Gulf War Question
Randy Shipp
rshipp at molly.hsc.unt.edu
Thu Mar 7 07:10:47 PST 1996
On Wed, 6 Mar 1996, Chris and Elisabeth Zakes wrote:
> >Are you going to wear the Morion this year again while
> >marshalling ???
>
> Absolutely. It's saved my grey cells on several occasions.
>
> -Tivar
> P.S. It's actually an English pikeman's pot-helm. The brim of a morion turns
> up, the pot-helm turns down.
Besides, the chapeau-de-fer (which is what I think you're describing)
looks really cool. I'd considered making or commissioning someone to
build me one for melees, with solid back and sides hidden by mail as if I
wore a coif under it. Would I take more shots because of the brim?
Sure. Would it look cool and unusual? I think so. :)
Antoine D'Aubernoun
P.S.-- I'm also toying around with one of those nifty flat-topped pot
helms with the pierced faceplates that showed up in the 12th C. Again,
the solid back and side would be hidden by mail. Has anyone does this
before?
A...
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