Making a Bronze Corinthian Helmet - Greek Armour Build
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In this video, I contract a Corinthian-style helmet from silicon bronze. I make this helmet in 2 pieces, which are welded together with a tig welder using a silicon bronze filler rod. The traditional Corinthian helmets were made from a single piece of bronze. The method used to do this is currently a hotly debated topic among historians. Some feel they were raised from a sheet of bronze. Others propose they were cast to a partially finished helmet then custom hammered to final shape. My personal hunch is the 3rd hypothesis in that they were hot dished from a block or thick disk. I plan to experiment with this method in future videos.
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Beautiful work! The Corinthian helmet is such a beautiful design! Greetings from Greece!
@ThakIronworks
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
@vanillaicecream2385
4 жыл бұрын
with such amazing craftsmanship you 100% deserve more views
@s.sradon9782
3 жыл бұрын
It looks like a dick
Awesome craftsmanship you deserve more views and subscribers for all your hard work
@ThakIronworks
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much.
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.
@KakashiKyle9
3 жыл бұрын
MALAKA
@galadballcrusher8182
3 жыл бұрын
ahem ... Hellen plural Hellene or Hellenes... the last en you added as in Hellenen wasnt needed ( Έλλην , Έλληναι/Ελληνες, είδες κανένα να γραφει Έλληνενες?)
Great outcome... as a Greek I would like to thank you for promoting and reviving the ancient Greek armory ....
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!
I also want to say as a historical costumer, those historical rule thumpers are everywhere. You project owes no explanation. Ignore them. Great work!
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.
@ThakIronworks
4 жыл бұрын
Happy to inspire others! Thank you for your kind words.
It would be interesting to see the manufacture of a plume for this helmet. I apologize for my English
@ThakIronworks
4 жыл бұрын
In the near future. Nothing wrong with your english :)
@user-ol1hb9ck5q
4 жыл бұрын
@@ThakIronworks Beautiful!
The single piece concept is the same way (basically) that we build pinch pots from clay. Seems an excellent idea. Love the helm.
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.
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!
@ThakIronworks
3 жыл бұрын
Rock on brother
@ThakIronworks
3 жыл бұрын
Rock on brother
Awesome work, can’t wait to see the finished project.
Great work, can't wait to see the entire suit together!
The usual amazing project! That is awesome!
So beautiful! This was fascinating to watch.
Beautiful work! Great video!
Amazing work! really interesting to watch the whole process. And the t-shirts are awesome!
I really enjoyed how this turned out, can't wait to see where it goes
Another great video. I love how you describe everything you're doing and make it look so easy.
Beautiful. Love the history related commentary aswell.
When the set is complete, these arms and armor are going to be epic. The detail is great
Love your work and the videos are so informative.
Beautiful piece!
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!
It turned out really amazing, i think the earholes were a great idea!
Massive Thank You!-From a Macedonian from Mother Greece!
You the only one i know that can do this! Awesome job!
Oh finally another release with greek style armour. Love it!
Love it. Good information on history and artistic freedom.. nice to see some armorers work for a change
Wonderful work Rob,such a pleasure to watch you.
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 appreciate that he's a costume designer so nobody can bitch about him not using historical techniques or materials.
So kool man ! Enjoy watching your videos and absolutely love your shop ! 🐉
Beautiful, nice work and video
Beautiful piece of craftsmanship! Respect..
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.
Awesome craftsmanship!
Turned out great, museum quality work. Lovin the Bathory shirt too!
You are one true master of this art mister!
What a wonderful and beautiful art piece have subscribed and hit the bell look forward to seeing it continued such great work 👍🏻
Amazing work!!
As usual EXCELLENT work.
It's amazing what can be learned from experimental archeology, after all, the original armourers experimented all the time. Great work.
Beautifull craftmanship!
Dude, I love your work and your taste in music.
I really looked forward to this video from this channel, really quality content, thanks! By the way - nice t-shirts.
Splendid work here, beautiful and precise craftsmanship! regards!
Just stumbled upon your stuff today.. lots of cool stuff you have going on here. Subscribed for sure 👍
Love your work!!!
1st class work , fascinating work with clear instructions, lovely marriage of historical and artistic license, big fan of your work and talent Mark
Fantastic! Indeed this is the job worth living!
Beautiful! I alternate between being super inspired and intimidated by your videos. Something to aspire to!
Amazing work
I cant wait to see the crest ans hopefully the full armor in the future, great videos 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.
@ThakIronworks
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
Astounding work, there's nothing else to say!
Very beautiful work. This is a peak aesthetic result of both solid craftsmanship and art, I love it.
Amazing job, beautiful helmet.
Awesome work!
epic work as always
wow ! very well! great job ! thank you
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!!!
The bathory shirt! Very nice!
What words can be said? That you shared it with us is testiment to your metal. Very educational and interesting. 🙏 Blessings Sir Crawford out ⚒️🧙♂️
The coolest channel I've ever seen!
The corinthian helmet with his simplicity ,functionality and beauty could be one of the oldest examples of iconic industrial designs - 3000 years old and still such a defining piece - make it out if brushed aluminium and you got an iHelmet without the design being out of place in any way...
Amazing how I'm finding all these awesome KZread 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!
Espectacular!!! Me gustan tus remeras.
I'm really impressed how you were able to make two separate and matching halves.
@ThakIronworks
3 жыл бұрын
That is the trickest part
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.
@ThakIronworks
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you and welcome to the channel!
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!
Wow what a beautiful helmet!
top man , great stuff dude wish i had your skill
Saw the Bathory shirt and subscribed immediately. Good shit.
@dantesc47
3 жыл бұрын
👍👍
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!
Awesome work.
@ThakIronworks
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
excellent. good luck mate
Awesome T-shirt! Been a Bathory fan since forever.
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.
@All4Grogg
4 жыл бұрын
I'm actually impressed by how mature the comment section here is.
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.
Greetings !!!!! Thanks for the video !!!!
The Greeks would have loved you in the time, great job, an artist in the works.
Amazing work... I enjoyed ur video... Greetings from Athens-Hellas
A magnificent job
Beautiful work Thak. I'm gonna try and make a copper chest plate like yours :)
Master craftsman!
Nice work man, the sub is also for the T shirt too!
This looks great. Gj It will look even better with the polished edges and the plume Think you will go for red to match the shield though id prefer white/blue stripes
You could try to get in touch with Jeffrey Hildebrandt from Royal Oak Armoury in Canada. He has made several greek helmets rased from a single sheet of bronze (for example here : royaloakarmoury.com/2014/08/19/illyrian-helmet/ ).
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.
I think it is look perfect
Awesome !!!
Wicked Work
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.
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
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.
Quarantine helmet :))
@ThakIronworks
4 жыл бұрын
I'm sure you have a few sticking around ;)
Exelente!!!
AMAZING!
The brazing may have been done by using a frenel lens, which with sunlight can liquefy granite. That's how hot it can get
@ThakIronworks
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting