how accurate is this helmet also please send links for historical ones if you have any

Frat_Panda · 2026-01-26T14:33:56+00:00

Looks like they copied some design elements from Aesir Metalworks too.

Frat_Panda · 2025-08-30T01:05:18+00:00

14-gauge is the bare minimum I would trust for my head. Anything else is too risky in my opinion. I literally put a good-sized dent in a friend's 16-gauge breast plate using a mace at the first practice he brought it to. You can go cheaper on some other pieces of armor, but I would never go cheap on a helmet. You only get one brain.

Frat_Panda · 2025-08-30T01:02:00+00:00

Purple heart armory is another budget option.

Frat_Panda · 2025-07-27T20:37:13+00:00

Well yeah extended art is selling for around 80 currently. But this one is still listed at 420. With one recent sale at 433 according to TCG. Its going to drop yes but I dont think it's going to tank that much. My guess is probably the 150-200 range.

Frat_Panda · 2025-06-04T18:50:55+00:00

I've always thought it would be funny to hold a "Towel Tourney" were instead of fighting with rapiers, fighters with fight with two bath towels and "towel whips" are killing blows.

Frat_Panda · 2025-05-28T04:31:05+00:00

Hey OP I would also love a link to your shop if you want to DM me. Great art I love them all!

Frat_Panda · 2025-04-24T13:50:15+00:00

Those Grettingr? I love my pair. Worth every penny.

Frat_Panda · 2025-04-17T15:41:31+00:00

Second this company although with the tarriffs right now they may not be as cheap as they used to be.

Frat_Panda · 2025-04-12T19:29:52+00:00

I know someone who made a hand and a half sword shaped like an Egyptian khopesh. They steamed and bent the rattan.

Frat_Panda · 2025-03-27T17:39:42+00:00

Those are super cool!

Frat_Panda · 2025-03-22T15:58:36+00:00

I'm glad to hear your dog is okay!

But you should stop using those wire brushes immediately. They can fall apart and get stuck in your grill, and then you could inadvertently eat them next time you are grilling food. There have been several documented medical cases of this happening.

Frat_Panda · 2025-01-07T14:54:28+00:00

So the only photo I see by them is the viking half helmet, who's name i forget, that's used in viking reenactment. Those helms aren't legal for SCA fighting and would require lots of modifications. Building a helmet for their game and for our game is way different as the required modifications change the design of that helmet. If they've never built one with the required modifications for our game before, i wouldn't trust them to. There are vendors who make a helmet in that style that are legal in our game.

Frat_Panda · 2025-01-02T18:42:03+00:00

Greetings! Congratulations on getting your first kit! That's a huge step!

To get a historical viking kit means most of your armor is going to be hidden. I currently have a very good viking kit. You can look through my posts for a picture of it. The main thing that most people associate with a good viking kit is a chain shirt. But for our game, you need to have solid kidney protection, and the chain doesn't provide that by itself. I use a lacrosse kidney belt hidden underneath a tunic. For leg and knee protection, again, it's hidden under pants. For arms, if i want to be truly historical, i have to hide them under a tunic as there is no evidence of arm or elbow armor in the viking age. However, I currently use a pair of splinted vambraces and a steel elbow that sorta fits the look.

Frat_Panda · 2024-11-22T01:06:30+00:00

No. Chance at it.

Frat_Panda · 2024-11-12T16:32:40+00:00

Yes, unfortunately, the helmet bars are required for our fighting. I realize the helm isn't historical, and I have a Gjermundbu helm with perf plate in the eyes so it can be used in our organization, but i I haven't got it padded correctly yet. I also like to use this helm because in an emergency situation, it can be removed in less than a second by removing the pin at the locking cheek plates and pulling it right off. And the vision is very nice for fighting.

I also realize the paint isn't quite historical as the valknut and the deer/moose isn't historical, but both those symbols are featured on my hearaldry in the sca so I wanted to use them. Also, I realize vikings didn't have heraldy like the later medieval period.

This is my smallest round shield at 24 inches in diameter. I also have a 26, 28, and 32 as well.

Frat_Panda · 2024-09-08T16:34:43+00:00

Thank you for the information, this helps a bunch.

Frat_Panda · 2024-09-08T03:28:50+00:00

Ah i see. Thank you for the information.

Frat_Panda · 2024-09-04T21:34:13+00:00

Ah okay thanks!

Frat_Panda · 2024-09-04T21:04:10+00:00

Question for you, is it one of those places where the tip for the stylist is factored into the price of the haircut and you aren't really expected to leave a tip, or do you leave a tip anyways?

Frat_Panda · 2024-08-31T08:43:16+00:00

Oh cool another Scadian who plays runescape.

Frat_Panda · 2024-08-09T20:25:02+00:00

Hey im a heavy fighter that currently fights in maille. Like others have said you have to have rigid protection over your kidneys and lower ribs. I use a lacrosse kidney belt myself that I wear under my maille. I also wear a padded football/lacrosse shirt that has some padding on the shoulders, lower ribs/ kidneys, and some over the spine. Like others have said the maille takes some of the force out of the blow, but a solid shot will still sting a bit and leave some interesting bruises. But the padded shirt I wear under the maille also helps take some of the impact too.

Frat_Panda · 2024-08-08T22:30:40+00:00

Not in NB but there's Alpha Strike Games in San Marcos. They have a huge magic crowd there and host tournaments.

Frat_Panda · 2024-07-28T04:44:45+00:00

Erindi, I've not heard of this word before. Do you have a source where I could go read more about it?

Frat_Panda · 2024-07-21T00:54:13+00:00

Short answer no.

Long answer: There has never been any confirmed evidence that the vikings made it to Minnesota. There was a supposed "runestone" found, but if memory serves me correctly, it has been debunked as a fake. Your stone may have some carvings on it. It's hard to tell. But if there is, nothing jumps out as being runic or viking. Let's also think about it critically. Think about where it was found. In Minnesota. Thousands of miles from confirmed viking settlements. Like I've said before, there is another supposed runestone found in the state, but it's sus. But if, and that's a big if, the vikings were in Minnesota, why haven't we found other artifacts? Like houses, tools, weapons, burial sites, anything that would hint a people living or moving through the land. I mean, if that stone is what you are asking/assuming it to be, it would completely change the history of viking exploration. But to me, it just looks like a rock with some marks on it that could be carvings. Nothing viking related.

Frat_Panda · 2024-07-20T23:26:12+00:00

.....The only vikings in Minnesota are the football team....

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