05-18-2011, 12:11 PM
I don't have any answers either. 
Maybe the holes in the Corinthinas are to pull the cheek plates closed at the bottom. Maybe.
Maybe if you pad the cheek plates on the Illyrian very well, you can pull the two plates together to help hold the helmet on to the face. But it seems a poor way of holding on a helmet.
It seems rather strange that we don't know how such a basic thing was done.
Maybe the holes in the Corinthinas are to pull the cheek plates closed at the bottom. Maybe.
Maybe if you pad the cheek plates on the Illyrian very well, you can pull the two plates together to help hold the helmet on to the face. But it seems a poor way of holding on a helmet.
It seems rather strange that we don't know how such a basic thing was done.
John Conyard
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