I know of no historical reference for such a thing. It is done in SCA context to keep the visor shut. For some reason modern marshals seem to care about that. It appears that the medieval guys didn't have that concern. Wade ******************************************************************8 Wade - ...

Hello all - Does anybody know if it is historically accurate to have leather tie-back straps on the visor of a bascinet? Specifically, leather straps that were attached to the bottom corners of the visor itself that, when the visor was lowered into the down position, the straps were then wrapped aro...