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#31
06-08-2008, 04:36 PM
Maybe.
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#32
06-17-2008, 09:03 PM
I'm going to buy it on saturday. I'll post pics.
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#33
06-18-2008, 07:51 AM
Here is a roman copy of a greek original bust of Pythagoras. Although from Samos not Crete the turban/headscarf was not unknown in the classical world:
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#34
06-18-2008, 08:16 AM
Kineas wrote:
Quote:Word to the wise.

I used to spend a great deal of time wearing helmets. It is good to have your liner be removable for washing.

....and in support of this, here is a reference showing that Hoplites did just that. .... the famous 'Achilles binding the wounds of Patroclus' by the Sosias painter c. 500 BC

Note Patrroclus has removed his helmet, displaying a separate arming cap, clearly padded ( note the stitching to hold the padding in place) and probably of felt or linen - Deepeeka supply very similar arming caps with their Corinthian helmets...
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#35
06-18-2008, 12:00 PM
And I'm quilting one right now!

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#36
06-18-2008, 11:51 PM
Hey Dan, be sure to post some pics if you get a full kit.
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#37
06-19-2008, 09:36 PM
That looks like the lining for a Samurai Kabuto. They are pretty simple to make. Get a sircular piece of cloth and start stitching a close spiral into it. As the stitches get closer to the center, the cloth will "dish" in shape into a conical padding cap.

Quote:....and in support of this, here is a reference showing that Hoplites did just that. .... the famous 'Achilles binding the wounds of Patroclus' by the Sosias painter c. 500 BC...
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#38
06-19-2008, 09:59 PM
Exactly!

Or at least, that's what I'm doing. Photos to follow...but only if it works....
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#39
06-19-2008, 11:22 PM
My pilos is felt in the inside. In the outside I interpreted the Patroclus vase as indication of woven cap. Perhaps wrong,but who knows! In fact i put my grandmother make the outer cap,with thick weave,she started from the top and started weaving in spiral addings weaves in every circle til she reached the circumference I had given her. I originally thought that this cap alone would be ok but when I received the helmet I realized i needed more padding so i added very thick felt round cap in the inside. Now the whole cap is about two cm thick or a bit less. It's very comfortable when i wear the helmet.
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#40
06-20-2008, 08:16 AM
If you do search for "Cretan head band" in Google images and will find good depictions of the headband made of various sized /material.

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#41
06-23-2008, 10:19 PM
Ok thanks.
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