As a Hellenen from Hellas i am really happy thankful and proud from what you just managed to create.It is one of my craziest dreams to create Hellenen armor one day.You are really powerful and patient and I admire you for your great work.Despite the fact that this Perikefalea (Hellenen helmet) is not 100% historically accurate it is still pretty good.Yeah I agree that it should be made from one peace.Maybe few peaces were made by welding too.Dont forget that the inventor of Welding Metallurgy was Glaukos from Xios island(Herodotus).Also Paragnathides(what you called chingards)are a little more thicker.No matter what congratulations.Hellenen armor in general used to be really expensive because of the time that was needed to be maid and at the early years a few people could afford it.As the years were passing more and more people owned armor.The armor of the father was used by his son.Some families used to have their own symbols in their shields such as (lions,snakes,flying horse,dolphins,other symbols etc).Places like Lakedaimona(known for the main city Sparta) used to make common prestigious shields of glory in the whole Hellas.The letter" Λ "=" L " from Lakedaimona was the main symbol.Also in the peloponnesian war they used to made helmets called Pilos (bowl shaped less iconic)because it was made quickly in huge numbers with less metals.It would be interesting to watch the making of a historically accurate Perikefalea.I do not know anyone in the world that had made such think in this time.Good luck to your project.
ahem ... Hellen plural Hellene or Hellenes... the last en you added as in Hellenen wasnt needed ( Έλλην , Έλληναι/Ελληνες, είδες κανένα να γραφει Έλληνενες?)
Genuinely my favorite blacksmith to watch, you give really simple instructions and explanations with a GD sense of humor. I forge in my own back garden and you really inspire me.
Hi Thak I don't know a lot about Greek Armour but I do know when I Like what I see and mate I enjoy watching you make it. I'm just a retired boilermaker who enjoys the hobby of blacksmithing but watching you work and the craftsmanship you share are exceptional. My mother can see my screen from wear she sits and after I had finished watching the video her comment was that was amazing .So look's like you have a new fan . so stay safe .cheers.
Awsome as usual :) I found your channel looking for instructions for forging/carving ornaments few mths back (in my case for the fence) and found "how to forge a leaf" , then I watched a few more of your videos and subscribed. I wish i had a fraction of your knowledge and skills. Best Blacksmithing channel on YT ! Love from Poland.
Great work man, I saw your build on the shield, and I love your workmanship. Such patience to meticulously bring about a beautiful piece of art. also, hoplite armor is just awesome.
I am so glad you acknowledged how phallic it was in the end. As soon as I saw those two halves come together I was worried I'd have to break it to you.
Apart from the great work of yours, i wish i could also hit the like for each of your t-shirts. I was going to say "Stay metal", but you are already much further there than any of us. So... just wishing you all the best, brother!
This is such a fine piece, the overall shape is especially pleasing. Also i´ve learned the principle of raising, which will help me in my future projects, so thanks a lot!
You may want to check out OSP's and Shadiversity's videos on the matter, they talk at length about hoplite equipment and warfare. I've watched them of course, but I can't really remember if they talked about the production of hoplite equipment. In any case, OSP - Blue is a young historian with an actual diploma and a classicist to boot (which is a fancy word meaning huge nerd for ancient Greece and Rome, I happen to be one as well). Shad is more like an enthusiast, but he's a carpenter as well if memory serves, so he might have good insights on the actual production processes. Hell, you might even collab with them as they did in the past. I enjoyed the video and you definitely deserve more recognition for your work. Hope this helps!
This is the first video I am watching of yours and I must say I really admire your skill and artistry. Also your being frank with how you are making it different and why was refreshing. Your willingness to make follow up videos and approach it from a different angle is admirable. I subscribed, looking forward to diving into your video history and seeing more in the future.
Thumbs up sir, your work is really amazing, you can tell the passion you have for this type of work. You remind me of my mother, she isn't a blacksmith, nevertheless she used to make metal jewelry. I can see a lot of the tools she's used. Really insightful video, really good information. Keep it up, excellent! Cheers!
Yes, I do agree even if your Measurements are exactly the same they might not come out the same in the end. This is very good work definitely master skills.
Its not the most period helmet but it is very nicely done. I use to make armor for a living and have made around 100 corinthians for mostly recreation sport fighting.
You have a lot of cool stuff and the bronze stuff is what I find most fascinating! So I subscribed. I would really love to see something with Dendra panoply armor!!!
Amazing how I'm finding all these awesome RUclips channels after searching some "how to videos" for Mount and Blade Bannderlord 2 game. Can't believe i never seen these channels. Great work and you got a new sub!
Excellent work . What ever people say man its just excellent . The Ilirian helmets were made from two brass sheets and open face . Check the Osprey publications books "SPARTAN ARMY" "Hellenic Phalanx" etc.
Nicely done. Not hybrid or bastardized but rather, transitional. They were designed this way, maybe 525-475 BC, maybe Etruscan manufacture. A good looker. You have captured the moody and menacing slightly creepy ineffable beauty seen in the best originals.
This is from a very loose memory its some years ago now, but one of my old silversmith teachers showed us blowpipes think the oldest one he had was Viking age, with them you could blow on a candle and it turns in to a small touch flame. guess you could solder a helmet that way but it feels tricky at best with how to hold and manoeuvre the helmet then doing so.
Very interesting and insightful video. I give historical lectures on ancient warfare and was always of the mindset that only earlier Lotus style helmets could be banged out of a sheet of bronze, but that the crenation of a Denda style Coronthian would be impossible. I'm also no smith so have zero practical experience with metalworking. So I have two questions, how would you account for variable thicknesses of Corinthian helmets, sometimes as thick as 10mm at the nasal bridge to between 2-3mm in the face and down to less than 1mm in the back? Second, what was the total time it took from beginning to end for that hammering process? I'm just wondering about production...could there have been that many skilled bronzesmiths to churn out thousands of helmets per city state? Of course, some helmets were probably heirlooms and handed down father to son, but the Spartans had 9000 Spartiates at their height along with several times that in neodamodeis and allies. The Athenians fielded 10,000 at Marathon. So we're talking a lot of helmets. What skill level do you need to be to churn out a helmet like that and how many can that smithy make I'm wondering? I'm sure slaves were used for more tedious work like grinding and polishing. Anyway, great video and hope to see more. Feel free to email me gamalcastile@yahoo.com
Amazing work, as already with the shield. The outcome is fantastic. That being said, whether the Greeks made these helmets out of one piece or two, surely in any case they would have made the pieces front and back, instead of left and right. As it is now with yours, the welding fold, certainly a weakpoint (right?) is right on the forehead and top of the head, exactly where a blade or an immortals Axe would strike. In any case, it looks better than any reproduction I've ever seen on film
It would be really cool to hear what tools you're using in various steps. I'm trying to figure out what all these different hammers are called. Figured out these: Planishing, Texturing, Rounding, Peening (I'm cheating and combining Chasing and other such hammers). Do you think bronze age casters would have used scaling hammers?
Oh, and would it make any sense at all to use dead blow hammers to do this kind of thing even though they're modern? Thinking I might make it a dwarven secret.
Ask David Baker his historical work is the best. He knew almost if bit energy historical weapon or armor. He's probably watched your videos. Nice work I hope I get that good.
Hi, I love this video. I like Corinthians ( the helmets of course ) I did some Gallico C Roman helmets, and you inspired me to do a Greek now. First I'll make a scale 1:6 one for my vintage action man.
In terms of making a helmet out of a single sheet, the Boeotian type helmet would probably be comparatively easy to produce, most famouslly known as Alexander's cavalry helmet, though certainly not exclusive to them.
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Beautiful work! The Corinthian helmet is such a beautiful design! Greetings from Greece!
Glad you like it!
with such amazing craftsmanship you 100% deserve more views
It looks like a dick
Good to see people still making these we will need them in the future
As a Hellenen from Hellas i am really happy thankful and proud from what you just managed to create.It is one of my craziest dreams to create Hellenen armor one day.You are really powerful and patient and I admire you for your great work.Despite the fact that this Perikefalea (Hellenen helmet) is not 100% historically accurate it is still pretty good.Yeah I agree that it should be made from one peace.Maybe few peaces were made by welding too.Dont forget that the inventor of Welding Metallurgy was Glaukos from Xios island(Herodotus).Also Paragnathides(what you called chingards)are a little more thicker.No matter what congratulations.Hellenen armor in general used to be really expensive because of the time that was needed to be maid and at the early years a few people could afford it.As the years were passing more and more people owned armor.The armor of the father was used by his son.Some families used to have their own symbols in their shields such as (lions,snakes,flying horse,dolphins,other symbols etc).Places like Lakedaimona(known for the main city Sparta) used to make common prestigious shields of glory in the whole Hellas.The letter" Λ "=" L " from Lakedaimona was the main symbol.Also in the peloponnesian war they used to made helmets called Pilos (bowl shaped less iconic)because it was made quickly in huge numbers with less metals.It would be interesting to watch the making of a historically accurate Perikefalea.I do not know anyone in the world that had made such think in this time.Good luck to your project.
MALAKA
ahem ... Hellen plural Hellene or Hellenes... the last en you added as in Hellenen wasnt needed ( Έλλην , Έλληναι/Ελληνες, είδες κανένα να γραφει Έλληνενες?)
Awesome craftsmanship you deserve more views and subscribers for all your hard work
Thank you very much.
Great outcome... as a Greek I would like to thank you for promoting and reviving the ancient Greek armory ....
I also want to say as a historical costumer, those historical rule thumpers are everywhere. You project owes no explanation. Ignore them. Great work!
You’re an artist man; I like the idea of taking the best historical aspects of something and forming something incredible. Fecking great job man!
This was a great video. I showed part of it to my middle school students, and we really enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing.
Awesome! Thank you!
Massive Thank You!-From a Macedonian from Mother Greece!
Genuinely my favorite blacksmith to watch, you give really simple instructions and explanations with a GD sense of humor. I forge in my own back garden and you really inspire me.
Happy to inspire others! Thank you for your kind words.
Hi Thak I don't know a lot about Greek Armour but I do know when I Like what I see and mate I enjoy
watching you make it. I'm just a retired boilermaker who enjoys the hobby of blacksmithing
but watching you work and the craftsmanship you share are exceptional. My mother can see my screen from wear she sits and after I had finished watching the video her comment was that was amazing .So look's like you have a new fan .
so stay safe .cheers.
When the set is complete, these arms and armor are going to be epic. The detail is great
The single piece concept is the same way (basically) that we build pinch pots from clay. Seems an excellent idea. Love the helm.
Love it. Good information on history and artistic freedom.. nice to see some armorers work for a change
It turned out really amazing, i think the earholes were a great idea!
Awsome as usual :)
I found your channel looking for instructions for forging/carving ornaments few mths back (in my case for the fence) and found "how to forge a leaf" , then I watched a few more of your videos and subscribed.
I wish i had a fraction of your knowledge and skills.
Best Blacksmithing channel on YT !
Love from Poland.
The Greeks would have loved you in the time, great job, an artist in the works.
You are one true master of this art mister!
Great work man, I saw your build on the shield, and I love your workmanship. Such patience to meticulously bring about a beautiful piece of art. also, hoplite armor is just awesome.
I am so glad you acknowledged how phallic it was in the end. As soon as I saw those two halves come together I was worried I'd have to break it to you.
I'm actually impressed by how mature the comment section here is.
You the only one i know that can do this! Awesome job!
So kool man ! Enjoy watching your videos and absolutely love your shop ! 🐉
Turned out great, museum quality work. Lovin the Bathory shirt too!
It seems that many the ancient helmets were cast. I am now looking for information about bronze casting helmets.
Apart from the great work of yours, i wish i could also hit the like for each of your t-shirts. I was going to say "Stay metal", but you are already much further there than any of us. So... just wishing you all the best, brother!
Rock on brother
Rock on brother
Quarantine helmet :))
I'm sure you have a few sticking around ;)
I appreciate that he's a costume designer so nobody can bitch about him not using historical techniques or materials.
Another great video. I love how you describe everything you're doing and make it look so easy.
It would be interesting to see the manufacture of a plume for this helmet. I apologize for my English
In the near future. Nothing wrong with your english :)
@@ThakIronworks Beautiful!
It's amazing what can be learned from experimental archeology, after all, the original armourers experimented all the time. Great work.
What words can be said? That you shared it with us is testiment to your metal.
Very educational and interesting.
🙏 Blessings Sir
Crawford out ⚒️🧙♂️
1st class work , fascinating work with clear instructions, lovely marriage of historical and artistic license, big fan of your work and talent Mark
This is such a fine piece, the overall shape is especially pleasing.
Also i´ve learned the principle of raising, which will help me in my future projects, so thanks a lot!
Oh finally another release with greek style armour. Love it!
Great work, can't wait to see the entire suit together!
Saw the Bathory shirt and subscribed immediately. Good shit.
👍👍
Beautiful! I alternate between being super inspired and intimidated by your videos. Something to aspire to!
You do such beautiful work your an amazing artist/blacksmith thank you for what you do and keeping the classical world alive 😊
You may want to check out OSP's and Shadiversity's videos on the matter, they talk at length about hoplite equipment and warfare. I've watched them of course, but I can't really remember if they talked about the production of hoplite equipment. In any case, OSP - Blue is a young historian with an actual diploma and a classicist to boot (which is a fancy word meaning huge nerd for ancient Greece and Rome, I happen to be one as well). Shad is more like an enthusiast, but he's a carpenter as well if memory serves, so he might have good insights on the actual production processes.
Hell, you might even collab with them as they did in the past. I enjoyed the video and you definitely deserve more recognition for your work. Hope this helps!
This is the first video I am watching of yours and I must say I really admire your skill and artistry. Also your being frank with how you are making it different and why was refreshing. Your willingness to make follow up videos and approach it from a different angle is admirable. I subscribed, looking forward to diving into your video history and seeing more in the future.
Thank you and welcome to the channel!
Beautiful piece of craftsmanship! Respect..
Thumbs up sir, your work is really amazing, you can tell the passion you have for this type of work. You remind me of my mother, she isn't a blacksmith, nevertheless she used to make metal jewelry.
I can see a lot of the tools she's used. Really insightful video, really good information. Keep it up, excellent! Cheers!
Wonderful work Rob,such a pleasure to watch you.
Awesome craftsmanship!
Awesome T-shirt! Been a Bathory fan since forever.
The bathory shirt! Very nice!
I'm really impressed how you were able to make two separate and matching halves.
That is the trickest part
Yes, I do agree even if your Measurements are exactly the same they might not come out the same in the end. This is very good work definitely master skills.
The Greeks had tourches. They were esentialy oil lamps with a metal straw that could be blown through or connected to bellows.
Beautiful. Love the history related commentary aswell.
Beautiful, nice work and video
Splendid work here, beautiful and precise craftsmanship! regards!
Its not the most period helmet but it is very nicely done. I use to make armor for a living and have made around 100 corinthians for mostly recreation sport fighting.
You have a lot of cool stuff and the bronze stuff is what I find most fascinating! So I subscribed. I would really love to see something with Dendra panoply armor!!!
Beautiful piece!
Any idea about a vesko helmet really have wanted to get one recreated it’s been my dream for two years
Amazing how I'm finding all these awesome RUclips channels after searching some "how to videos" for Mount and Blade Bannderlord 2 game. Can't believe i never seen these channels. Great work and you got a new sub!
Very beautiful work. This is a peak aesthetic result of both solid craftsmanship and art, I love it.
Beautifull craftmanship!
Dude, I love your work and your taste in music.
Amazing work... I enjoyed ur video... Greetings from Athens-Hellas
The brazing may have been done by using a frenel lens, which with sunlight can liquefy granite. That's how hot it can get
Interesting
Fantastic! Indeed this is the job worth living!
Excellent work . What ever people say man its just excellent . The Ilirian helmets were made from two brass sheets and open face . Check the Osprey publications books "SPARTAN ARMY" "Hellenic Phalanx" etc.
I propose after the greek series, you should continue on with making early or late roman/byzantine armour.
I really looked forward to this video from this channel, really quality content, thanks!
By the way - nice t-shirts.
Nicely done. Not hybrid or bastardized but rather, transitional. They were designed this way, maybe 525-475 BC, maybe Etruscan
manufacture. A good looker. You have captured the moody and menacing slightly creepy ineffable beauty seen in the best originals.
Awesome work, can’t wait to see the finished project.
Astounding work, there's nothing else to say!
You are awesome!
You too!!
wow ! very well! great job ! thank you
Amazing work
This is from a very loose memory its some years ago now, but one of my old silversmith teachers showed us blowpipes think the oldest one he had was Viking age, with them you could blow on a candle and it turns in to a small touch flame. guess you could solder a helmet that way but it feels tricky at best with how to hold and manoeuvre the helmet then doing so.
Beautiful work Thak. I'm gonna try and make a copper chest plate like yours :)
I didn't know you had a channel Thak! I subscribed as soon as I saw this video.
I am a local and one day woild like to sign up for some courses.
What a wonderful and beautiful art piece have subscribed and hit the bell look forward to seeing it continued such great work 👍🏻
Very interesting and insightful video. I give historical lectures on ancient warfare and was always of the mindset that only earlier Lotus style helmets could be banged out of a sheet of bronze, but that the crenation of a Denda style Coronthian would be impossible. I'm also no smith so have zero practical experience with metalworking. So I have two questions, how would you account for variable thicknesses of Corinthian helmets, sometimes as thick as 10mm at the nasal bridge to between 2-3mm in the face and down to less than 1mm in the back? Second, what was the total time it took from beginning to end for that hammering process? I'm just wondering about production...could there have been that many skilled bronzesmiths to churn out thousands of helmets per city state? Of course, some helmets were probably heirlooms and handed down father to son, but the Spartans had 9000 Spartiates at their height along with several times that in neodamodeis and allies. The Athenians fielded 10,000 at Marathon. So we're talking a lot of helmets. What skill level do you need to be to churn out a helmet like that and how many can that smithy make I'm wondering? I'm sure slaves were used for more tedious work like grinding and polishing. Anyway, great video and hope to see more. Feel free to email me gamalcastile@yahoo.com
Wow what a beautiful helmet!
I really enjoyed how this turned out, can't wait to see where it goes
Beautiful work! Great video!
Amazing work, as already with the shield. The outcome is fantastic. That being said, whether the Greeks made these helmets out of one piece or two, surely in any case they would have made the pieces front and back, instead of left and right. As it is now with yours, the welding fold, certainly a weakpoint (right?) is right on the forehead and top of the head, exactly where a blade or an immortals Axe would strike. In any case, it looks better than any reproduction I've ever seen on film
It would be really cool to hear what tools you're using in various steps. I'm trying to figure out what all these different hammers are called. Figured out these: Planishing, Texturing, Rounding, Peening (I'm cheating and combining Chasing and other such hammers). Do you think bronze age casters would have used scaling hammers?
Oh, and would it make any sense at all to use dead blow hammers to do this kind of thing even though they're modern? Thinking I might make it a dwarven secret.
Ask David Baker his historical work is the best. He knew almost if bit energy historical weapon or armor. He's probably watched your videos. Nice work I hope I get that good.
The coolest channel I've ever seen!
So beautiful! This was fascinating to watch.
Espectacular!!! Me gustan tus remeras.
Greetings !!!!! Thanks for the video !!!!
Hi, I love this video. I like Corinthians ( the helmets of course ) I did some Gallico C Roman helmets, and you inspired me to do a Greek now. First I'll make a scale 1:6 one for my vintage action man.
Love your work!!!
I cant wait to see the crest ans hopefully the full armor in the future, great videos man
Just stumbled upon your stuff today.. lots of cool stuff you have going on here. Subscribed for sure 👍
In terms of making a helmet out of a single sheet, the Boeotian type helmet would probably be comparatively easy to produce, most famouslly known as Alexander's cavalry helmet, though certainly not exclusive to them.
Amazing work! really interesting to watch the whole process. And the t-shirts are awesome!
As usual EXCELLENT work.
Amazing job, beautiful helmet.
That pad you're using as backing at 8:22, can you tell me what that is filled with? Thanks. Great work.
Lead shot is the usual filler.
Yes it is lead shot.
Master craftsman!
epic work as always
Amazing, i can only imagine how it would look if you made a gladiator's kit
Awesome work.
Thank you!
Let’s put the expert controversy to bed. YOU are the expert!