Such force that Hallvarðr was lifted up by his head into the air and The weapon passed through Hallvarð's helmet and In chapter 27 of Egils saga, Keld-úlfr, in a wild battle frenzy, swung hisīryntröll (mail troll, an unknown weapon which probably had an axe-like The sagas suggest that powerful blows with a weapon could It's likely that a cap made from an absorbent material such as sheepskin was used, not only to absorb the blow, but also toĪbsorb sweat, in order to help prevent the helmet from rusting from the inside. Which suggest that some sort of leather suspension system was used. A few surviving helmets (and pieces of helmets) have rivet holes If the iron of the helmet rested directly on the skull, aīlow to the helmet would be transmitted directly to the skull, providing limited Needed to lift the helmet up off the head and to spread out and absorb It's not clear what was used inside the helmet. At first glance, the nose guard looks awkward and nearly useless, but IĬan attest to its usefulness it's prevented my nose from being broken at least Iron, to reduce cost, as seen in the replica shown to the left. In someĬases, hard leather may have been used to fill the four openings, rather than Openings were filled with riveted iron plates (right) to create the bowl. The brow, riveted to two more iron bands that crossed at the top of the head. Spangenhelm used a single iron band that circled the head around Single piece of iron large enough to create the bowl for a It is possible that Viking-age smiths were incapable of making a To make a helmet this way, requiring less labor, which may be why it was used. Pieces of iron riveted together (right), called a spangenhelm style of helm. However, during the Viking era, helmets typically were made from several Little evidence that Viking-age helmets ever hadīefore and after the Viking era, helmet bowls were madeįrom one piece of iron, hammered into shape (such as the reproduction Norman helm shown Simple: a bowl with a prominent nose guard, as shown in the photo of a Until we find time to make the needed updates to this page, we strongly encourage readers to look at this topic as it is presented in our new book, Men of Terror, available now from your favorite book seller.ĭuring the Viking age, helmets were typically fairly Much of the text presented on this page is out-of-date.
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