A knight helmet is a closed helm: the head is fully enclosed and vision is traded for protection. That is the deal the shape makes and it is why these look intimidating on a stand. All of them are riveted mild steel in either 16 or 18 gauge, with liners where the head actually touches metal.
The four shapes
The great helms are the flat topped crusader pattern. Cruxward is 16 gauge with a brass cross reinforce, etched knotwork sights and domed rivets. Grimward is the same build with a knotwork engraved band. Nightcrux and Duskwarden are both blackened, the first with a polished steel cross reinforce and a chased Vegvisir, the second with brass rune cross vision slits and drilled breaths. Ridgehelm is the sallet, 16 gauge with hinged temple pivots, a swept rear tail and a chased Vegvisir, which is the shape that reads as late medieval at a glance. Grimbeak is the pig faced bascinet, 18 gauge with a hounskull visor, brass hinges and a knotwork brow band. Ironvisor is the plainest, 18 gauge with a riveted brow band, a perforated bevor and a padded leather liner.
They sit in medieval helmets, inside the wider Viking armor range. For how a helm fits with the rest of a kit, read Viking armour explained.
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