Depeeka Greek helmet

[Matthew Amt]

Here there is a modified deepeeka into a chalkidean that looks nice.

http://www.hetairoi.de/Images/Offers/Heuneburg6.JPG

Presumably the one at the right end of the line? Very clever, I like it!

I still think that the Deepeeka "Italo-Corinthian" (it isn't "Italo" at all, of course...) is still about the best mass-produced Corinthian available. Yes, the cheekpieces are kind of long, but it shouldn't be too hard to trim them. Then either make a new edge to more or less match the rest, or hammer out or trim off the edge elsewhere. The ear cut-outs are correct for a late Corinthian (Persian War era), but if you don't like them and can get someone to braze a patch over them, go for it! A little filing on the nasal and it will be pointier.

There are other companies trying to copy that helmet, always adding their own mistakes (while faithfully copying Deepeeka's mistakes!). Beware of the ones that have the ridge around the eyes running straight across the top of the nasal! Remember that the nasal is a NASAL, and it doesn't need to extend down any farther than the end of your nose. In this case it probably looks short because the cheekpieces are so long.

Hadn't seen those ones on the Ancient Replicas page before. They look a lot like the Corinthians that Albion used to sell, made in India by International Steelcrafts. On those ones, the edging was added-on, like on a Roman helmet. (Correct for Romans, wrong for Greeks!) Still looks like the cheekpieces are all too long. Nice crests! They all say "Out of Stock", though...

SOME day some Indian company will nail down the details, and offer a better Corinthian in bronze or at least red brass instead of yellow brass. Would be nice to see a nice cheap pilos helmet, too--you'd think that would be easy... Love to see a REAL *early* Corinthian, too, one of the really plain "bullet head" ones.

Khaire!

Matthew