Medieval Helmet pattern help

[johnggrg]

More pictures as soon as I can get them to load in here.

Here is the inside. This is all 8-9 oz leather.

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here is the suspension system after rolling it down and up inside

Here you can see how the second row of stitches line up

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Here is the outside of the helmet with a lower bottom piece.

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Here you can see the hammering done to the leather. 

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Here you can see stitching the bottom part on. I didn't finish the front edge cause I will have to trim that a little and won't be hard to touch up after. 

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Here you can see how the stitches had to over lap the rolled suede in a hex pattern on the inside. If I would have started the stitches in the other direction or from the other side I would have hade the hex on the outside and the straight part of the stitch on the inside. But like I said trial and error. But honestly it doesn't get in the way at all and when you get past the bottom part being stitched on where the face begins it's a normal stitch and will not go over the edge of the suede.  Now I plan on putting a 1 1/2 inch strap around the helmet covering the stitch line down the center and around the helmet where the bottom is sewed on and that or those will be riveted on so you won't see any of the stitches on the outside. Like I said this was a trial and error piece so next one will be the real one that I will make nicer. More pictures as I get it done. Finally figured out how to resize my pictures so I can upload them. Send from phone to email. John         P.S  I cut the corners off the suede and punched a hole in the ends for some lace.

[fredk]

That looks just grand so it does.