A late 16th century close helmet.

fernando · 20th July 2018, 07:08 PM

It was visible to connoisseurs that the visor of this helmet is a (much) later replacement. But skipping over such 'minor' detail, the worse was that the dimension and angle of its vision slits was hardly plausible, unless it was commissioned for a young knight suffering of strabismus.
An hour with a local skilled smith and the visor gained its regular ... vision. Well, it didn't gain any real age with such surgery but, at least, you can engage in a joust with it and see your foe

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M ELEY · 21st July 2018, 12:32 AM

Hey...wait a minute! That's not a knight but a maiden!

The smith did an amazing job with altering the existing visor back to it's proper form.

Are you back from your trip, Fernando? Hope you saw some great places here in the U.S.
Mark

fernando · 21st July 2018, 10:45 AM

You are outdated Captain ...
Nowadays high end smiths provide a model to check on the work progression

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Indeed this is my niece's young daughter; i wanted to put on the helmet myself but my ears got on the way. Either i am a big headed dude or its owner had not such a large skull.

Not yet back from America; that is only due by late September

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20th July 2018, 07:08 PM	#1
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	It was visible to connoisseurs that the visor of this helmet is a (much) later replacement. But skipping over such 'minor' detail, the worse was that the dimension and angle of its vision slits was hardly plausible, unless it was commissioned for a young knight suffering of strabismus. An hour with a local skilled smith and the visor gained its regular ... vision. Well, it didn't gain any real age with such surgery but, at least, you can engage in a joust with it and see your foe . . Attached Images

21st July 2018, 12:32 AM	#2
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,141	Hey...wait a minute! That's not a knight but a maiden! The smith did an amazing job with altering the existing visor back to it's proper form. Are you back from your trip, Fernando? Hope you saw some great places here in the U.S. Mark

21st July 2018, 10:45 AM	#3
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	You are outdated Captain ... Nowadays high end smiths provide a model to check on the work progression . Indeed this is my niece's young daughter; i wanted to put on the helmet myself but my ears got on the way. Either i am a big headed dude or its owner had not such a large skull. Not yet back from America; that is only due by late September .