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Sigifrith Hauknefr - SCA fighting is not a recreation of anything...
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I have a blued helm.
Use wax, oil, anything at all to keep moisture off it.
Use your preferred method religiously.
(I spray mine with silicone after I use it.)
Blued helms rocketh verily!
Go to your local fighter practice and check out the helms there for padding ideas. Hard foam next to the metal for basic shock absorption, and soft cell (egg crate) for comfort next to your head. Soft foam by itself is a ride in the "Woo woo bus" (ambulance).
This is a full-contact martial sport where twenty-year-old athletes can routinely get thrashed by fifty-year-olds with a gut and no knees
So if I go to a bowling alley and get bowling wax, I just apply it to the helm and keep applying it each time I use it? Sorry to ask a really dumb question, but what is silicone and where would I get that?
Thanks for the padding ideas. My current helm is padded with a combination of soft and hard foam. I was curious if people had a specific method they used.
Yes, I have to get back to fighter practices instead of just thinking about it.
Just goto a bicycle store and buy tri flow and spray it on or goto any auto motive zone and buy a lubricant with silicon in it ans spray it on your helmet after each practice.
Have you considered a period style cloth helm liner> They're not hard to make and there are a few places you can buy them. MUCH better than blue foam.
Martel le Hardi
black for the darkness of the path
red for a fiery passion
white for the blinding illumination
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Ursus, verily thou rocketh.
If you don't want a period liner you might want to add a layer of cloth over the soft foam or a cloth coif. More comfortable and less sweat in your eyes.
Blued helmets look great. I had a blued helmet and used to use car wax on it. Anything that provides a moisture barrier.
I've gone through a lot of padding methods over the years, and have ended up with cotton batting sewn into an old cotton pillow case. If I were making it again I'd use linen for the outside; I recommend natural fabrics for both comfort and authenticity.
Squire Scorpus wrote:I hope they are good because $100 for a set of 7 is pretty costly.
Once you go from the standard military suspension system to these things it doesn't seem like quite so much.
If you get a chance watch the video about 1/2 way down the page. In there he explains how great they are. And if someone wants a set I may be able to scrounge one up (I have 4 total I think) for not quite the $100 price tag.
The other thing that is really great is how they get attached to the helmet. You put the hook side of some sticky velcro in the helmet and the pads stick to it.
Then after a while of wearing it take the pads out, wash and repeat.
Also since there isn't a bunch of useless padding in the helm you get more airflow, which in Florida is a really nice thing.
