06-20-2006, 12:13 PM
Have you also considered non-combat damage?
When the owner puts down the helmet anywhere he is probably going to fold cheek pieces in. As a right handed person putting down the helmet, its point of contact will probably be the right hand side. Therefore this side will receive more stress than the other side & perhaps may be the first side to drop off.
Not all of the helmets found were lost on the demise of the owner in combat. Some are just plain lost into rivers ( "now where did I put my lid? oops! not again!").
Or as the previous said... just that bound to find one side more than another - just the luck of the draw which one.
Hilary
When the owner puts down the helmet anywhere he is probably going to fold cheek pieces in. As a right handed person putting down the helmet, its point of contact will probably be the right hand side. Therefore this side will receive more stress than the other side & perhaps may be the first side to drop off.
Not all of the helmets found were lost on the demise of the owner in combat. Some are just plain lost into rivers ( "now where did I put my lid? oops! not again!").
Or as the previous said... just that bound to find one side more than another - just the luck of the draw which one.
Hilary
