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Sir Brian:
If anyone is interested in making your own helm liner here are a couple of sites
that gave me a general working idea of making my own liners. The first picture is
my visored sugarloaf helm and the second picture is my great helm. I needed to
make it substantially thicker as the helm’s inner dimensions was a bit bigger than
my first helm. A great thing about this design is you can very easily remove or
add as much padding as you want before sewing it up closed. I of course cheated
by using velcro to secure the liner to the helm itself, which makes it really
convenient if you need to wash the liner.

Reference Sample one:
http://www.forth-armoury.com/photo_gallery/helm_liner/helm_liner.htm

Reference Sample two:
http://www.leader.gen.nz/medieval/liner/index.html

My Liners:



btw, what isn't pictured in the second picture is the round "pillow" I made that I
put in the center.

Sir Edward:
Excellent! That looks great, thanks for posting this.

I really do need to think about doing something like that. I've just been using foam padding taped and glued inside the helms. No one knows when I'm wearing it of course, but I'd love to have something better like this.

Sir Wolf:
very nice.  we need to get you some rivets to get rid of those dangerous bolts ;)

Sir Brian:
Very observant Sir Wolf! Actually they are anodized aluminum rivets that
I threaded to take a nut instead of permanently hammering them on.

I chose to go with that option because my chin strap is nothing more than
a leather dog collar!  :-[

I hope to get a couple of straps made at the next fair then I'll permanently
mount the chin strap in.

Good catch!
  ;)

Sir William:
Do your helms wiggle at all, Sir Brian?  Probably not...those pillows look mighty thick.  I wish you had a step by step tutorial, like how'd you do the cutouts, how you stuffed, how you sewed it, etc etc. 

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