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Posts: 206 Location: The Netherlands

Tue 20 Sep, 2005 1:10 am

Celtic helmet great news!

Russ Thomas wrote:

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Folkert, Celtic helmets are on the list you will be pleased to hear :) As for making them historically accurate , I try wherever possible, budgetary restraints allowing

This is great news Russ!
Can you gif us an idea about the type of helmet the period?? Anything!!?
An indication of the pricerange your trying to aim ad??

Aaron Schnatterly wrote:

Also, somewhat related, somewhat not... I've seen somewhere an example of that iron age belt but can't recall, and didn't really clearly see how it worked anyway. Anyone have a diagram of how that belt actually works? Is it just a leather girdle that overlaps, a keyhole cut in the top flap, with a loop from the bottom protruding through that the "buckle" slides through to hold it in place?

Hm. Aaron, iron age(belt)? What time period would that be? I have the feeling that you guys have an different devinition of the iron age then I do. For me the Iron age would be something like 800 > 50 BC...

Folkert

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Russ Thomas

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Posts: 323 Location: Telemark, Norway

Tue 20 Sep, 2005 2:56 am

Folkert,

I cannot give you any specifics just yet, but I am really interested in Roman arms and armour and of course their enemies armour too. I had thought as you said, that there is not much in the way of Celtic items around, which is a shame as there so many wonderful pieces extant, so that was put on the list of things to do and add to the website. I am still researching at the present time , but I will let you know as items are made ;)

By the way, I think that the generally accepted period for the iron age is about 500 - 100 BC, though it does differ in certain areas.

Regards as ever,

Russ

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Folkert van Wijk

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Posts: 206 Location: The Netherlands

Tue 20 Sep, 2005 3:08 am

Russ Thomas wrote:

Folkert,
I cannot give you any specifics just yet, but I am really interested in Roman arms and armour and of course their enemies armour too. I had thought as you said, that there is not much in the way of Celtic items around, which is a shame as there so many wonderful pieces extant, so that was put on the list of things to do and add to the website. I am still researching at the present time , but I will let you know as items are made ;)

Are you open for suggestions..? :D

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By the way, I think that the generally accepted period for the iron age is about 500 - 100 BC, though it does differ in certain areas.
Russ

Then in what culture and timeperiod would these belt "clasps" go?

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Russ Thomas

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Posts: 323 Location: Telemark, Norway

Tue 20 Sep, 2005 4:52 am

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Are you open for suggestions..?

Of course ! :D

I do have a few possibilities, but I would certainly be interested to hear what you might like to see, then we will see if it is possible / practical :!:

Regarding the belt buckles, they or very similar ones, were used by the Romans I am told, and they continue right through the migration period, probably Viking period and into the medieval era . They may well have been used after that as well ? But I would say that the main period that they are probably normally associated with is late Roman , Saxon and mirgation era.

Regards as ever,

Russ

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Russ Thomas

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Posts: 323 Location: Telemark, Norway

Tue 13 Dec, 2005 5:39 pm

Phrygian 'cap' helmet

Hello folks,

Unfortunately I do not get much internet time these days, so this has taken a bit of time to get posted. But I have finally been able to add some of the things that I have made in recent months to the website.yippeeee... But I still have more to add.....

Anyway, as stated in an earlier post I have made a couple of phrygian 'cap' helmets, and here as requested and promised, is a photograph of the taller two examples. I still have to polish and photograph the smaller one, but will post a picture when I have done so.

Hope that you like it...........

http://www.living-history.no/wahre/spch.jpg

Some of the camp equipment and ironwork will hopefully be added before the end of the week. Many thanks for all the suggestions. Please keep them coming, I am always happy to hear of any others that any of you may have.

Regards as ever,

Russ

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Johan S. Moen

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Posts: 259 Location: Kristiansand, Norway

Wed 14 Dec, 2005 2:05 am

Good to see an update Russ! I can't but gloat over the fact that most of the added stuff belongs to me. :p

Johan Schubert Moen

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Posts: 259 Location: Kristiansand, Norway

Wed 14 Dec, 2005 3:07 am

One thing: update the contact information. It still says you live in Voiebyen...

Johan Schubert Moen

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Aaron Schnatterly

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Posts: 1,244 Location: New Glarus, WI

Wed 14 Dec, 2005 4:18 am

Re: Phrygian 'cap' helmet

Russ Thomas wrote:

Anyway, as stated in an earlier post I have made a couple of phrygian 'cap' helmets, and here as requested and promised, is a photograph of the taller two examples. I still have to polish and photograph the smaller one, but will post a picture when I have done so.

Hope that you like it...........

Clean, understated, really quite nice. Much appreciated!

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Patrick Kelly

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Posts: 5,739 Location: Wichita, Kansas

Wed 14 Dec, 2005 8:40 am

Russ, that's one of my favorite designs and you've done an excellent job of reproducing it.

Very nice!

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