Helmet I forged copied from the original on display in the museum in Victoria ,Australia. Bullet dents and all !

how cool ! i like all those stories thanks for posting!

Nice job.... are the bullet dents "real"? :lol:

Aww man no way!! Brian that's so cool, coolest thing I have seen anyone make by far in awhile!

Nice work on the helmet. Did you go all authentic, and use a bush forge to heat the mouldboards up before bending them over a stringybark log? Just spent a good amount of time on Wiki reading up on ol Ned. Interesting, and I will have to read his letter when I have more time.

As for the bullet dents, I would say they are not real since the Aussie Gov't is still imposing it's rule over the subjects Your still just a bunch of scallywags who cannot be trusted The pictures of all of the collected firearms heaped into piles, and headed for the smelter a few years ago made me more determined to make sure that doesn't happen here.

HMMM bullet dents in a armor type helmut. Guess they didn't have AP rounds back then.
Ken

If youse sweet talk Strine enough maybe he'll post pictures of the Kelly armour he made after getting to measure 1 of the original's in the Old Melbourne goal

Dale Russell

I'd guess that folks didn't commonly run around with AP rounds on them---just like today!

Is that helmet so you can survive the Rugby matches as a spectator?

I remember years and years ago seeing a movie about that and Mick Jagger played the part of Ned Kelly

Mike

Nice one.

I also made a helmet as an apprentice, however turned it into a letterbox.
The back opens, and you put the mail through the slit.

Really expected some local kids to try to work it over with big bungers...but really
... 8mm steel isnt going to budge.

Sure is the nicest looking replica i've seen yet, well done brian.
I wouldn't mind some dimensions myself for accurate replicas; a friend wanted a suit to demonstrate the horse mounting possibilities. The events were over 120 years ago, but contraversies still rage on.

Here is a plough out the front of Benalla Museum, reputedly belonged to a Kelly family member.

enjoy,
AndrewOC

I hope this works, here is a picture of the whole suit of armour or at least what's left of it... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ned_kelly_armour_library.JPG
The whole article on Wikipedia is very interesting too.

Hi,
I really like seeing the various copies of Neds armour. Here are some images of a set I made several years ago. All from 6mm mild. The most amazing thing I find about these armours is one has been analized to be mild steel, only 15 years or so after bessemer converters were made and they are using them for ploughs in the back blocks of OZ.
Andrew OC I dont think these were made for use on horse back. As they weighed between 87-125 lbs depending on the armour IIRC. I believe that they were carried to Glenrowan then used when they became surrounded. I would also hate to ride with any of the helms at all due to having NO fixings/chin straps and only using teacosy liners as padding. I would also say they wouldn't have used these for riding as Ned and one other armour had a fauld/lower plate below the breastplate.


Andrew

The helmet and breast plates look pretty cool. You should suit up and give them a try. Nice job!

I have ridden a lot in armour and made this set of armour for use in re-enacted acted demonstrations. The helmet gave several issues trying to get it to stay on heads without causing big neck issues.
Andrew