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Ian:
Scott, I just noticed something...

I may be seeing this wrong, but it looks like you're taking the padding all the way up to the verveilles on the outside of the helmet.  Just be careful because that will push the maille out and could interfere with the closing of your visor.  Make sure you test fit with the visor if that's what you're doing.  On my padding it protects my face, but around the sides the padding goes on the inside of the helmet so that up at the verveilles there's only maille.

Sir Rodney:

--- Quote from: Ian on 2014-03-23, 19:32:05 ---Scott, I just noticed something...

I may be seeing this wrong, but it looks like you're taking the padding all the way up to the verveilles on the outside of the helmet.  Just be careful because that will push the maille out and could interfere with the closing of your visor.  Make sure you test fit with the visor if that's what you're doing.  On my padding it protects my face, but around the sides the padding goes on the inside of the helmet so that up at the verveilles there's only maille.

--- End quote ---

Ian, you’re absolutely correct.  I plan to stop the padding about 1 inch short of the verveilles so as to not interfere with the leather aventail support band which mounts over the fabric aventail.  You made a good point that the visor will have to be included in test fits from this point forward.  I will be padding all the way up to the “valley” between the chin and lower lip up front.

The excess fabric from the inner shell peeking from behind the outer shell will get trimmed.  I’m just not sure yet if I can fit two layers of fabric over the verveilles AND the leather aventail band.  I might have to trim the inner shell back considerably and sew it to the outer shell at the same level as the bottom edge of the bascinet.  Time (and test fits) will tell.

Sir Rodney:
Good news, two layers of fabric will fit over the vervelles and allow for the leather aventail band to fit as well!

The inner shell excess fabric was trimmed to match the outer shell outline exactly and yet another test fit ensured all is well.

Now, on to the padding…

Sir Edward:

Looking good!

Aiden of Oreland:
Awesome! Can't wait to see the end result!

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