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I noticed that in the Guttman collection there was a fantastically well preserved gallic A, that owes its condition to the fact that it was tinned.
I just picked up an excellent deepeeka coolus C and I was wondering, would it be outragously wrong to tin or or silver it?
Just wandering what your opinions are.
Thanks!!
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Go to this thread and scroll down to Vortigern's post, although he does apply it to late Roman helmets:
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Actually, I was asking if it would be historically accurate to tin a coolus C, not "how too". I guess there isnt much historical evidence either way.
But thanks for the suggestion.
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Quote:Actually, I was asking if it would be historically accurate to tin a coolus C, not "how too". I guess there isnt much historical evidence either way.
You must have missed the quote, so here it is:
Quote:I know a Dutch archaeologist who claims that all Late Roman helmets were tinned, not silvered.
He says that the experts got all their tests wrong or didn't bther to test at all, just assumeing that the helmets were silvered.
He claims that when some tests on other 'silvered' equipment was carried out, it turned out that it was tinned after all. Hence his assumption that Late Roman helmets (most if not all seem to have been silvered) were really just tinned.
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Ah! thanks! I missed that! Very interesting.
But what about 300 years before that? anybody?
If i dont hear any objections, I will assume that gallic A that was tinned was a common practice.
Ill post pictures when im done.
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I haven't seen any Late Roman tinned helmet! The iron componets of late helmets were individually wrapped with gilt silver or copper embossed plates and that was all!
Of course, this won't answer your question, Sam, sorry! :?
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I am sure I have read about, or seen a cheekplate from a Coolus type helmet with tin plating.
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No doubt I'll do, Robert!
Now that nobody is listening, I must send the text of my paper for the Meijel Conference by the beginning of December and I haven't started yet... :?
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