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Bascinet - 'hounskull'

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This 'hounskull' bascinet helmet is featuring solid brass vervelles to attach a ventail. By the middle of the 14th century, most knights discarded the great helm altogether in favor of a fully visored bascinet. The visor was often conical, giving the appearance of a muzzle or a beak. They were sometimes called 'dog faced' (medievally known as a hounskull) or 'pig faced' (a common but strictly modern term). The early versions sometimes had a neck defence of mail called a camail or aventail, while later versions (at the end of the 14th century) often protected the neck with a separate but attached plate assembly, the colletin. The aventail was attached to a leather band, which was in turn attached to the lower border of the bascinet by a series of staples called 'vervelles'. Holes in the leather band were passed over the vervelles, and a waxed cord was passed through the holes in the vervelles to secure it. 

Size:
brow circumference 69cm
neck circumference 58cm (tightest fit)
Helm height is 35cm
Visor height is 25cm

Weight: 2.5kg

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  1. Not battle ready

    Posted by Robbie Serafino on 31st Jan 2011

    This helmet has good vision and feels light to wear, It has no padding and is not very thick. I will not be wearing this for combat as its not strong enough, great for displays and shows but not combat ready.


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