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Drew Griffiths
Location: Orange County, CA Joined: 20 Apr 2012
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 Posted: Sat 21 Apr, 2012 10:48 pm Post subject: GDFB Great Bascinet |
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Hello,
I just picked up one of GDFB's Great Bascinet with barred occularium and am curious if this helmet is based on any historical pieces. It has a very unique looking visor in my opinion has anyone seen anything else like it? Any input or photos are much appreciated.
Thanks!
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Chad Arnow
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Hello and welcome to myArmoury.com.  Are there any pictures you can share of which helm you're referring to?
ChadA
http://chadarnow.com/
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Phil D.
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Is it this one...
http://therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c1299.html
"A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world." -- Louis Pasteur
"A gentleman should never leave the house without a sharp knife, a good watch, and great hat."
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Drew Griffiths
Location: Orange County, CA Joined: 20 Apr 2012
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That is the one Phil, thank you for attaching a link. I've never joined any forums before let alone post so everything is new to me and Im still figuring out how to attach pics and links. Thanks again for the replies[/img]
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William P
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unless im mistaken didnt great bacsinets usually have a similar setup to the hundskull bascinet except for two key differences.. one, often instead of a maile aventail/mantle, it would i think have a plate collar. and 2 it had a much more rounded visor but the visor was definately much more bulged and as i said before like a hundskull.
http://media.photobucket.com/image/great%20ba...net_01.jpg like this
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Jojo Zerach
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| William P wrote: | unless im mistaken didnt great bacsinets usually have a similar setup to the hundskull bascinet except for two key differences.. one, often instead of a maile aventail/mantle, it would i think have a plate collar. and 2 it had a much more rounded visor but the visor was definately much more bulged and as i said before like a hundskull.
http://media.photobucket.com/image/great%20ba...net_01.jpg like this |
Yes, the cumbersome looking style with solid neck coverage is a great bascinet.
I think GDFB just decided to call their bascinet a "great bascinet" for marketing purposes.
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William P
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it looks more like a 'visored great helm' if you asked me
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Peteris R.
Location: Latvia Joined: 11 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Mon 23 Apr, 2012 5:03 am Post subject: |
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Visored great helms? I never knew they existed. Do you have any pics?
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Phil D.
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| Posted: Mon 23 Apr, 2012 5:13 am Post subject: |
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Drew ,
Here you go...this pic has one very similar...
"A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world." -- Louis Pasteur
"A gentleman should never leave the house without a sharp knife, a good watch, and great hat."
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Phil D.
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| Posted: Mon 23 Apr, 2012 5:15 am Post subject: |
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Peteris,
Here is one for you.I believe that this is a visored great helm...
"A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world." -- Louis Pasteur
"A gentleman should never leave the house without a sharp knife, a good watch, and great hat."
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William P
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i thought visored great helms were fictional/ a speculated but not substantiated helmet type
apparently they do exist
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Peteris R.
Location: Latvia Joined: 11 Apr 2012
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| Phil D. wrote: | Peteris,
Here is one for you.I believe that this is a visored great helm... |
Thanks! I guess William's post above applies to me as well.
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Chad Arnow
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Jojo Zerach
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This is a standard topic