(broken record) my first helm

fredwinuhttp://forums.arm · Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:50 am

made this in april, tell me what you think, theres a bever to but i aint got a clear pic... :roll:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/ ... C02764.jpg

if your wandering, the fabric was put out so i could take fancy pics for my dad ( as i was 15 when i made it, he wanted it for the album, you know how it is) but i coulndt be bothered to turn it plus the light was dodgy...
i blued the helm to give it an authentic finnish, mind you i did polish first :lol:

as i do re-enacment and we like to be AUTHENTIC... tell me what you think. its either a german or venician jaw bone sallet....

adamstjohn · Post by **adamstjohn** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:58 am

Looks spiffy.

Halberds · Post by **Halberds** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:34 pm

Yes that is very nice, it has the right shape too.
Welcome to the forum and thanks for sharing with us.

You sure you were only 15 when you made that? :wink:

Hal

Thomas H · Post by **Thomas H** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:07 pm

Very nice, lovely shape to it. Whereabouts in the north west are you?

fredwinuhttp://forums.arm · Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:49 am

i was only 15, but im 16 now and made some more stuff...

im based on the wirral other side of the mersy from liverpool...

thanks for your feedback guys....

patric · Post by **patric** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 11:05 am

nice helm! is it one piece? two? four?

and hey, hal, its possible that someone whos 15 or 16 has been making armour for four or five years. i am and i have. i dont think age has so much to do with it as experiance. although a "kid" might actually be at an advantage because of his youthfull imagination. keep in mind that einstein came up with that whole relitivity deal when he was 19.

anyway... that IS an awesome helm, id love to see some more pictures.

-patric

oh, and welcome to the archives!!

T. Finkas · Post by **T. Finkas** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 11:43 am

Very nice lines!

MJBlazek · Post by **MJBlazek** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:13 pm

I am with Hal, on the amazement of his age, I do not know many 15 year olds with the determination or focus to male something like that!

Congrats and heres to a long and prosporous armoring career to you!

patric · Post by **patric** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 1:33 pm

im not saying that the determination it takes to make a helm like that isnt amazing, im just saying that, crap, i forgot what i was saying.... its a really nice helm though....

ill think of it...

patric

GodfreyofGyldenholt · Post by **GodfreyofGyldenholt** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:48 am

inspired is not a complex enough word to express what im feeling. DANG! im 17 and have been playing around with armour since i was 16. This sunday is my first lesson in steel so im excited. hopefully one of these days ill be half as good as you. post more work plz!

Thomas H · Post by **Thomas H** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:55 am

Which re-enactment group are you with?

fredwinuhttp://forums.arm · Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:19 am

thanks for all the positive feedback guys, its made out of two pieces with a one piece visor.
and im with the sir john john savile household part of the war of the roses federation.

cheers, just this weekend, at bosworth, i got a couple of commissions, making some jack chains for one guy, a plackard for another, two possible plackards and some possible plate arms, possible meaning definatly but when they have the time and money lol. see u lot arround