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SirNathanQ:
Has anyone else seen this on Therionarms?
http://therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c1405.html

I quite like the looks of it, and it looks protective and solid. Also quite menacing.
Therion's website states that that specific type of visor would be worn in the late 14th/early 15th century, but I find some images in the Romance of Alexander (Much earlier, 1st half of the 14th century) that have bascinets with extremely similar visors.

My question is, would that style of visor be plausible, or correct for 1350? I am inclined to think so, as the images from the Romance show some EXTREMELY similar visors.

SirNathanQ:
Here are the images from the Romance of Alexander (which is apparently dated 1335-48)

Ian:
Here's Hal's thread on MyArmoury, not 100% on the dating but the photo at the bottom of the suspected original is a pretty badass looking helmet

http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=26515&highlight=

Sir Edward:
I'm not real big on dating helmets. I'd rather go out with women. :)

Sorry, couldn't resist. :)

Ian:

--- Quote from: Sir Edward on 2012-08-08, 02:29:26 ---I'm not real big on dating helmets. I'd rather go out with women. :)

Sorry, couldn't resist. :)

--- End quote ---

Ba-Zing!!

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