The construction of a visor for a Bascinet

This is a short description in picture form of how ”Guffe” made a visor for his helmet.

The original helmet, an onion shaped bacinet from the later part of the 14th century

Copy the picture until it seems to fit your head.

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Sadly, in all the excitement there were no pictures taken during the first part of the labour.
I have made a cone by hammering it out upon an anvil horn. And I have used the enlarged picture as a template for where the ocular is supposed to be.

Here I have started to hammer out the shapes with a rounded hammer.

Here the shapes of my helmet is taking form. I have used a planning hammer Compared here with a picture of the original.

Polished.

Eye slots sawed out. Here in comparison with a silouhette of the original.

Here is the finnished helmet

Comparison to the original helmet.