Making a Great Helm (ep 2) | SHAPING

In the second part of our Making a Great Helm series we continue the journey of forging a Medieval Great Helm. We hammer the sheets of steel into the body of our helmet and get a glimpse of the helmet’s final shape. The medieval great helm made in this series is based on the Dargen Helm (circa 1250-1270 c.e.). This is one of the earliest extant great helm pieces surviving today and a very iconic piece that influences our modern image of “the knight.” The series follows the process of recreating this piece