[Ansteorra-rapier] Longsword trainer helmet
Chris Zakes
dontivar at gmail.com
Tue Aug 23 18:19:18 PDT 2011
At 08:09 PM 8/23/2011, you wrote:
>Ive been out of the sca for a little over 2 years now, due to my
>mundane job. Now im about to return to ansteorra and rebuild my
>rapier gear. Concerning a mask/helmet... The longsword trainer
>helmet on darkwood armory, does anyone have expierience with it?
>what are your opinions? If anyone has one, then what are the measurments?
>
>My idea was to buy one, wear a gorget under it, and to hang welded
>chainmail around the lower rim as if it were aventail (to compensate
>for the lack of neck coverage given by normal fencing masks). The
>chainmail would be from the ringmesh.com website, because it has
>already been proven to pass the punch test.
>
>Would this be acceptable to the rules? Would it pass inspection?
It *sounds* like it would work, but it's hard to say for sure without
looking at the actual helm, gorget and mail aventail on your head.
-Tivar Moondragon
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