i currently have a 15c sallet, and bevor. But i find bevors not that comftorible, and what i would like to do is attach a bargrill to the sides of the helmet that meet in the front, then the visor would come down and overlay the top of the grill.
the grill would provide much more breathing, much more vision, and agility. What kind of metal of thickness should the grill be? the sallet is 12 guage mild.
only thing is i dont wanna ruin my helmet lol
any tips?
legalizing a sallet for sca combat?
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I suppose you already know somebody who is going to weld the bargrill. (Since you didn't mention it.)
3/16 to 1/4" round or square stock. It shall be attached to your sallet.
The usual SCA-Engineered bevor pivots on pivot rivets on the sallet skull at either side of the sallet. Is this your setup? This approach gave not only integrity under a hit but also allowed some head-turn. Bevors can be a little tricky as they really aren't designed to let you turn your head much, and they often compensated for this by having a loose fit to the jaw and lower face so you could rattle back and forth a little inside and then not being particularly bolted down at the gorget plate allowed a little more turning between gorget and breastplate. The generous enclosure allowed pretty good breathing without use of breath holes. It doesn't give the sort of free head turn you can get from the bascinets, barbutes, barrels and spangens that are so prevalent among the SCA. Sounds like you shelled out rather a lot for a helmet you're having trouble working with. Is there any plate for the back of your neck, independent of the sallet's tail?
German sallet or Italian celata? May make some difference in the style of the grill in the visible parts. I remember an SCA German articulated tail sallet with an articulated bevor partly of plate with vertical grill at the chin region -- it looked a trifle Vaderish. Structurally, your conversion job is going to be a lot like the SCA-mods to a kettlehelm, so search "SCA kettlehelm" on the site for pointers from that end of the topic: you'll see the general method has been to build a sort of "head cage" down from the kettlehat's skull, which is then variously disguised with hoods or mail drape.
3/16 to 1/4" round or square stock. It shall be attached to your sallet.
The usual SCA-Engineered bevor pivots on pivot rivets on the sallet skull at either side of the sallet. Is this your setup? This approach gave not only integrity under a hit but also allowed some head-turn. Bevors can be a little tricky as they really aren't designed to let you turn your head much, and they often compensated for this by having a loose fit to the jaw and lower face so you could rattle back and forth a little inside and then not being particularly bolted down at the gorget plate allowed a little more turning between gorget and breastplate. The generous enclosure allowed pretty good breathing without use of breath holes. It doesn't give the sort of free head turn you can get from the bascinets, barbutes, barrels and spangens that are so prevalent among the SCA. Sounds like you shelled out rather a lot for a helmet you're having trouble working with. Is there any plate for the back of your neck, independent of the sallet's tail?
German sallet or Italian celata? May make some difference in the style of the grill in the visible parts. I remember an SCA German articulated tail sallet with an articulated bevor partly of plate with vertical grill at the chin region -- it looked a trifle Vaderish. Structurally, your conversion job is going to be a lot like the SCA-mods to a kettlehelm, so search "SCA kettlehelm" on the site for pointers from that end of the topic: you'll see the general method has been to build a sort of "head cage" down from the kettlehat's skull, which is then variously disguised with hoods or mail drape.
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