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Sir Gerard de Rodes:
Nice Helm Sir Ulrich. I agree about hiding the ties, are you sure they aren`t meant to be replaced with rivets??
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B. Patricius:

--- Quote from: Sir Ulrich on 2013-05-20, 21:11:29 ---Thanks guys, yeah I think I might stop buying cheapie stuff now, glad I didnt get that GDFB brain bucket which honestly wouldnt look THIS good on me. Would of just ended up sold or on the shelf collecting dust due to being too heavy.

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Be careful Sir Ulrich  :D that's a slippery slope my friend.  I know plenty of people who love their GDFBs and Hanweis... ignorance can be bliss, and easier on the wallet.  I feel the same way honestly, I love going to good armorers and swordsmiths with my wants.  Rather than having a collection of sorts that sits around, I'd rather have one or two of each thing, that really works.

Sir Ulrich:
Yeah, I used to always be happy with the lower quality stuff till I saw tons of the high quality stuff IRL at Days of Knights. I handled Joe Metz's, Ed's, and Ian's Albion swords and now I am currently in the process of getting my own but the wait times a lot. I also decided I wanted a high quality Great helm thats custom fitted as the eye slits locations are important. My brother tried on my helm and the slits didn't meet up with his eyes but they do mine. I don't prefer helms with the brass oculars either because it doesn't look nearly as "intimidating" and looks like a "good guys helm" I kinda like the idea of looking "intimidating and ominous" which is partially why I like the Teutonic Order.
 
I am going to tie the laces on the inside so they don't catch on anything, just a bit worried they'll catch on the coif I am wearing but meh it probably will look better with them on the inside. I LIKE the ribbons better than leather lace though cause the red and patina finish looks cool together, makes it look rather noble looking, most of my belts are red colored too which my heraldry colors are red black white and gold. It matches that which I prefer.
I do have a question for Ed about crests, I kinda want to put one up but not permanently, not sure where to get a carving, I was thinking maybe some animal crest to put on the top or maybe even a sun similar to the one in my coat of arms. I know Ed got a dragon to put on his helm which looks quite good there honestly. I could go for an animal though, probably a wolf, bird, or horse even though there is none in my coat of arms.

Sir Edward:
Yeah, non-permanent attachment is tricky. My crest was made by someone online who made them from custom leather. I think they went out of business unfortunately. But the nice thing about it is that it's very light, and has a velcro attachment. So the velcro is "permanent" (in that the sticker velcro stays on the helm), but I can take the crest-base on and off and cover the velcro with the mantle.

I used to put my old crest on with rare-earth magnets. It sort-of worked. The crest was a little too heavy for that method, but didn't fall off or anything like that. I just had to be careful not to dislodge it when putting it in the car, and so on.

I think ideally, bolting them on is best, but it means drilling holes, which I haven't wanted to do.

Sir William:
Velcro might be a better option than the magnets...velcro won't move, magnets might.  I got my crest, mantle and torse is being made now and I think I'm going to have the whole ensemble mated via velcro.

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