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doner765

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  1. ill digitize my patterns within the next week , im busy atm
  2. my patterns didnt show the holes , i taped a sheet of paper(grid) on the side and market the holes . indeed its hard to drill now , i#ve broken 2 drills for those 11 holes... gonna be fun i suck at drilling :D
  3. the construction is made as brian r. price told me in his book i also liked to put the dome 'into' the helmet rather than 'onto' , just for the look - i thought about the blows coming 'overhand' but even if a strong sword blow dents the dome to the from plates level it shouldnt hit your head , its pretty high i had thoughts of making pattern welded steel helmets but they will alsways stay thoughts sinc ei want to use the armour and im not able to do pattern weld yet... about the weight , i read that medieval smiths ground it to give it an even surface. this would take off alot of material which then would make it abit lighter :)
  4. hey guys, i've been working on this helmet for some time now. It's my first attempt on armour construction. I created the patterns myself with a little help from the internet. Its made from 2mm mild steel ,but the top plate is thinned out due to deep dishing (i guess its about 1.5 mm now).I still have to drill a few(~97) holes, as you can see in one of the photos. If you wish i could upload the patterns for you , it will be work to digitize them since i drew them on a A3 sheet. The helm is both cold and hot worked. the plates are cut out , bend and then very easy to fit together (ha-ha). it was kind a hard to make the top plate that strong domed since i'm very inexperienced , and i think it will dent easily.. greetings from Germany , Jan
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