myArmoury.com - check out the new sallet made by Françoir L'Archevêque

Well if you are serious about that here is his web site: http://www.flarcheveque.com/

François is a member here although he doesn't post often so you could P.M. him any questions.

The helm in the pic is NOT his least costly ! A bit of sticker shock there but he does make some less expensive helms.

The raised from one piece helms are 2 or 3 times as costly as the ones he makes welded from two pieces.

I handled a couple of his helms a while back and they are very well made with the thickness varying on different parts of the helms and not just made from uniform thickness steel plate sheeting. ( At least as far as I can remember: Marc-Antoine should be able to confirm this as he is very familiar with his work ).

François is also very " living history strict " about period authenticity if that is important to you.

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Hugo Voisine

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Sat 05 Jan, 2008 7:30 am

Wow, very nice sallet. :)

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For the eyes only.

I agree, denting it would be a real shame. ;)

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Marc-Antoine Jean

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Sat 05 Jan, 2008 12:40 pm

As I can remember when I first saw the sallet unfinished at the Saint-Colomban ren fair (north of Montreal) the metal was thicker at some spots ont the helm due to the hot raising process.

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