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Chad Arnow
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Torsten F.H. Wilke
Location: Irvine Spectrum, CA Joined: 01 Jul 2006
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If you look closely in the right eyeslit of the great helm (viewer's right!), you can see the curved edge of the bascinet. So, it's gotta be under there in that picture! I wonder if they include the padded cloth donut thingy for between the two. It would be prudent of them to have made the pembridge in 16 guage, but that's probably not the case...
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Joe Fults
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On one hand it will be neat to see the next catalog.
On the other hand...
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
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Chad Arnow
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| Torsten F.H. Wilke wrote: | | If you look closely in the right eyeslit of the great helm (viewer's right!), you can see the curved edge of the bascinet. So, it's gotta be under there in that picture! I wonder if they include the padded cloth donut thingy for between the two. It would be prudent of them to have made the pembridge in 16 guage, but that's probably not the case... |
Torsten,
Good eyes!  I hadn't noticed that. That intrigues me.
I wish the aventail for the bascinet wasn't made of butted mail. 
ChadA
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Greg Griggs
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I wish the aventail for the bascinet wasn't made of butted mail. |
Ummmmm, good point. Of course, you could just order up a few thousand 8mm rings from GDFB and make a riveted aventail............  
Have to say though, that other than the butted aventail, I do like the set.
Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
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Patrick Kelly
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| Quote: | | you could just order up a few thousand 8mm rings from GDFB and make a riveted aventail............ |
Not if you want to keep your sanity intact. 
I like the shape of the Pembridge helm. Having worn a similar helm in mock-combat I have absolutely no desire to acquire another one as a 'user'. On the other hand, it would make a very nice display piece, maybe with a little salt and vinegar to age it up a bit?
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Chad Arnow
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| Patrick Kelly wrote: | | On the other hand, it would make a very nice display piece, maybe with a little salt and vinegar to age it up a bit? |
I think so too, but you'd have to scrub all that darn lacquer off.... That doesn't sound appealing to me.
It looks like a fairly decent helm.
ChadA
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Patrick Kelly
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The last 3-4 Windlass made pieces I've received haven't had any lacquer on them. Maybe they've discontinued the practice.
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Chad Arnow
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| Patrick Kelly wrote: | | The last 3-4 Windlass made pieces I've received haven't had any lacquer on them. Maybe they've discontinued the practice. |
As of a couple of months ago when I emailed them about a different helm, they said they coat everything. Who knows? My old MRL helm was unlacquered (and rusty). They seem to go through lacquering phases, as well as horrid nickel-plating phases.
ChadA
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Kenton Spaulding
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Does anyone have any further opinions on either of these helms? Has anybody purchased either of them? I'd like to order a good quality visored bascinet, but all the armorers that I spoke with have a substantial waiting list. I was thinking about ordering the Great Helm, and building a crest for it to hold me over until I can get something better. Any thoughts on this idea? I would be using it for living history, so I wouldn't want to waste the money if it isn't of reasonable accuracy.
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Kenton
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Chad Arnow
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| Kenton Spaulding wrote: | Does anyone have any further opinions on either of these helms? Has anybody purchased either of them? I'd like to order a good quality visored bascinet, but all the armorers that I spoke with have a substantial waiting list. I was thinking about ordering the Great Helm, and building a crest for it to hold me over until I can get something better. Any thoughts on this idea? I would be using it for living history, so I wouldn't want to waste the money if it isn't of reasonable accuracy.
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I haven't seen one in person, but from the photos it actually looks like a decently done (or better) helm. Putting a crest on it would be fantastic. If I had the money, time, or skills, I'd get one and build a crest for it.
You may want to check on what kind of suspension there is in the great helm if you don't also get the bascinet.
ChadA
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Kenton Spaulding
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The fact that MRL states that the Bascinet has an adjustable liner, but no liner is mentioned for the Great Helm, I would imagine that the Great Helm comes unlined. For anyone with experience with MRL helms in general, what are the liners (if present) like. How functional and adjustable are they?
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W. R. Reynolds
Location: Ramona, CA Joined: 07 Dec 2004
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I ordered one of thier sallets years ago but sent it back because of the liner. It was a cheesy suspension type made with a not very good quality leather and broke when I tried to adjust it. It was not a properly padded liner. Who knows, maybe they have improved over the years. Didn't care for the shape of the helmet bowl either.
Bill
"No matter who wins the rat race.......they are still a rat."
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Chad Arnow
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| Kenton Spaulding wrote: | | The fact that MRL states that the Bascinet has an adjustable liner, but no liner is mentioned for the Great Helm, I would imagine that the Great Helm comes unlined. For anyone with experience with MRL helms in general, what are the liners (if present) like. How functional and adjustable are they? |
My old greta helm has no liner or suspension, but I hear that they do now.
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Alexey Efremenkov
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Hello there
Ive been working for some time on this tipe of helm.
and think that the one on the fotos is rather different than the artifact
so theres the fotos of my work
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Chad Arnow
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Here is the original Pembridge helm. Of course, we don't know if MRL based it solely on the Pembridge helm or if it was another similar helm. For its price, I don't think it's too far off.
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Alexey Efremenkov
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thers the helm that similar to the Pembridge one
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