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My leather comb ranges from 2cm at the base just above the neck protector, through 5cm halfway through the turn to 9cm just before the support. The support itself is a little over 10cm. That doesn't sound like a lot, but it alters the proportions considerably in my mind. I guess the details in...

I see all your points regarding the low mounted schuppenketten. Also, as they have rather bulky arrangements on the insides, I guess any low placed schuppenketten would cause there to be brain-piercing nuts and screws on the inside, which is unlikely to have been acceptable. Bent pins maybe...

I was wrong regarding he screw, I thought the screw holding the front plate went all the way through the comb. It doesn't. The comb was affixed through holes in the sides of the comb, much like the thread in your case, only that there are only two pairs of holes. One just by the brass front edge...

I begin with apologizing for all the duplicate information in my reply, I wrote before I read. The thing about the chinstrap is in here, amongst a wealth of good information: http://www.reenactorforum.waszmann.de/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1091532153/0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return...

Hello all, and sorry for the necropost! It's just that this subject is nothing that crops up often enough to be able to jump into a thread while it is still fresh.. Well, I bring some more evidence to compensate! I have a 1809 cuirassier helmet of the GdC which is very early. It is a...