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Great helms
Sir James A:
--- Quote from: The Red Knight on 2012-04-13, 17:55:43 ---Have you checked out By The Sword? They have a pretty nice selection of early Crusader helms.
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I had a less than stellar experience with them a little while ago: http://modernchivalry.org/forum/index.php/topic,1072.msg11349.html#msg11349
Sir Edward:
I hope I have a better experience. I just ordered that great helm. Fingers crossed!
Sir Wolf:
WHAT? oh you ASS hahaha jkjk hehehehehehehhee armour envy at its highest!!! ehhehehe i so wanna see it!!
Sir Ulrich:
I have had bad experiences with By the Sword when I ordered my maille rings, though a lot of their stuff looks nice. Bit pricey though, especially for the liners and whatnot in the helms.
Ian:
--- Quote from: Sir Ulrich on 2012-04-12, 19:15:27 ---This is the very design I want but it says no longer made which is a real kick to the balls: http://armourandcastings.com/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=243
All the best armor is made in europe for some reason, americans seem less picky about historical accuracy. GDFB may just be my choice, shame all the good armorers here are out of business.
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The good armorer's in the US are just very expensive and do exclusively custom work (Jeffrey Hedgecock and Jeffrey Wasson for example are some of the best and most respected in the world). There's just a much smaller market for high-end work in the US. A lot of people in the US want cheap armor and don't care about historical accuracy as much.
A Great Helm is not designed to be perfectly fit to the wearer's head, there's typically a lot of stuff in between the head and the helmet, like an arming cap, coif, and then any lining for the helmet. If you don't mind how historically accurate the padding in the helmet is, you can buy the standard sticky foam from Windrose Armory and easily custom pad up a helmet to fit perfectly to you with very little effort. The foam is cheap, easy to work with, and very protective (it's what most folks use in their SCA helms to get beat on by rattan and not get concussed).
Here's the foam:
http://www.windrosearmoury.com/zc/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=30_23&products_id=93
It's got a sticky back you just peel off and then it sticks to steal with no problem and is removable if you need to take it out or replace it.
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