05-20-2014, 09:04 AM
Here is an interesting aspect about helmets and face masks where I was asked to reproduce this one for the Trimontium Trust.
I had the great pleasure of being able to handle the original in Edinburg museum and what I found that this helmet is ultra light weight, and between the two heads of the cupids there is a tiny crack that reveals the bowl is only about 5 thousands of an inch thick in its upper area that I have marked.
This is due to the fact the bowl was beaten out and the peek and neck guard are about 0.6 to 0.9 mm then the bowl thins out very much in its centre area.
The only way that a mask could be worn would be with this type of helmet and not very much use in battle I would think.
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I had the great pleasure of being able to handle the original in Edinburg museum and what I found that this helmet is ultra light weight, and between the two heads of the cupids there is a tiny crack that reveals the bowl is only about 5 thousands of an inch thick in its upper area that I have marked.
This is due to the fact the bowl was beaten out and the peek and neck guard are about 0.6 to 0.9 mm then the bowl thins out very much in its centre area.
The only way that a mask could be worn would be with this type of helmet and not very much use in battle I would think.
[attachment=9936]Edinburg-061120171.jpg[/attachment]
Brian Stobbs
