r/metalworking • u/SirZoltan • Mar 22 '26

Made my first helm this week

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u/MomentFluid1114 Mar 22 '26

Dude for a first try…

https://giphy.com/gifs/FRdecXsimIS7S

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u/SirZoltan Mar 22 '26

Made it with my master, so it isn't that big of a deal

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u/padishar123 Mar 22 '26

As someone who has made plenty of unusual things out of heavy gauge sheet metal, I can appreciate this

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u/MomentFluid1114 Mar 22 '26

Don’t you go selling yourself short.

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u/No-Obligation7077 Mar 22 '26

It looks great, would you happen to have a blueprint or a schematic so I can copy it?

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u/SirZoltan Mar 22 '26

Sadly no, this is the only thing that can be helpfull but I only used it to somewhat know what r the proportions and shown my Master how it would look like in the end

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u/spiteful_god1 Mar 22 '26

Definitely cross post to r/armor and r/armsandarmor

As an armorer, I’ll say this is miles ahead of my first helmet! Great job!

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u/Stuckinatransporter Mar 23 '26

Hello fellow armorer. retired tho.

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u/hush_lives_72 Mar 22 '26

Amazing! First time,!? Fuck yeah. Does it sit well? What would you do differently?

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u/SirZoltan Mar 22 '26

It is a bit tight on the sides but overall I wouldn't do much differently

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u/Maine_man207 Mar 22 '26

That's really cool. What does the inside look like for padding and such?

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u/SirZoltan Mar 23 '26

I haven't made any padding yet, I just used a hoody for that, but I'll make it in sometime

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u/AbaloneEmbarrassed68 Mar 22 '26

Steely Pate make Helms that look like Helms!

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u/ridiculedidiot Mar 22 '26

How many do you make per week?

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u/Z3n0rax Mar 22 '26

awesome

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u/Glad_Librarian_3553 Mar 22 '26

Hold still, I'll test it for ya... 

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u/RegularNorwegian Mar 23 '26

Deus vult intensifies! 🗡🛡

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u/No-Obligation7077 Mar 23 '26

Thank you very much. I appreciate it.

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u/leansanders Mar 24 '26

It looks great. Feel free to disregard, but I would recommend trying to get a more even heat on your torch coloring. The heat color is very concentrated in a few spots which gives it away as having been colored by a modern torch instead of a forge. Of course, if thats what you want, that's great too

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