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OK so I want a bascinet with a visor - the only issue is I have always used great helms or sallets for the reason I have only one eye - the two eye holes of the bascinet limit my vision (great helm and sallet can be made quite easily with a single ocular opening). Is there any style of bascinet visor that would work with a single ocular? For a great helm I have worked out that the best opening is a single ocular that extends through the center and stops where normally a second eye hole would start. I kind of want the same style but in a bascinet... This is for theatrical jousting and not SCA combat.


Any thoughts? I am thinking a round face klappvisor similar to this one - extending the ocular to where the second one would start and have no breaths/ocular on the left side at all.

http://steel-mastery.com/en/plate-armou ... klappvisor

Italian and just a bit later..

Xtracted wrote:Italian and just a bit later..

I can't read the footnotes on that helm - more details? When is it from? I like it...
Reminds me a bit of the Jolly Knight "Griffon Bascinet"
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some other options:

Thanks Tom! What is that style of visor called an is anyone making one in stainless?

The griffon bascinet is not accurate in that the helmet and the visor are not considered to be a correct pair. The visor is late 14th century but the helmet is a barbute and most armor scholars don't believe they belong together. Just an fyi.

Depending on exactly what your goals are here are a couple of guys who probably could help you out.

#1. Pavel Gourkaloff (AKA Barbanegra here in the archive) can make you a nice hat
Here is his Facebook Page
Facebook page for Kretchett Armoury where he works
AA thread with some of his work

#2. Piotr Feret can make you a very nice high end living history grade hat
Piotr's Facebook Page
Flickr Albums of his work
His Webpage