SA0220 Pigface Bascinet Helmet – Early Medieval

Pigface Bascinet Helmet – Early Medieval
This Early Medieval Helmet is Made from 18 ga. polished carbon steel with brass
accents. The name comes from the pointed snout / visor. The pointed top and
front were great at deflecting blows from an attacker’s weapons. This helmet gives
good visibility and provides great protection. The movable visor has good air flow.
This wearable European Pigface basinet is constructed of 18 guage steel. Whether
of the klappvisor or double pivot type, the visors of the first half of the 14th
century tended to be of a relatively flat profile with little projection from the
face. They had eye-slits surrounded by a flange to help deflect weapon points.
From around 1380 the visor, by this time considerably larger than earlier forms,
was drawn out into a conical point like a muzzle or a beak, and was given the
names “hounskull” (from the German hundskugel – “hound’s hood”) or “pig faced”
(in modern parlance). From about 1410 the visor became progressively more
rounded, and by 1435 it gave an ‘ape-like’ profile to the helmet; by 1450 it formed
a sector in the, by then, almost globular bascinet