Superb! That will do nicely - thanks Neil.

Hehe ... Marcus and Methley Archer, thanks for your imput but not quite what I am looking for :wink: Many thanks Neil - interesting stuff! I found this viking prayer taken from the movie "The 13th Warrior" Lo, there do I see my Father.. Lo, there do I see my Mother And my Sisters and my Br...

Nice example John - many thanks

Keep em coming please

Hi folks Not very good on quotes but ... I wonder if any of you knowledgable folks here can direct me to any famous and memorable warrior chieftan battle quotes or war prayers through the ages? Are there any books out there which cover this subject possibly? The sort of thing would be say a Norse wa...

Hi Craig The kettlehat in your photograph could be termed a visorless sallet, the destinction between kettlehat and sallet can become very blurred at times. A good example of the above is the German 'eyeslot' helmet. If the brim is constructed by simply hammering down the sides of the helm basin and...

Hi Darren Just my two pence worth, from reading your description of the kit you wear, you have it just right at present for the mid 14th century - I wouldn't change a thing. 8-) If you look at the effigies of say de Creke or D'Aubernoun, they wear a full length (quite long) mail hauberk underneath t...

Very nice work Sillicus

Here is another pic of the proboscis visored cervelliere for you - numbered 4 on the page, together with another visor option for you - on helmet numbered 5 on the same page.

Regards
Stuart

Had trouble resizing the coloured image, let's see if this pic is any bigger and easier to view.

haha - I "catch your drift" :D OK, in the black and white scanned picture the type of visor I was talking about is on helmet numbered 3 - the bulbous visor with two parallel lines of 'dash' eyeslits i.e. not a continuous unbroken line but a line of small dash holes to see out through if th...

Hi Narvek

Yes, that's the visor - like a long nose shaped wedge

However, the other bulbous visor seems more likely. I will see if I can get my scanner to work and send you some pics of it.

Best Wishes
Stuart

PS. Your group look superb - Bravo Narvek!

Hi Narvek The simplest and most authentic solution I can think of, which would even leave you with so much versatility to choose a design of your choice (which could also be authenticated from numerous extant examples), would be to have a Great Helm or 'Sugarloaf' Helm built to wear over your Cervel...

Hi Wyldstallions I contacted the armourer - Alexander and asked him how the vervailles on my bascinet were attached. He said he had attached them just in the way I had guess, but the two flattened ends of the vervaille were welded inside the helmet, after being hammered over. Here is Alexander's web...

Hi Wyldstallions Congrats on constructing your own bascinet, that is way out of my league - my Klappvisor bascinet came from Alexander, a very talented Ukranian armourer. It is hard to see exactly how the tube vervailles are attached to the side of the helmet as the fitted internal hood is in the wa...

Here is a pic of my Klappvisor bascinet, a style of bascinet popular - especially with the Germans around 1360 - 1400. The helmet is fitted with a full, padded internal hood which not only cushions the wearer's head but allows the maille drape to hang correctly. The padded cotton hood is stitched in...

Hi Duster If you are looking to fix an Aventail/camail (same thing really) to an early 14th century Bascinet e.g. the fluted Cervelliere/bascinet of Sir John d'Abernon circa 1340 or Sir John d'Creke's bascinet circa 1325 - then it is thought that the maille drape was simply riveted all around the si...

Hi Optio

The braise are held up with a fitted, internal, drawstring at the waist and the (14th century) single-legged hose are tied 'pointed' to holes at each side of the braise.

Regards
Stuart Q

Many thanks Dave. Now that would be a nice easy keep-sake to replicate.

Hi folks Silly question time (I am really showing my ignorance here but). In late Medieval times what were really popular keepsakes for a wife to hand to a husband, destined to leave home for a long time on campaign or guard duty in foreign parts? An excellent example I was given a while back was a ...

Hi Shane Tomi does not have a website as such, but he does maintain a web blog in the Armour - Design and Construction section of the Armour Archive, showing off his latest 'work in progress'. Here is the link to it: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=98467 He armours under the a...

Many thanks Caveman101 and Earl Mortimer for the compliments, I am very pleased with the way they turned out - Bravo Tomi!

The price was very reasonable, £200 per helmet.

Here is the illumination of the Battle of Crecy, from the Grandes Croniques de France manuscript. My helmets follow the general lines of the one worn by the central mounted knight, but also copy the peak brimmed versions seen worn in the same illustration.

and one last pic.

and some more pics.

I thought I would share some pics of two helmets I have had made recently, in case it might be of interest here. I have been after a bascinet topped mid to late 14th century kettlehelmet for some time now, but couldn't find any on the market with a really deep, swept back, brim and pointed front pea...

I have a Cervelliere (fluted bascinet) which is a copy of Sir John d'Aubernon's helmet - circa 1340AD, so fluted definitely in evidence at that period of time on English manufactured armour.

Hi Foxe I have seen an example of a Parade type, highly ornamental Barbute helm, which was covered in a velvet clothe. This helmet was thought to have been in use around the 17th century, but 'the experts' weren't sure if the actual helmet was of much earlier manufacture (say 1480ish) and tarted-up ...

Hi Tod If you do a Google search on "the Martyrdom of St. Ursula" this is a late Medieval painting by Hans Memling, you will see a foot soldier wearing a padded Jack with Jack-chains attached to the sleeves. Also, if my memory searves me right - there is another contemporary painting of tw...

"Literacy in the classical sense meant knowing Greek and or Latin, knowing how to read and or write English another skill". I think gregory23b has 'hit the nail on the head' with the above statement. It was only with the likes of JohnTrevisa and Geoffrey Chaucer the great translators of L...

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer might be a good start?