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Topic: Your opinion about a visored bascinet

jboerner
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Member # 996

posted 03-28-2006 05:37 AM

I'm interested in your opinion about this visored bascinet. It is based on a bascinet with detachable visor located in the swiss, dated about 1370.
There are several differences to the original, so it is no exact copy, but the price is somehow unbeatable. I guess I'## not buy it, but I'm interested in everybodys opinion:

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Diu Minnezīt
Reconstruction of textiles, armour and daily life
1250,1350,1475
Nuremberg and Paris
http://www.diu-minnezit.de

IG Meisterhauw
Reconstruction of late medieval and early renaissance fencing techniques
http://www.meisterhauw.de

Nuremberg in the middle ages
http://www.nuernberg-im-mittelalter.de

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lionsquire
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Member # 629

posted 03-28-2006 04:39 PM

Well, a few questions first: What do you plan to do with it (for show, fighting (with what?), jousting (again with what?), or something else), what are your requirements for authenticiy, who made/makes it, how do they make it (and with what?), and finally how much does it cost?

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jboerner
Member
Member # 996

posted 03-29-2006 01:23 AM

Lots of questions ;-)

Well, as mentioned I know about the differences to the existing ones.

If I bought it, I would use it for fighting (fencing/battle reenactment with metal swords of course), of course not for jousting (not that type of visor, no way).

Generally my "requirements for authenticity" are as high as possible, that's why I guess I will not buy it, at least not for display purposes.

Who made it and how I don't know. The description says the helmet itself is made from 2 pieces, the visor from one, and it is from 2mm steel.
And the price is 160€.

I hoped for an answer like "with this hinge, the visor will soon fall of" or "does look crappy" or "very good looks with a few flaws" or "totally wrong" or something like that concerning the fact in the U.S. this type of helmet is more common and some of you might as well have made one of these as have seen lot sof them as comparison

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Diu Minnezīt
Reconstruction of textiles, armour and daily life
1250,1350,1475
Nuremberg and Paris
http://www.diu-minnezit.de

IG Meisterhauw
Reconstruction of late medieval and early renaissance fencing techniques
http://www.meisterhauw.de

Nuremberg in the middle ages
http://www.nuernberg-im-mittelalter.de

Registered: Feb 2006 | IP: Logged

Dave Rylak
Member
Member # 342

posted 03-29-2006 01:04 PM

I could not recommend as meeting very high standards of accuracy. The primary flaws being, in brief

1)The proportions and construction of the hinge do not correspond to extant helmets: it is too broad and the material is too thin and too uniform in thickness.

2) The shape of the skull is is wrong: it should be moulded closer to the head, especially in the back/neck area

3)The are of the visor below the occularia is too long- it extends to far past the base of the skull and it ought to be a bit deeper over the region of the nose.

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jboerner
Member
Member # 996

posted 04-05-2006 02:19 AM

Now i Know the manufactorer:
Get Dressed for battle. http://www.gdfb.co.uk

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Diu Minnezīt
Reconstruction of textiles, armour and daily life
1250,1350,1475
Nuremberg and Paris
http://www.diu-minnezit.de

IG Meisterhauw
Reconstruction of late medieval and early renaissance fencing techniques
http://www.meisterhauw.de

Nuremberg in the middle ages
http://www.nuernberg-im-mittelalter.de

Registered: Feb 2006 | IP: Logged

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