Perseus Bascinet
- Made of 2 mm thick steel
- Available in two sizes M and L
- Openable visor
- The visor locks to an upright position with a spring pin
- Unlike in the pictures, the visor locks down using a leather strap and buckle on the other side and a hook lock on the other
- Inside the helmet you have liner for height adjustments and a leather chin strap
- Weight approx. 3,4 kg
245.90€
Description of the Product
This medieval bascinet owes its name to a magnificent piece of medieval fantasy. Greek hero, Perseus, is flying on Pegasus, his winged horse, and is fighting a sea monster using a huge scythe as his weapon. Perseus is rescuing Andromeda, as she has been offered as a sacrifice to appease the sea monster. Luckily Perseus saves the day by killing the monster and wins the heart of Andromeda. Perseus is wearing a very similar helmet as this version we are offering.
Bascinet was a common helmet type and was used from the beginning of the 1300's all the way to late 1400's. By 1350 bascinets had replaced great helmets on battlefields and bascinet remained as heavily armored soldier's head protection until the 1450's (with some modifications on the way). Bascinet was mainly worn by the wealthy knightly class and heavily armored men-at-arms.
The eye-slit of this bascinet is not one continuous, wide and narrow opening, but is divided into smaller parts by bars. Such barred ocular protected the eyes much better than open eye-slit. Wide open eye-slit is a weak point in the helmet, and there is a danger of the thrust of your opponent getting through. Barred ocular reduces vision slightly but improves security. It was a compromise of better protection at the cost of vision.
The shape of this bascinet is rounder and smoother compared to the traditional hounskull-bascinet. The roundness of the shapes and barred oculars became common during the end of 1300s and early 1400s.
Bascinets were typically fitted with a mail curtain –called aventail- to protect the neck and throat of the wearer. This helmet has brass vervelles riveted on to the edge of the helmet for easy attachement of your mail aventail. The helmet doesn't come with aventail. Aventails can be purchased separately from our selection or you can use one you own beforehand with this helmet.
- Made of 2 mm thick steel. Steel thickness may vary due to the handcrafted methods used on its manufacturing.
- Available in two sizes M and L
- Size M for head circumference of approx. 60-61cm and size L for 63-64cm
- Openable visor
- The visor locks to an upright position with a spring pin
- Unlike in the pictures, the visor locks down using a leather strap and buckle on the other side and a hook lock on the other
- Inside the helmet you have liner for height adjustments and a leather chin strap
- Weight approx. 3,4 kg
- Made by Marshal Historical
3 reviews for Perseus Bascinet
Wide and high-quality selection, fast delivery and friendly staff. I recommend!
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Tim stephan (verified owner) –
Incredible helmet! It came with the liner, chin strap and everything which was great. I bought the M size and fit me like a glove. Very impressed and well made. The visor is very easy to use and you can see surprisingly well. Communication from Irongate on shipping to the US was also well received and helped facilitate information on current tariff’s. Very happy with the helmet and irongate
roni.pohjonen –
The helmet is very beautiful and it feels high quality. It fits perfectly on my head. I love how comfortable the padding is. The only reason why I’m giving only four stars is that the lock that holds the visor up is hard to open to lower the visor.
jerrekson (verified owner) –
it is the most comfortable helmet i have (the others are the classic barrel helm and visored sugarloaf), the only issue is that my ears often get caught on the thing that holds the chinstraps, but that is likely since the only one available when i got it was the M sized helm.
the visor is extremely smooth when coming up or down and doesn’t pull the helmet down when its up, and despite the eyeholes having bars the vision is incredibly good. i was honestly shocked when i put it on and wasn’t blinded.
aranypuca (verified owner) –
My brothers in Christ, I love this helm. After a series of returns from other vendors I’ve found this one that fits perfectly.
The padding is full and comfy, not just some thin cloth slapped on.
The visor does not pull down the whole helmet when it’s raised up.
Bonus, you can see quite well with the visor down which for me has been rare with off the shelf helmets.
I greatly appreciate that the Irongate team took the time to specify all of the tiny bits that are included.