The Armour Archive

I am looking to commission a fencing helm of some later-period design, preferably out of 18-20 gage stainless.

If you're interested, please respond with a ballpark price and pictures of your past work (if available).

Thanks,
Adam

Adamo:

The stainless steel fencing close helms that are in stock at Illusion Armoring for $485 (and at 16ga are actually sufficient gauge to use as heavy fighting helms with an interchangeable visor) are simply awesome (and have an integral gorget).

Can't recommend them enough.

Hope that proves of some use.

Max Von Halstern

What is the face screen made from?

I picked some nice heavy duty wire cloth from Plasma Mans dumpster the other day.

Looks like this:


Is this what you use?
I can say this; it is a lot heaver than my old fencing mask from years ago.

Hal

You could always pick something up from Museum Replicas.

http://www.museumreplicas.com/c-33-helmets.aspx

The gauge should be about right. Then you could have perf plate added to the appropriate locations to make it safe for fencing.

http://tinyurl.com/d7mj89

OF COURSE, if you do go w/ MR. You should totally go w/ the Iron Man mark 2. That would be totally b@d@$$!

http://tinyurl.com/c5zlsq

Waht? It's a later period design.

Max,
That is largely what I was looking for...though I'm somewhat wary of ordering from Illusion.

Halberds,
The perf material can not have any larger than 1/8" holes, with a 3/16" offset between them, and has to pass the "12 kg test." Or something like that. It's on the Society rules of the list for fencing.

"The face must be covered by either 12 kilogram mesh (e.g, a standard fencing mask) or perforated metal. Such metal must not have holes larger than 1/8" (3 mm) in diameter, with a minimum offset of 3/16" (5 mm) and shall also meet the definition of rigid material."

"Rigid Material: puncture-resistant material that will not significantly flex, spread apart, or
deform under pressure of 12 Kg applied by a standard mask tester, repeatedly to any single
point. Examples of rigid material are:
• 22 gauge stainless steel (0.8 mm)
• 20 gauge mild steel (1.0 mm)
• 16 gauge aluminum, copper, or brass (1.6 mm)
• one layer of hardened heavy leather (8 ounce, 4 mm)"

Galvyn,
I had considered doing just that (sans the Iron Man helmet. This would be a surprise birthday present for my father, and I think of myself as more of a Tony Stark figure than he is...), but I wasn't happy with any of the helms offered by that site.

Adam

Here is a helm I did for an AA member out of Canda

Jackie

Wow Jackie!

I just watched the second Elizabeth movie last night, that helmet ROCKS!

We do fencing helms as well.

Here are a few examples, although we will do a custom job as well.

I have a few of thee in stock- http://store.fastcommerce.com/icefalcon ... b6418.html

Here is another example of what we can do for you -

http://store.fastcommerce.com/icefalcon ... 313a3.html

Cheers!

Duke Icefalcon wrote:I have a few of thee in stock- http://store.fastcommerce.com/icefalcon ... b6418.html

Your Grace, smile when you take pictures of your work. We can see your grumpy armorer face reflected on the helmet.

this site appears to have well received fencing helms /masks

http://www.thatguysproducts.com/the_list.html

he appears to have a long list, but I'm 3rd in line and will not be getting one from him, maybe you could swipe the slot

Duke Icefalcon wrote:We do fencing helms as well.

Here are a few examples, although we will do a custom job as well.

I have a few of thee in stock- http://store.fastcommerce.com/icefalcon ... b6418.html

Here is another example of what we can do for you -

http://store.fastcommerce.com/icefalcon ... 313a3.html

Cheers!

Wow, I may need to start fencing, just to get to wear a cool Elizabethan helmet like these!

Rowan

mattmaus wrote:

Duke Icefalcon wrote:I have a few of thee in stock- http://store.fastcommerce.com/icefalcon ... b6418.html

Your Grace, smile when you take pictures of your work. We can see your grumpy armorer face reflected on the helmet.

Hahaha. I look like some kind of pig-mtant in that photo.