Sweden knight somewhere in the Baltic forest. Most likely this knight is a guest of the brothers of the Livonian Order. Maybe somewhere in ambush, warriors of the Baltic tribes are waiting for him to attack. Ola, awesome as always!
@@FfsRUclipsLetMeCook yes, they related to Baltic-Finnish people. Livonia is pretty huge and included both Finnish tribes on the North and Baltic tribes on the East.
Impressive and beautiful harness, 28 kg (~62 pounds) seems like pretty hefty mail too, even if it's pretty much head to toe..... Do you recall what's the wire/diameter like, approximately.
Ola, I want to ask. In this video, you are using one of the early variant of the helm which called "topfhelm" or "great helm", and it does not rest on the shoulders. What is the weight of this helmet and how difficult is it to wear?
i know im late to the comment but i wanted to clarify for you and anyone else who has this question the helmet Ola is wearing in this video is what is referred to as a "nasal" helm, specifically a flat topped nasal. flat topped helmets such as this one were common throughout ~900 - ~1200. nasal helmets were very protective against the weaponry of the day, with the actual nose-guard improving face protection by quite a bit from the spangenhelm. the spangenhelm progressed to the nasal, the nasal progressed to the enclosed helmet (very similar in its flat-topped construction, with an added visor to protect from the ever-growing threat of archers), the enclosed helmet then progressed to the great helm and so on. keep in mind, sight and senses in general were still important to knights, so with the creation of the bascinet, it was used as a sort of helmet "tanktop" for the greathelm. after the initial cavalry charge a greathelm would've been removed in favor of the less cumbersome visorless bascinet. additionally, bascinets during the mid-fourteenth century developed the "bretache" protection. a bretache was very similar to the nose-guard of a nasal helm, but was fastened to the aventail around the chin to hold everything in place.
@@SamOfSaturn Thanks for the answer, but the main point of the question was the weight of the helmet and the comfort of wearing it due to the fact that this helmet does not rest on the shoulders, all the weight falls on the neck. Unfortunately Ola did not answer.
@@soldierbreakneck771 i'm not quite sure on the exact weight, but i'm fairly certain it's on the lighter end of most neck-rested helmets. visored bascinets would certainly weigh more but were commonplace later on and still comfortable. padding is a big part of the comfortability and im sure with a nasal it's much more comfortable than most neckweighted helmets
Something I've wondered is how do you find professional armourers? Are you in a circle where you can easily access them, or do you already know them and use them regularly? I've always wanted to start buying armour, but as an outsider, I don't know where to start.
It really depends where you are, but a lot of this are skills picked up individually which you use to customise general armour. I had no experience with DIY but picked up knowledge of mailleworking and rivetting onto helmets through re-enactment, which in turn allowed me to tailor maille and work on creating better armour.
I have an earlier-style Nasal helmet, which has a pretty good vision. At least one eye sees around the nasal. The most impediment is when drinking, because the nasal interferes with the rim any most drinking vessels (pint-size glasses, etc.). So most of the time I have to lift the nasal with one hand when drinking.
Lovely maille and armour, always a good day when Ola posts a video of his kits.
imagine taking a hike and seeing a fully suited knight on a horse
"I don't know nothing, 'mlord..." lol
Imagine you are walking in the woods and suddenly you come across a medieval Knight 😮😳😱
You look so real 😍
Awesome video as always!
Sweden knight somewhere in the Baltic forest. Most likely this knight is a guest of the brothers of the Livonian Order. Maybe somewhere in ambush, warriors of the Baltic tribes are waiting for him to attack.
Ola, awesome as always!
Aren't Livonians Finno-Ugric? Why is no one here in Finland talking about these cultural relatives of ours?
May the brother knights be on guard.
@@FfsRUclipsLetMeCook yes, they related to Baltic-Finnish people. Livonia is pretty huge and included both Finnish tribes on the North and Baltic tribes on the East.
Impressive and beautiful harness, 28 kg (~62 pounds) seems like pretty hefty mail too, even if it's pretty much head to toe..... Do you recall what's the wire/diameter like, approximately.
Intressant! Hälsningar från Sverige.
Ola, I want to ask. In this video, you are using one of the early variant of the helm which called "topfhelm" or "great helm", and it does not rest on the shoulders. What is the weight of this helmet and how difficult is it to wear?
i know im late to the comment but i wanted to clarify for you and anyone else who has this question
the helmet Ola is wearing in this video is what is referred to as a "nasal" helm, specifically a flat topped nasal. flat topped helmets such as this one were common throughout ~900 - ~1200. nasal helmets were very protective against the weaponry of the day, with the actual nose-guard improving face protection by quite a bit from the spangenhelm. the spangenhelm progressed to the nasal, the nasal progressed to the enclosed helmet (very similar in its flat-topped construction, with an added visor to protect from the ever-growing threat of archers), the enclosed helmet then progressed to the great helm and so on. keep in mind, sight and senses in general were still important to knights, so with the creation of the bascinet, it was used as a sort of helmet "tanktop" for the greathelm. after the initial cavalry charge a greathelm would've been removed in favor of the less cumbersome visorless bascinet.
additionally, bascinets during the mid-fourteenth century developed the "bretache" protection. a bretache was very similar to the nose-guard of a nasal helm, but was fastened to the aventail around the chin to hold everything in place.
@@SamOfSaturn Thanks for the answer, but the main point of the question was the weight of the helmet and the comfort of wearing it due to the fact that this helmet does not rest on the shoulders, all the weight falls on the neck. Unfortunately Ola did not answer.
@@soldierbreakneck771 i'm not quite sure on the exact weight, but i'm fairly certain it's on the lighter end of most neck-rested helmets. visored bascinets would certainly weigh more but were commonplace later on and still comfortable. padding is a big part of the comfortability and im sure with a nasal it's much more comfortable than most neckweighted helmets
Something I've wondered is how do you find professional armourers? Are you in a circle where you can easily access them, or do you already know them and use them regularly? I've always wanted to start buying armour, but as an outsider, I don't know where to start.
It really depends where you are, but a lot of this are skills picked up individually which you use to customise general armour. I had no experience with DIY but picked up knowledge of mailleworking and rivetting onto helmets through re-enactment, which in turn allowed me to tailor maille and work on creating better armour.
Where do you get your armor sets? They look very awsome.
How is the vision in this kind of helmet?
I have an earlier-style Nasal helmet, which has a pretty good vision. At least one eye sees around the nasal. The most impediment is when drinking, because the nasal interferes with the rim any most drinking vessels (pint-size glasses, etc.). So most of the time I have to lift the nasal with one hand when drinking.
What kind of helmet is that? Doesn’t look familiar
It's just a Flat topped nasal helm or flat top helmet with nasal however you want to say it. It's usually associated with crusaders.
@@MT-jt5uoappreciate it
I just want to know where did he get his tabard ! C'est le nôtre !
Where do you get your armor sets?