I can't believe that mediaeval armourers didn't include a clip to attach your microphone to.

@scepta101

Ай бұрын

How inconsiderate!

@seriousmaran9414

Ай бұрын

The Norman style had that great nose piece microphone holder you could hang your mic from 😊

@Par-Crom

Ай бұрын

@@seriousmaran9414 True 🤣

lmao i love when the rolling pin comes back, sometimes i just go back to watch the original when im feeling down😂😂😂

@Tankej0527

Ай бұрын

Which is the original?

@EriktheRed2023

Ай бұрын

@@Tankej0527 kzread.info/dash/bejne/qquMlM2klbCrf84.html

@polyommata

Ай бұрын

@@Tankej0527 he did it with a sallet yeeeeears ago with the into "I'm Matt Easton, this is a medieval sallet, and THIS is a rolling pin." and proceeded to beat himself in the head like this if i remember right 🤣🤣🤣

@polyommata

Ай бұрын

@@Tankej0527 leading to clips like this lmao kzread.infoPv2l9ItG7nw?feature=shared

@acebase2302

Ай бұрын

@polyommata we have come full circle! 🤣

That looks amazing. Love the finish on it and it appears to be fitting you just right!

@guillaume4519

Ай бұрын

The noble frog helmet one :)

Don't worry people, he is Matt Easton... and he will continue to be!

@johnbr59

Ай бұрын

matt eastwood

“When I smashed myself with a stick…” I don’t hear it every day.

@yowie0889

Ай бұрын

Quite the sticky situation.

Matt really returned to monke for that intro... Tho I have to say, even though it's perfectly safe there's something innately disturbing about watching someone repeatedly and forcefully bashing themselves on the head with a stick.

As for the visor falling I have two ways I deal with that: Historically, the "How a man shall be armed..." essay (in the list of things to bring to a tournament) talks about using a kerchief to keep the visor up. In the modern world, I've found a few drops of "peg drops" used to keep tuning pegs on string instruments from slipping) at the pivots will help. This stuff is basically rosin dissolved in alcohol. When the alcohol dries, the resin provides some resistance.

@larshuijs2185

Ай бұрын

Huh thanks! I'll try that

Also sounds like a reason to reach out to Toby Capewell and talk about helmets and armour. Sounds like a great series of vids. Sign me up for all of them.

I liked Matt's original armour, but I'm starting to realise the benefits of the new one.

The way it sits on the shoulders is very similar(or maybe its the other way around?) to the way a HANS restraint hooks up for race car drivers. It anchors the head to the body for the exact same reason.

@GCCRACER

Ай бұрын

I was going to mention the same, in fact the whole helmet shape (especially the front opening with cheek padding) looks a lot like a modern racing helmet.

I think Matt should do all videos in a T-shirt with a medieval helmet on from now on

@45calibermedic

Ай бұрын

The sallet, brigandine, sweater combo was tops, in my view. But I understand the t-shirt for summertime video making!

Instant Sallet Rolling Pin throwback. Epic.

That style of helmet looks so much more imposing than the other one. Very good choice 😊

That outtake at the end was glorious.

Loved the "outtake" at the end! 😄

The rolling pin! You got me all nostalgic here, Matt🤣

My favorite medieval helmet for sure

I would love an episode on Decorated Helmets! The feathered plumes, ribbons, horse hair plumes that are such a modern day knightly look. George and Dragon look.

Looking forward to seeing the rest of the suit! :) EDIT: Love the blooper at the end.

One thing i love about great bascinet is al the options on the visors! I have one with a jousting visor and a melee visir for cavalry club fighting. I have the churburg version from 1435.

Rolling pin in the front, visor fall in the end and lot of nicely presented info in the middle. Yet another great vid from Scholagladiatoria! +][+

Good on you Matt! Your great bascinet cherry has been finally popped!

When I see someone bashing his own head saying "I'm okay!", I usually have serious doubts... 😂

That is the best opening to a video i have ever seen. Im in stitches 😂

This helmet looks so gorgeous! I dont' know if you did that intentionally, but thanks a lot for showing this object from all angles, including the inside. I'm sure some artists are already thankful about that.

I want to see your buffing station 🙂 I always launch stuff into space when I try.

the helmet looks great

That's a happy man if I ever saw one.

It’s a beast. Looking forward to seeing the whole armour

VERY interesting. The compare-and-contrast to the Salet and Bever was good. You said it was heavy. I am very curious about the weights of these items. Perhaps when you get around to showing us the rest of the harness you could give total weights, relative weights (ie salet vs bascinet), weights of individual components (ie curass, helm, etc) and maybe include the weights of the corresponding weapons appropriate to each harness arrangement so we can know the total combat load-out a knight carried. Thank you once again for a great presentation. Cheers!

Looking forward to seeing the full harness. This great bascinet looks really cool and I'm sure the harness will too. Would also love a future video on the close helm and armet.

What an awesome helmet! Enjoy the new armour!

I really enjoy the beauty of that sort of helmet🍷

Comes in just friggin' whalin' on er'! Show 'em how its done Matt!

Matt Easton is refreshing 😊

At first I thought that bassinet was pretty good. But it turned out to be great.

Thanks for the video ⚔️

We're starting to have a collection of Matt assaulting himself with a rolling pin while wearing a helmet. 🤣

The great bascinet is like a medieval astronaut helmet.

Nice bit of kit 😁👍

See also Knyght Errand's Palazzo Ducale Great Bascinet (4 yrs ago).

@TeutonicEmperor1198

Ай бұрын

Ian La Spina made a gorgeous video about it. I miss him so much!

@brianj.841

Ай бұрын

@@TeutonicEmperor1198 What happened, I assumed he got to busy with family to post and etc.

@TeutonicEmperor1198

Ай бұрын

@@brianj.841 I have no idea why he doesn't post any longer. He looks healthy and OK, he just doesn't post

@brianj.841

Ай бұрын

@@TeutonicEmperor1198 TY.

Here I am listening to Matt listing the benefits, and I'm thinking to myself, "This sounds like just what I need for my daily commute." (Public transport is getting rowdier as time goes by ...)

The open area around the face with the visor up and the functionality of the visor is quite similar to a modern flip up motorcycle helmet.

These are so brilliant

Glad you like your cage.

@DavidGreen-hp5yq

Ай бұрын

Need someone else, to help "get it on" -- many people's reason for marriage.

i love this helmet! :D

I wasn't prepared to laugh that much lol

Holding the visor up Terry Jones style. Nice.

Looks great, I'm actually waiting to get a regular bacinet that I had made for me from Etsy

"You will ride eternal, shiny and chrome"

Love it! 😊

Nice!

A good protect and maintain the shine is "Renaissance Wax", a brand of microcrystalline wax polish used in antique restoration and museum conservation around the world. its brilliant.

Waiting to hear your report of the rest of the armor after a morning workout in August.

Looks fab, shiny shiny

Repeatedly smashes self in the face... "I'M OK!!". Are you absolutely sure?

A fantastic helmet for men-at-arms and knights on foot, but the Sallet helm might be better for officers in command or archers since it has a better view with the visor in the up position.

@perrytran9504

Ай бұрын

Knights and m&a also used the sallet plenty. If artwork is to be believed they would often even keep the visor up for better situational awareness/breathing even in combat.

For everyday carry. An EDC staple.

180 degrees is quite a bit of reduction from the field of vision available via turning your head and eyes. I can get a full 360 degrees via turning my head and eyes. Still, that is better than what some people have tried to say what the field of vision in those helmets are.

When you showed us the visor previously I figured you'd gotten a great bascinet. I'm not super familiar with them, as my main interest is mid-14th century, but there's a lot more coverage than I was expecting. More overlap on the sides of the head, and much more substantial neck protection/bevor. Looks very nice (I love the visor), but must be quite heavy. Question: does the original have the locking pin for the visor, or is that an anachronism? I know a lot of modern bascinets have locking mechanisms for safety reasons, for use in buhurt and such.

It's rolling pin time folks! Beautyfull helmet.

Sir Giles Capel's Foot Combat Helmet is finest foot combat helmet I've seen. No neck armor exists that can protect from blunt force; it must be fastened to the armor and immobile. Something like an articulated neck gorget will not protect you from two handed Dane axes, pole axes, maces, etc., those will still very much dislocate vertebra and cut nerves with brute force.

Not just good, Theiirrrr Great!

Can't wait to see the full kit all gleaming.

It looks like it also has ‘neck brace’ type of benefit. Because it’s rigid and locked onto the harness, I’d imagine your head is not inclined to whip around on your neck.

I thought the two hinge pins on the visor should be slightly offset from each other so the hinge binds preventing it from dropping down unexpectedly.

I actuely have one of those widebrim sallette's or low brim kettel hat's in combo with a one of those big bevors that locks around the neck. One thing I have never actuely tryed is putting the strab of the helemet under the bevor. Maby I give that a shoot next time I wear it. 🤔

Looks beautiful very protective and I would say comfortable?. Just one question wouldn't the Armet/Salet/Closed helmet eye slit being closer to the eyes provide a wider field of view for the same opening? Or the Same but for a smaller? or is are the differences so small that it is barely noticeable?

Now that is very shiny

What about the padding? It looked well done.

Give you joy of your new armour sir,may it serves you well😊very good protection,as for restricted head movement,then I say where the eyes go so should the weapon (as per British army)all the best form sunny troon

Thats a great bascinet

I hope you have a video in the works on your armour restoration.

That intro... :)

Ok hopefully you see this Matt, but could you talk more about how medieval helmets were padded/suspended?

It would be interesting to test various arrows and projectile to se how much gets thru various holes and how much debris/broken bits can

Please Matt, can you show us how to clean the armour!

Lads, we got a new Gif!

Beast

Is it a Great Bassinet,, Matt? or perhaps a very very good one?

JOUSTING!

Could you talk more in a video about the fit of an armor? Having heard about your "used" armors, I was a bit surprised. I'm wondering how forgiving the suit as a while is, vs. Individual components, i.e. I bet a cuirass fits more people than say gauntlets, but I really don't know. Also, what sort of historical precedents do we have regarding mixing and matching? I imagine there was a lot of gifting of armors, as well as plundering. Asking as someone who has never worn medieval armor.

I know what you mean by thevisor being far from the face. I have a pembridge style helm and the idea of becoming claustophobic inside it is completely foreign.

Very interesting! How much does that helmet weigh?

great intro lol

Hi! Can you make a video about the Sarissa?

Where do you usually find completed suits of armor for sale? Looking around google it's just tin stuff. Is there a market place or forum somewhere?

That's a real fingerprint magnet!

Can you tuck your chin inside this helmet? And how well can you see things that are right in front of your feet? Having worn headgear that prevented me from looking down I was always very annoyed by it

Way nice helm

I would say that's a spiffing bascinet, not just great. That would be superb for delivering a "Glasgow kiss." 😂😂😂

What are the leather straps under the rivets for? For a liner to be sewn in?

On the point of the fully encased neck, I noticed that your head is unable to turn from within the enclosure. What would be the relative advantages or disadvantages of an enclosed one piece helmet that rests on the shoulders and yet is large enough for your head to turn side to side, perhaps even extending the vision slits around? I would imagine that would give you some of the benefit of head and neck mobility while giving your neck and head the structure needed to withstand, say, a lance strike or a hit from a poleaxe. Does such a design exist in history? Unsure if the frog helm allows the wearer to turn their head inside.

An even bigger stick than last time.

Lol. This 0:05 is Meme material for the next 100 years.

lol that intro is a callback

Buhurt fighters call that claustrophobia "helmet horror." And you'll see people not even think to take off their gauntlets and just start clawing at their visors. I've experienced myself with my spoleto bascinet. You get used to it eventually, but it can be very disconcerting.

10:52 What happens to the visor when you smack it upwards on the lower part? Could it get shwacked open?

Is that a disc on the back of the first armet? Aw I with I knew what feathery bits or carving they had on top. Even Lego knights have feathers on their armets.

How do you polish your armo(u)r? Specifically