Gauge counts backwards, so a higher number means thinner steel. At 18 gauge you get something that holds a shape and takes a knock without turning into a punishment to wear. It is the sensible weight for a helmet you will have on for hours and for scale that has to move with your shoulders.
Heads and bodies
Wyrmgaze is the showpiece, a Sutton Hoo pattern Viking helmet with a full face mask, a brass crest, eyebrows and embossed panels, which is as close as anything here gets to a museum case. Grimbeak is the medieval one, a pig faced bascinet with a hounskull visor, brass hinges and a knotwork brow band. Arenaward goes classical, a murmillo gladiator helmet with a brass grille, eye discs and a wide neck guard. On the body, Wyrmscale is a steel scale shirt with russet leather binding and brass rivets, and Ashscale is the blackened version with black leather binding and a rune plaque. Scale at this gauge moves far better than it looks like it should.
The heads sit in medieval helmets and Roman and Greek helmets, and the shirts in scale and lamellar armor.
Free US shipping
On most pieces. Heavier and oversized ones carry a flat charge.
Hand Forged
Heated, hammered and ground by hand.
Engraving available
Names, dates or Norse runes on most pieces.
