06-02-2012, 11:45 PM
This helmet will be completely authentic in every way - not a single weld or seam anywhere. The only difference between this helmet and an original is the effects of being 2,400 years (+ -) in the dirt. Scheduling of availability is uncertain at this point. The final stages are nearing completion, but it should be sometime later this year.
Weight is an uncertain issue as well, as it is impossible to know (until it is finished) what the actual original weight of a helmet of this type would have been when new, but since the Dioskouri is constructed with exacting accuracy, it will be within ounces of an original when finished (after all, bronze weighs what bronze weighs). The average wall thickness will hover between 3 and 4 mm, with increased thickness around the cranation ridge and the oculars/nasal areas.
I am told there will be many finishing options offered, from blackface, satin finish, satin finish with polished ocular ridges, overall polished - your imagination is the only limitation here. There will even be engraving offered (along the same line as my Manning, which is shown on another thread in this forum).
Weight is an uncertain issue as well, as it is impossible to know (until it is finished) what the actual original weight of a helmet of this type would have been when new, but since the Dioskouri is constructed with exacting accuracy, it will be within ounces of an original when finished (after all, bronze weighs what bronze weighs). The average wall thickness will hover between 3 and 4 mm, with increased thickness around the cranation ridge and the oculars/nasal areas.
I am told there will be many finishing options offered, from blackface, satin finish, satin finish with polished ocular ridges, overall polished - your imagination is the only limitation here. There will even be engraving offered (along the same line as my Manning, which is shown on another thread in this forum).
Bill
