Helmets

Great Helm, 1310-1320

​Ear to Ear Distance: 21.5 cm
Depth: 27 cm
Height: 32.5 cm
Weight: 3.25 Kg
Material: Mild Steel
Thickness: 1.5/1.8/2 mm

Bascinet, 1360-1390

​​Weight: 3.75 Kg
Ear to Ear Distance: 17.5 cm
Material: Mild Steel
​Thickness: 3 mm (Skull), 2 mm (Visor)
Technique: forging, punching, filing, chiseling
Both skull and visor are forged from a single plate of steel, only using a coal forge. Every edge has been chiseled and filed by hand. Every hole has been punched and filed by hand. The vervelles have been forged and filed by hand, but the holes has been drilled. The surface of the skull has been filed by hand.

Bascinet, 1340-1360

 Weight: 1.65 Kg
​Material: Mild Steel
​Thickness: around 2.4mm on the skull, 1mm at the edges
​Technique: forging, punching, grinding, filing, chiseling
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A small bascinet designed to fit under a great helm.
​The skull has been forged from a sinlge piece of steel. The helm has been grinded using two different water grindstones. This was done to achieve an historical finish, or at least my interpretation of it.