Atli and Tadgh Make a Helm
So, Tadgh needed a helm for Anglo-Saxon Camp reenactments. Now armor does two very important things:
It keeps the insides in, and the outsides out. . .
Helmet of St. Wencelslaus (died 935); (Prague Cathedral), p. 33
English Weapons & Warfare 449-1660 A.V.B. Norman and Don Pottinger
p.17, Saxon helmet excavated from a grave at Benty Grange, Derbyshire (Sheffield Museum)
Photo A – (l-r) “Field expedient” stake mounted vertically; cannon ball stake; deep dishing stump with foot piece; shallow dishing stump with foot piece dogged to anvil.
Photo B – (f-b) Deep dishing stump and foot board; shallow dishing stump; metal dishing form with hardy fitting.
Photo C – (f-b) “Portable” post vise; stake, cannon ball etc.
Photo D – Another view of the “portable” post vise. Hammering down the 1 ½” rebar, single-handed with a twelve pound sledge, was lots of single-handed fun!
Photo E – Another view, showing the vise and the “L” extension of the “field expedient” stake.
