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My first attempt at a kettle hat. Made of 12 guage aluminum with 3/16" brass rivets. The holes in it are for the liner to be attached. Oh and BIG pics here. Sorry about that I got to figure out a way to resize them.

Thanks,

Landen

er....were is the pic ? lol

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Looks like Murdocks buckler =P

Cool I like it.

I can't rate it because I have never made one of em, but that is about to change.

Hal

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Happy metal pounding

looked ok. maybe roll the edge of the brim for added strength is all I can see. Overall good job. How about a profile pic?
geneP

Naaa my buckler isn't as nice as that helm

Looks good. You might want to consider steel. If weight is a factor, 18ga steel would weigh about the same as 12ga aluminum. It would look more medieval that way.

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Doug Strong
Sir William Talbot, OL
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I may not be able to make one of those, but I can sure say that it is quite nice. Crisp clean lines, smooth finish, and minimal, maybe no hammer marks. The only un-finished thing would be the brim. I would roll the edge under if I were you, just to give it a finished look and more strength.

Nice. You'll have a great little dress helm there. Perfect for guard duty and such.
Well done.

I bought a sheet of aluminum (4 by 10) for $19 and figured i would try to make a kettle helm. My first one so i used the scrap aluminum. I'm pretty sure it's 14 gauge after looking at it again. It's really light maybe 2 pounds. It's just covered with primer right now. I plan on painting it somehow. Maybe checked... i dunno.

In the pics you can see that the paint has started to peel off. That really infurates the hell out of me [img]http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/mad.gif[/img]. Because now i gotta go back and strip all of that off of the helm. I was wondering what do you use to prime the surface of aluminum? Auto body primer didn't do the job. Any special brands or kind?

Thanks,

Landen

I just use plain ol' primer. Any kind. Before I prime it, however, you have to clean the surface really well. For that, I use brake cleaner. It's essentially alcohol, but with some additives. It dries really fast, so you don't have to wait a long time. Just spray it on, wait a minute, wipe it down with a clean rag, then shoot your primer. I do a couple coats of primer, sanding in between coats (you don't have to, I just prefer to anyways) and wipe it down after sanding. You don't want that dust under your paint. After the 2nd coat of primer, I sand it lightly with 320, wipe it down (this is called tacking) and shoot the paint. I do about 2 coats of spray paint, and 3 if you use the brush on kind.

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it looks rather flat...is it supposed to be like that???

Every image or repro I have seen had the brim with more of a conical shape, sloping down from the bowl...

Other than that its got nice lines.

A profile shot would be good i guess. It isn't totally flat. The brim is pitched down in front and back and about level on the sides. I have seen some that seem to flow downwards at all angles but I didn't really care for that style. So i went with a sort of hybrid style that is in TOMAR.

Now i don't know about the periodocity (is that a word?) I was just trying to stretch my abilities.

James C,

Very nice work, especially the cap. The cap has a great shape and a nice finish.
I would say the brim is to flat, but if you like its design that's all that matters.

Funny I just finished a Kettle helm too, and was going to post for some feed back.

John

looks koo, keep it up.

i think i wanna try to make me one of those when i finally get my tools.