02-18-2008, 06:43 PM
If it's the same show I saw, then their "boar tusk helmet" was junk. Here's a thread from the Armour Archive:
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=72869
The real ones were made of sliced tusks, of course, not bone, and the pieces overlapped. So there wouldn't be any gaps. When I was cutting tusks on my bandsaw, there were sparks coming off, so tusks are considerably harder than bone! We know from artwork that the boar tusk helmet was THE most popular type during its day, so it had to be effective enough for all the guys wearing it.
Khaire,
Matthew
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=72869
The real ones were made of sliced tusks, of course, not bone, and the pieces overlapped. So there wouldn't be any gaps. When I was cutting tusks on my bandsaw, there were sparks coming off, so tusks are considerably harder than bone! We know from artwork that the boar tusk helmet was THE most popular type during its day, so it had to be effective enough for all the guys wearing it.
Khaire,
Matthew
Matthew Amt (Quintus)
Legio XX, USA
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