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1. I believe I read somewhere that the conventional modern military salute symbolizes the opening of an armour helmet visor to reveal the face.

2. I still prefer “Dark Helmet” from Space Balls. Mel Brooks has the edge on twisted humour.

3. Who says creativity is dead in Americaa?
   http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/06/13/Bank-robber-NSA-records

4. Wierd and Fierce is right, but definetely lacking a certain something….Oh yeah, the artistry of Katewerk!

5. Now watch the incompetent weasel do the wrong thing, if he does anything at all but remonstrate, but at arms length, of course, so his precious halo won’t get splattered in blood; or some US aircraft be downed with one of the weapons he gave to the Jihadists.
   http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/world/middleeast/syria-chemical-weapons.html?hp&pagewanted=all&_r=0
   Unfortunately, this is just the kind of situation that this man is incapable of dealing with; why someone of so little real-world experience should not be POTUS.
   I’m beginning to think the last POTUS that knew what was gooing on was Ike. Kennedy a half-way second

6. yah Kennedy sure knew how to piss ppl off, and they killed him for it!!!!

7. Some of them were designed to impress, but some were very practical. The ribbed armour was designed to increase strength without increasing weight, for instance. The helmet with a very pointed face-guard and the ‘frog’ helmet were designed to deflect a spear-point without catching.
   Of interest is the ‘Brewster’ armour, dated 1917-1918, but which clearly has the wearer carrying a Civil Ear muzzle-loading musket of a period 50 years previous.

8. Excellant armed. Thanks

9. Having some knowledge of the skills involved in making these, they are nothing short of awesome! Thanks for posting this!

10. They make the Gentex helmet I wore for much of my flying career seem very mundane!

11. They all represent tremendous skill. Most are indeed weird. Nos. 2, 3, and 4, though, seem to be straightforward solutions to the problem of protecting the user from blows from a lance or pike, or a sword, or from arrows.

12. Neat. And there are more posted by readers in the comments section.

13. Some of those designs were awesome (ie- the one with the moustache) but it took a commentator to add a samurai helmet (that one was very cool).

14. I like Phillipo Negroli 1533,
    Airbrush that baby …..eh? Kate!
    By the way, does anyone have vintage CHASTITY stuff to post? … that would be enlightening………

15. I would suspect that the helmets with decorative protrusions would be a real liability. I don’t think you would want anything that would catch a sword or javelin. The neck is not strong enough to absorb more than a non-glancing blow. Personally, if I was put back there with my current knowledge, I would want the smoothest, most flexible and lightest armor possible.

16. Gee, they armored the most vital areas, imagine that…

17. Anyone noticed survivorship bias in helmet design?

18. CAIR Canada will be filing a complaint in 3…2…

19. Yes very cool.
    I thought many of the Japanese Kabuto’s were strange.
    My personal Daisho – katana/wakizashi/ tanto set is of a flying crane theme with a kabuto manuki.

20. Yeah well, just because the fancy hats lacked nicks and dings does not mean that they were not worn in battle.
    The wearers of these helms were not only wealthy but were not likely closely involved in the gritty, grisley, dangerous cut and thrust any more than Ike, Mountbatten or Bradley were exposed to bullets or sheel splinters on D-day.
    Plate armour was developed to defeat the “bodkin point” arrow (google it)which efficiently penetrated chain mail.