old-new helmet!

Ugo · Post by **Ugo** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:27 pm

Hi guys,
This is one I did a while ago. Finally got the last payment so it's goingto its new home.
I'm just going to put some red picadils, & send it out.

The helm locks onto the collar like the sallet I did a while ago and is the same neck-size as the sallet. The two clients are friends, so I made them this way so they can "steal" the helmets from each other.

I'll post more pics if there's any interest. I can't seem to post them at the moment.

I hope you like these!

HammerHand · Post by **HammerHand** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:39 pm

Ugo- That..... is..... friggin....AAAWWWWEEESOOMME!!!! Fantastic creation, my friend.

Alcyoneus · Post by **Alcyoneus** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:41 pm

Ugo wrote:I'll post more pics if there's any interest.

Uh, okay, I guess that would be alright.

What's taking you so long?

That is ingenious, Ugo! I like the modification to the historical design for safety purposes! Inside pics? Both helms?

Zweihammer · Post by **Zweihammer** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:43 pm

bastich!

Ugo · Post by **Ugo** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:53 pm

Back and side o' helm...

Ugo · Post by **Ugo** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:56 pm

plume holder

saign · Post by **saign** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:15 pm

nice, did you raise that in on peice or weld the comb?Inside pics?

Hew · Post by **Hew** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:21 am

Ooh. Ahh.
Verrah nice.

For rapier, is it? How is the seam at the top of the perf mask done? Welded?
No possibility of slipping a thin blade between it and the visor?

Ugo · Post by **Ugo** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:44 pm

Thank yooz...each and every one....

The helm was welded and then raised (yeah, I cheated)
I'll get inside pics soon,(why inside pics though?)

The fit & finish on the face plate is really tight, we tested it out, no problem... the Kennedy mystery-bullet has more of a chance getting in!!!!

I've got a few other helmets I want to post and a gun I did for a Firefly/Serenity fan. But I don't want to over do it and become ...over...bearing...

Know what I mean?

Zweihammer...I luv you and technically...yes I am a bastich!

saign · Post by **saign** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:48 pm

just wondering, the outside looks great, the inside tells a story

Ugo · Post by **Ugo** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:52 pm

Ahhhhh sshessss... I'll get you some, but I did most of the work from the outside. ( that's why I assked

)

Konstantin the Red · Post by **Konstantin the Red** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:32 am

Oh, man... that looks like about a thousand Euros' worth of hat.

Now we know where the bar is set, gentlemen and ladies.

jmercier · Post by **jmercier** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:47 am

Welding and then raising isnt cheating! A lot of helms were made with a forge welded cone and then raised from that!

Johann ColdIron · Post by **Johann ColdIron** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:09 am

Ugo wrote:plume holder

Nice!

Did you do the detail work (roping, faceting) after it was turned into a cone?

The first one I did was a real fight cause I rolled the edge before making the cone.

Done on mandrel?

Mike England · Post by **Mike England** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:18 am

Gorgeous, If I ever get back into fencing I have to get a helm like that.

Actually I need a couple plume holders right now any chance you feel like making 2 more of those?

lorenzo2 · Post by **lorenzo2** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:14 am

Lovely fluting and ropping on that helm. Can you show a detail of how the face cover attaches?

Forkbeard · Post by **Forkbeard** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:18 am

You have an obscene gift, and I mean that in the most superhero-like way.

Wow.

Ulfr

Niall MÃƒÂ³r · Post by **Niall MÃƒÂ³r** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:17 pm

What are the specs on this? (Steel thickness etc.) Is this for heavy or fencing?

Either way, this is incredibly gorgeous. It makes the rest of us ameteurs who try to make leather and metal into something functional look bad.

Anders Helseth · Post by **Anders Helseth** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:45 am

That is super-sweet Ugo, your skills are really an inspiration.

That being said, I saw your "stick figure", and I hear it kicked your ass hee hee hee hee......

You blamed the lack of direct supervision, right?

AB Hammer · Post by **AB Hammer** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:20 am

2 Thumbs up

VRIN · Post by **VRIN** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:43 pm

Correct me if I am wrong here Ugo.

Niall MÃƒÂ³r: its made of 16 ga welded and raised steel made for sca regs. fencing. The pics are not doing the beautiful subtle chisel lines on the dome flutes justice. The clasp mechanisim is awsome it opens and closes like a machine, the fencing visor pops in too easy and locks on with keyhole slots and pins.

I will be sorry to see this one leave your place Ugo.

In the words of The Dude "it really pulled the whole room together"

Ugo · Post by **Ugo** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 1:12 am

Hi gents, and thanks as always for the kindness.

I've been busy getting Vrin's goodies ready for his Laurel ceremony. So I'll be busy for a couple o' weeks creating leathery goodness.

Yes, the helm is 16ga, gorget is a combination of 18-16ga. Made for a fencer, but mostly for use at the ren-faire and with the DHF (Zee Germanz).

And for the Plume holder, mostly done by file. The "roll" is an illusion done by giving the top of the cone a little bit of a curve like the beginning of a roll and then doing the rest with a jeweller's file.

G'night!

Estaban · Post by **Estaban** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:29 pm

Just 'cuz today seems to be resurrect old Ugo works day... I want one of these.

chef de chambre · Post by **chef de chambre** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:04 pm

Great Job agin Ugo. I was off-Archive when this was new. You really made a sweet close burgonet here.

Halberds · Post by **Halberds** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:04 pm

Thank you for the pics.
Very well done.
Yes the bar is raised once again.

You will find me down at the creek with my pick up truck off-loading.

Hal

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