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thickness of spangenhelm plates

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 6:17 pm
by Archie Zietman
hello.
I have a question about the thickness of plates used to make spangenhelms in the 13th century: about how thick on average were they? And about how thick were hte raised on piece conical helms? I know the thickness varied ovetr the helm, so: what was the average thickness for the point and top of the helms, and the edge thickness?
Thanks,
Archie

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:14 am
by Alcyoneus
Are you making a replica, or something to hold up long term under SCA style fighting? The latter could be much thicker.