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Ben Bouchard
Location: Bar Harbor, ME Joined: 17 Sep 2006
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Kettle hat, chapel de fer, eisenhut--whatever you want to call it, let's see what you've got! The closest I have for now is a WW2 Civil Defense helmet, but it's still very similar. 
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Ben Bouchard
Location: Bar Harbor, ME Joined: 17 Sep 2006
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Or not. No love? 
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Sjors B
Location: Zevenaar, The Netherlands Joined: 31 Aug 2011
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A friend of mine is absolutely a fan of kettle hats, here's a pic
member of the langenort school for European martial arts in Nijmegen (NL)
http://www.historicalshows.com/
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Ben Bouchard
Location: Bar Harbor, ME Joined: 17 Sep 2006
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I like how deep the fit on that one is! It seems like well-designed kettle hat/gorget combos are extremely effective in providing lots of glancing surfaces and minimal windows of vulnerability.
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Ben Anbeek
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Randall Moffett
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I love kettle helmets. I am working on three, may be four but my hand is just getting better after having broken it pretty bad in July but I will post them once I get them done.
I love some of the 13th and 14th century types common in Scandinavia. Has any one made any of these multiplate ones?
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Martin Wallgren
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Here is mine, just bought it secondhand! Made by Albert Collins of Via Armorari...
Swordsman, Archer and Dad
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Ben van Koert
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Don't mind this bevor, it's rubbish. It's the only pic I have available at the moment. I use a proper close fitting one with this helmet now, although I prefer my sallet.
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Terry Thompson
Location: Suburbs of Wash D.C. Joined: 17 Sep 2010
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Kettle bells? Kettle of fish? Oh...wait...Yes, I have a few of those... 
3 in the back are for SCA combat (have removable grilles). 2 are stainless (left and center of the rear).
I have 6, but the last one doesn't fit on the shelf with the others.
-Terry
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Ben Bouchard
Location: Bar Harbor, ME Joined: 17 Sep 2006
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Where did you get the stainless ones? I've been looking for a good maker for a while and turned up nothing. 
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Terry Thompson
Location: Suburbs of Wash D.C. Joined: 17 Sep 2010
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One is from a maker second hand that is no longer taking commissions. The other is from Companie de Greiffenclau on Facebook . Icefalcon Armory makes SCA kettle helms in stainless steel as well. Much more expensive, but the finish is much finer. The one not shown is also stainless from White Mountain Armory, but he too I believe is taking a break from armoring.
The one in the center back that looks kind of dirty is the stainless one from Greifenclau. It's just a satin finish, where-as all of the others (even the mild steel) are polished.
Troy Greiffenclau and IceFalcon.com are the only two armorers that I am aware of still making kettle helms in stainless steel in the U.S.
-Terry
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Iagoba Ferreira
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I like a lot this topic .They are rarer to see than sallets and barbutes.
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Ben Bouchard
Location: Bar Harbor, ME Joined: 17 Sep 2006
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Yeah I think there's a sort of understated elegance to them. They manage to afford a lot of protection while allowing for excellent vision and breathing. Very efficient! And surviving examples range from simple multi-piece affairs to ones that were skillfully raised from a single sheet of steel, which is really a pretty complex process!
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Jimi Edmonds
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Here's my Manning Imperial version of a French Kettle Helm from the Maceijowski Bible. Disregard the ugly sword as we didn't have any nice ones the day the photo was taken!
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Jimi Edmonds
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| Martin Wallgren wrote: | Here is mine, just bought it secondhand! Made by Albert Collins of Via Armorari...
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I'd love one of your style kettle helms, they're mean..Via Armorari have some really great looking stuff.
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Mackenzie Cosens
Location: Vancouver Canada Joined: 08 Aug 2007
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My chapeau de fer made by François L'Archevêque http://flarcheveque.com/#
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Tjarand Matre
Location: Nøtterøy, Norway Joined: 19 Sep 2010
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| Martin Wallgren wrote: | Here is mine, just bought it secondhand! Made by Albert Collins of Via Armorari...
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And I bought it again from Martin. Just had to share some of the beautiful details of this kettle hat. I feel it is slightly transgressing in to sallet-country. I need a bevor now ...
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Buckle, all hand made.
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Rivets, hand ...riveted.
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Inside of helmet, hand hammered.
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Back view, not to scale due to my 28mm lens.
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This means ... war.
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Elling Polden
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Nice one, Tjarand... Now you have to start doing huskarl, so we can authenticate it some more... 
Since we are a high medevial infantry group, we are natural fans of kettlehats...
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Planting the flag on a swedish fortress...
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1260 Bodyguard team hanging tough
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A view of my Best Armour kettlehatt, which has served me faithfully for many years.
"this [fight] looks curious, almost like a game. See, they are looking around them before they fall, to find a dry spot to fall on, or they are falling on their shields. Can you see blood on their cloths and weapons? No. This must be trickery."
-Reidar Sendeman, from King Sverre's Saga, 1201
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David Teague
Location: Anchorage, Alaska Joined: 25 Jan 2004
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From about 6-8 years ago.
This you shall know, that all things have length and measure.
Free Scholar/ Instructor Selohaar Fechtschule
The Historic Recrudescence Guild
"Yea though I walk through the valley of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou's sword art is with me; Thy poleaxe and Thy quarterstaff they comfort me."
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Adam Figielski
Location: Ludwigsburg, Germany Joined: 13 Nov 2008
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Here's my Kettle Helm from the Maciejowski Bible.
It was made by Maximilian Bertet.
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