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Tarthang · 05-10-2002, 11:48 PM

piosennial & Raefindel
You're welcome for the info. Unfortunately they did not give any info on how the helmut's were reinforced. FYI the series I mentioned is several year's old. Also the suit's they had guy's doing cartwheels in were modern replica's. They did mention that no one know's how to actually smith armor by any original processes. Apparently the armor smith's kept their secret's much better than did swordsmith's. Though they did have some one attempting to smith a helm on a rounded anvil (looked like a wig-stand only of steel instead of styro-foam), so I imagine a helm's strentgh has to do with it's actual shape, thickness and grade of steel from which it's forged.
BTW I don't recommend using paper & dice rpg rulebooks as an accurate source to learn about armor or weapons. I know for a fact that the D&D tables weren't well researched. (Based off of independent research on the web and a few TV programs. Try Discovery and Learning Channel as well, occassionally they both have a show on such topics in addition to the History channel). [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

05-10-2002, 11:48 PM	#24
Tarthang Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Paths of the Dead Posts: 108	piosennial & Raefindel You're welcome for the info. Unfortunately they did not give any info on how the helmut's were reinforced. FYI the series I mentioned is several year's old. Also the suit's they had guy's doing cartwheels in were modern replica's. They did mention that no one know's how to actually smith armor by any original processes. Apparently the armor smith's kept their secret's much better than did swordsmith's. Though they did have some one attempting to smith a helm on a rounded anvil (looked like a wig-stand only of steel instead of styro-foam), so I imagine a helm's strentgh has to do with it's actual shape, thickness and grade of steel from which it's forged. BTW I don't recommend using paper & dice rpg rulebooks as an accurate source to learn about armor or weapons. I know for a fact that the D&D tables weren't well researched. (Based off of independent research on the web and a few TV programs. Try Discovery and Learning Channel as well, occassionally they both have a show on such topics in addition to the History channel). [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]