konstantin the Red]

Mine always come out crooked and it's killing me.

Crooked along which axis? One end higher than the other?

[Ckanite]

one end higher than the other as well as slightly off center

[James Arlen Gillaspie]

That just makes them look more like most of the real ones.

[d-farrell2]

That just makes them look more like most of the real ones.

so true - but I can understand someone wanting to 'tighten the tolerances' a bit.

I actually like the couple small flaws in my new helm... it makes it feel 'real'.

[d-farrell2]

one end higher than the other as well as slightly off center

if you can, it may help to take a picture and show the issue itself.