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Crusader helms

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ok my google Fu is failing me and i cant find accurate helms or even Sca helms

any chance you guys could shoot me some links or even post pics of your helms ty in advance
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Jr wrote:ok my google Fu is failing me and i cant find accurate helms or even Sca helms

any chance you guys could shoot me some links or even post pics of your helms ty in advance


Dat's because there is no such nomenclature as crusader helm.

Crusaders wore a number of different kinds of helms, depending on where and when you are talking about.

Levantine Crusades:

First - Third Crusade: mostly conicals with nasals or steel caps of various sorts.

Fourth - Ninth Crusade: You start seeing early forms of the Great Helm, as the nasal becomes a face plate, around the time of the Fourth Crusade (1202-1204). Conicals are still around but the round topped nasal helm is coming into vogue. By the end of cursading in the Levant the Great Helm is pretty well developed.

Then there are the Northern Crusades in Gernamny and the Baltic regions in the 13th century, crusades against the Tatars, also in the 13th cent, Crusades in the Balkans beginning in the late 14th century, the Aragonese crusade in the late 13th cent, the Alexandrian crusade in 1365, the Hussite Crusade from 1429-1434 and the Swedish Crusades in the 12th and 13th centuries.

So, you see that given how many centuries the crusading effort is continued, there is no such thing as a crusader helmet.

Perhaps you mean a topfhelm or saltshaker greathelm? If you could give an idea of where and when you want to be from we could narrow down your choices.
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i like this helm and is it hard to make?
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Ah. Good choice. Very handsome helm. It is a flat top great helm or topfhelm, seen in 13th century.

It's not hard to make if you know what you are doing, as Adam Berry obviously does. He made Thaddeus' helm.

He's on here as White Mountain Armoury and he is making helms again, so give him a jingle.
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Topfhelm (Crusader) Helmet Kit from Zweihammer Armoury

Not hard to put together with a few tools. I highly recomend the option to have the top pre-made.

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Christophe de Frisselle wrote:Topfhelm (Crusader) Helmet Kit from Zweihammer Armoury

Not hard to put together with a few tools. I highly recomend the option to have the top pre-made.

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Oh, yeah, good call, Christophe. Totally forgot about that.
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Thaddeus made his own helm with some pieces from a kit from Zweihammer Armoury and some pieces of hiw own construction.
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white mountain armoury wrote:Thaddeus made his own helm with some pieces from a kit from Zweihammer Armoury and some pieces of hiw own construction.

Yawp.

And mine is not nearly as pretty as Adam's.
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We have some in 12 guage stainless in stock.

I will knock $100 off the price for the first 3 people to order.

http://store.fastcommerce.com/icefalcon ... 54252.html

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Heres my crusader helm being built currently by jackie from shamrock armoury. Just waiting on a aventail to show up and itll be done :D

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Mine in progress. Spent last weekend polishing the sucker getting ready to put the whole thing together.

Putting it together in Seamus of Airendale's shop in NJ on the weekends. The top was done by Master Cet.
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that is really pretty brother symon
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Thats my little brother in my old helm. it was a sweet helm, just too light gauge for regular use.
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lol man now all i need is a pattern lol
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You can find several helmets of that type in this thread: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=73637

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My new one.

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My Crusader harness. It is a work in progress still, helm by Adam Berry of White Mountain Armory, the #1 place and pinnacle for this time periods helm.
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Luther Anshelm has done some really nice crusader helms in the past:

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http://www.anshelmarms.com/helmets.html
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Reverend wrote:Luther Anshelm has done some really nice crusader helms in the past:

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http://www.anshelmarms.com/helmets.html


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The ultimate of this kind of helm.

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Wow...who made that one???
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The last one is by Ugo.
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Thaddeus -- are you sure? I was thinking it's Chris Gilman..
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It's a Ugo.

But I can see where you might think it was a Chris Gilman. They both do work of a similar quality.
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man that last one just made me drool a little =]
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:shock: oops, sorry Ugo!!
It was the decoration that mislead me, specifically, it reminded me of the way Chris did the trim <a href="http://globaleffects.com/B_pages/03_ArmsArmor/Period/Vendel_A_01_hi.jpg">on his vendel</a>. Ugo usually prefers to let the steel do the talking. Though obviously he makes occasional exceptions!
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Well technically Ugo and Vrin.
Here is the thread with more Ugolishessnes...
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