Nigel Carren Polish Winged Hussar Zischagge helmet Szyszak.MPG

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Nigel Carren giving an interesting 360 degree tour of his latest creation from his workshop in France. This particular helmet is a reproduction 17th Century Polish Winged Zischagge or Szyszak. Much like the helmets and armour I made for the movie 1612, Taras Bulba, and Alexander The Neva Battle. This particular helmet is a faithful copy of a period helmet belonging to a member of 'The Guard of Augustus the Strong'. Visit the Nigel Carren KZfaq channel or www.nigelcarren.com for trailers showing my movie work, restoration before and after pictures, fashion and my contact details. I look forward to working with you in the future... A' bientot. Nigel Carren. www.nigelcarren.com

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@nigelcarren Ай бұрын

Hello armour and history fans, just a quick note to say I am currently trying to reinvigorate this channel with new content... my unique take on all of this rusty nonsense! But this time, I have not only bought a proper camera, but a microphone as well! 🙈 (shakes head in shame) 😂 So, if you like rivets, please subscribe for some REALLY geeky deep-dives. This coincides with a new website too, which is ONLY ten YEARS out of date! I haven't bothered with it in the past as I am busy making armour, but now I have been told the website is too old to work at all with smart-devices, NOW is the time for change! So, I shall see you on the field my friends. Best wishes from me and all the mice in the workshop. Nigel ⚒🐭🐭

@wojciechchomanski5434 6 жыл бұрын

Great describing and fantastic - most beautifull version of polish husaria helmet ! Thank you from Poland

@nigelcarren 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Wojciech, for your kind words of praise.. They make all the broken fingernails and endless nights counting rivets in my sleep worthwhile. This year I am going to make an effort with some better videos... You know, videos with editing and filmed on a good camera! So please watch this space for some really beautiful things. I look forward to hearing from you again. Many thanks and best wishes from Nigel and all the mice and happy 2018 to all the Winged Hussars!

@HuSSaR83 4 жыл бұрын

How much work went into this helmet its most amazing. Its like a Rolls Royce of helmets when u wanna make it English :D

@nigelcarren 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, that made my day! I am working on some MUCH better videos as we speak so please watch this space for some REAL sexy armour... where I will be talking about the details that you might have either not noticed or not thought of before... the weird stuff! (and NOT filmed with a potato!) Stay safe during the lockdown mon ami. Best wishes from me and all the mice in the workshop. 🐀⚔️

@poopsiedoodlesp8506 5 жыл бұрын

Polish winged hussars are badass

@nigelcarren 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Poopsiedoodles, yes you got that right mon ami! To be honest, they had won the battle just by turning up. Imagine standing watching 1000 of those guys galloping screaming at you with wings dragging the morning mist... It would certainly be your last day in hell! Time only to gulp, and hope that your many layers don't betray you shaking underneath. Best wishes to you from me (and all the mice in the workshop) 🔨🐭🐭🐭

@Shiro_PL 4 жыл бұрын

2000 husars vs 60000 Turks. Poland won xd

@HuSSaR83 4 жыл бұрын

@winstonS Sometimes i wish Poland could go on offensive when they had almost every battle in their grasp on the plains with Winged Hussars but Poland was always peaceful just protecting themselves from bigger neighbors ..but they could have used that opportunity when they had the best heavy cavalry in the world.

@ukaszgarstka3123 3 жыл бұрын

@@Shiro_PL ??? when this numbers ??

@Shiro_PL 3 жыл бұрын

@@ukaszgarstka3123?

@zerguskotus2648 4 жыл бұрын

Wow it looks amazing

@nigelcarren 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mon ami! Best wishes to you, and stay safe during the madness. (Still working on my new videos during lockdown... See more of my HUGE nose soon). 👃🏻👀😂

@segundajuganda 5 жыл бұрын

That really looks fantastic I've never seen such wings alongside. Like formula one head protection bar ;].

@nigelcarren 5 жыл бұрын

Hello Segundajuganda, thank you for your comment mon ami. Yes, these are a nightmare to make as each of those little piercings are filed-out by hand with a needle-file. Yes, I remember the first time I saw one of these bolted to the wall of an English Castle, I was very young and thought "Can this be real"? As it turns out the Polish helmets and Polish Winged-Hussar armour had both Eagles beaks and Eagles wings everywhere, (wings with everything is what I call it!). I agree with you... fantastic looking armour that makes English armour from the same period look really rather dull!! Merry Xmas to you and see you in 2019 when I hope to shake-up this dead Channel of mine. 🎄

@nitinkataria5002 5 жыл бұрын

They are inspired from Christianity. As the angels are depicted with wings.

@placetoupload8558 3 жыл бұрын

Christ this is fantastic

@nigelcarren 3 жыл бұрын

'Christ'... CHRIST? Comments like that that are not gong to help my ego problem! That said, I thank you for having such 'Faith' in me mon ami. 😂 BETTER videos on the way (what I have been doing during the confinement). Best wishes and stay safe. 🙏🏻⚔️

@naonaonia 5 жыл бұрын

From Poland- Amor Patriae- Nostra Lex!

@nigelcarren 5 жыл бұрын

Rzeczywiście ... Solidarność mój przyjacielu! Najlepsze życzenia dla ciebie i wszystkich twoich przodków. Dziękujemy za obejrzenie i do zobaczenia na boisku. 👍🏻 (I hope Google Translate got that right my friend?) 😱😂

@naonaonia 5 жыл бұрын

@@nigelcarren Pozdrawiam Cię- Przyjacielu! Ja- kobieta, nie mężczyzna. W Polsce kobiety razem z mężczyznami na konia wsiadały i LAŁY pohańca! Szablą!!

@piotrstanislaw8504 4 жыл бұрын

@@naonaonia it's true. Our girls are strong and have the character... ;) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bJyhqMKEt9G-e5c.html

@georgegordonbrown9522 4 жыл бұрын

Outstanding work. On a different note: August der Starke(Strong) was born 1670 and became elected the king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth only 1697. Obviously this helmet can predate August´s reign.( Reg. 1:38)

@nigelcarren 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment Gordon but I was aware of that. Trust me.. the client I made this for was most particular... as are they all and as am I... This job has cost me my hair! 😂 Your predate point was what I was trying to illustrate in a cheeky-chap sort of way in this film, hence my pretending to be vague. In other words take an ordinary Dutch-Pot add wings call it Polish, take an ordinary Pikemans Pot, add stupid amount of decoration and a menpo and call it Japanese as worn by the Samurai 100 years after we were done with them at Naseby (Metropolitan Museum). I am reworking my near-dead channel at the moment so this would be a great subject to do, but first I have to finish The Tonlet, The Joust and The Gunshield movie, the props for which are currently ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE. Shoulder-Straps is another one... My aim is to make the most boring (riveting) videos on the subject on KZfaq, discussing the such subjects as 'The Magic Stretch' and 'How to spot a fake in 3 seconds'. 'How to slate a roof and why this is EXACTLY the same as a fencing gauntlet', and my favourite 'Henry and The Serpent'. Any suggestions you have would be welcome. I have read most of the books and I only agree with three of them... not telling you which. You are the first person who has not had a problem with my mentioning Augustus the Strong. I wish I had not deleted the CRAZY comments now. It was almost as absurd as the moment I discovered the armies of feminists who STILL REGULARLY religiously defend Henry VIII? (pun intended) Best wishes to you, and thank you for your input.

@nitinkataria5002 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely classy video. Keep up the good work. Great English usage too.

@nigelcarren 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words. I have invested in a REAL camera with a REAL microphone 😂😂 so please watch this space for some better quality content soon.... no more 'All in one take, all in the first-take'. As soon as the bench is clear here in the workshop I am going to do the edit. Best wishes from me and all the mice in the workshop.

@leoprzytuac3660 3 жыл бұрын

*Heavily* underrated

@nigelcarren 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Thank you Leo, that has truly made my day! I have spent another weekend editing the new content for this channel which is about to be jolted back to life with some decent content, and some beautiful things which as of yet have not been shared with the outside world. But being a control-freak, I just HAD TO make life difficult and write and record all the music too!! Any day now mon ami! Stay safe and best wishes to you, from me and all the mice in the workshop. 🧐🐭🐭🐭

@leoprzytuac3660 3 жыл бұрын

@@nigelcarren Oh, thank you, my dude. You've earned a new subscriber. I found this in my recommended videos, so I hope that means your channel is starting to take off.

@nigelcarren 3 жыл бұрын

@@leoprzytuac3660 Hey Thank you Leo, this is the first time I have EVER heard of being in someones recommended!!! KZfaq must be listening... somebody somewhere can sense that pretty soon I am going to let this thing off the chain!!! I have honestly, spent all day recording every anvil and every single clock I have... You will soon hear why! 🤔 Thanks again... I am going to take the incredible timing of your comment as a sign! ⚔️🏆👍🏻

@slavslavyc2528 4 жыл бұрын

It's the best shel....

@nigelcarren 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for subscribing Mr Rhodes, and congratulations... You are my 250th Subscriber! I have no idea what you have won though... But I am happy to send you something... even if its just a keyring... Email me your address if you are Interested? Please come back soon as there are some really juicy movies on the way... as soon as I have worked out how to edit them, (yes these are better movies not just one take with my old workshop Cybershot whilst I wait for the kettle to boil). Have a great 2018 and thank you again for subscribing. Best wishes, Nigel Carren and all the mice.

@nitinkataria5002 5 жыл бұрын

You deserve 10 M subscribers.

@nigelcarren 4 жыл бұрын

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@FlokiDargo 4 жыл бұрын

Bloody beautiful mate.

@nigelcarren 4 жыл бұрын

@@FlokiDargo Thank you, and Merry Christmas to you and yours! 👍🏻🌲

@Kinjia200euro 5 жыл бұрын

Are there some with bigger facemasks? Awesome Era of Armor and Weapons

@nigelcarren 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Seychellenrik, great to read you. Yes you got that right. I don't think I explained in this video. The Nasal bar (in this example) is exchangeable with a wider one. I call these face-guards (like the 1612 armour I made on my website) and when this 'guard' covers the eyes I call them masks/visors (this is my rule and I am sticking to it) 😂. There is a full-face version which you might have seen. Though this is generally fitted to more of a siege-weight helmet, but the mask is long and protects the entire throat area. Nobody has ever confirmed if there is a proper Polish name for this mask/visor... I would love to know. I have always promised myself I would make one of these for my own collection on my down-time... and therein lies the problem... Flat-out working on commissions at the minute. Come back any time mon ami and as they used to say: "See you on the field"! Best wishes from me (and all the mice in the workshop) 🔨🐭🐭🐭

@Kinjia200euro 5 жыл бұрын

the exchangeable part and and the steel ,,cap" are unique compared to earlyer medieval helmets. Are they related to indo-persian helmets? They do look a little alike Greetings good craftmanship shall never be forgotten and the renaisance era combat too amazing evolution in technology

@nigelcarren 5 жыл бұрын

Hello again mon ami, you raise interesting points. Certainly some of the crusader helmets had fixed or hinged nasal-bars, but a 'sliding' nasal like this is not really medieval technology, perhaps because then they went with the full-face armour with hinged visor like the Bascinet or the HoundsKull/Hundskull hinged visor. Really because now we could make sheet-metal easier than before, hence no need to just rely on thin iron-bars for face protection. But as was the case in the 17th century the loss of peripheral vision and fatigue was a danger in itself, so armour went back to basics, (for the foot-soldier at least) .I think it was Shakespeare that said... "The greatest enemy of a knight is the armour itself" (he was referring to heat-exhaustion I believe). You mention Indo-Persian helmets. Well, I have worked on a few of these and I will go so far as to say they are on the whole Better/more heavy-duty than the european helmets in that, they had such a grasp of metallurgy and so much skill to hand, they were still making helmet-skulls/caps in one piece when in Europe we were now making them in two-halves, presumably to speed up production, as in Europe we did not have so much skill to hand... Hence prior to Henry VIII establishing The Greenwich armouries, we still relied on immigrants to do our skilled work.... Pretty much like London today!!... BOOM, and a topical joke at the end. 😂😂👍🏻

@Kinjia200euro 5 жыл бұрын

nigelcarren But the indo persians never had full plate armour i think They were more into linking plates with male. Maybe because of the different clima Don't you think european armour was the peak of armory?

@nigelcarren 5 жыл бұрын

We should have had a beer or at least a cup of tea to debate this. Good question again. Yes, to my knowledge they had predominantly one-piece skulls to their helmets, and yes their body armour was usually chain-mail or the lamellar/plate armour, laced together with rings rather like the Japanese stuff. Now obviously I have never fought in anger in either BECAUSE IT IS THE 21ST CENTURY. But I have cut the heads off weeds in both (its what I do to test armour in secret here in the country), and I can tell you I would prefer the linking plates, as you are less restricted. Also, rather like modern military armour (even Tank armour) we discovered not too long ago that many thin layers are better at slowing down a projectile compared to one heavy slow cumbersome lump of iron. Also and perhaps mot important of all... a layered/laminated armour absorbs a blow better than anything else... a sort of 17th century composite armour. Some Polish helmets are like this too... I would love to know if this was their intention or was their aim to make a helmet out of lots of plates was just to speed construction? To answer your question then, for me at least European armour was the peak of working full-plate armour, though this most not have been the most effective armour if we start to compare it to the asian armour. and lets not forget, that NONE of it could stop a bullet (though some breast and back-plates did during The English Civil War), and that was the end of it all as you know, because the only option to make them musket-ball proof was to make it even thicker... and the foot-soldiers already couldn't move in it. I will stop there or this will be the longest most boring KZfaq reply in history. 😱 Have a great day mon ami

@_DarkEmperor 5 жыл бұрын

It is easy to pronounce - shyshak, or shy-shak.

@nigelcarren 5 жыл бұрын

Hello jhj, as that is the first advice I have received on the matter I am going to go with 'shy-shak' thank you. (even though that does sound like the sort of bar I would never dare walk into... well not in these heels anyway). 😂 Best wishes to you.

@sswswswswsws4334 2 жыл бұрын

Like dragon head...

@MR-qh7fq 4 жыл бұрын

You should have put it on.

@nigelcarren 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Michael, You know what... I have no idea why I didn't, maybe it was because I am so used to making helmets so small they don't even fit on my thumb never mind my head... or maybe it was simply a bad hair day? The next one I make... I promise I will run around the garden in it! Best wishes to you.

@MR-qh7fq 4 жыл бұрын

No problem, it was still a great video and fantastic job! You are very talented. Thank you for the reply and keep making great video and great helmets! Do widzenia!

@valeriewillimann9050 3 жыл бұрын

@@nigelcarren forgive me Nigel if I go through your amazing art-work Videos but I have some catching up 2Do and it‘s marvelous to discover what there is and btw I‘d love to see you running around in the garden with the helmet and a 🗡 🤺🙃😘

@nigelcarren 3 жыл бұрын

@@valeriewillimann9050 Thank you, and DAMN these old videos are bad 🙈. Well, all I can say is "Your wish is my command" because in ONE of the videos I am working on right now, I am doing exactly that! I should do that more often with the right weapon, then maybe I would win the war with the Nettles!! (My 'garden' is a JUNGLE). 😂⚔️😘

@valeriewillimann9050 3 жыл бұрын

@@nigelcarren Hihi 😂 sounds romantic having a jungle in front of the house 😆🦋🌴🦜🌿🍀🦍Did you know that nettles are a good and healthy food source? You can prepare them like spinach and have many healthy aspects to your blood, metabolism, etc. 👌🏼🍵👨🏼‍🍳😘

@thenbenagcz3931 6 жыл бұрын

I never seen one with wings usual helmet didn't have one

@nigelcarren 6 жыл бұрын

Dear 'then benagz' great to read you sir, and thank you for stopping by and commenting. Yes, these are amazing helmets, it is a Winged Hussar helmet EXACTLY like this one which I accidentally spotted screwed to the wall at Lanhydrock in Cornwall England (a huge victorian house now owned by The National Trust).... My total fascination with this very helmet is one of the reasons I now make armour for a living. My finding this helmet that day was particularly memorable for me because immediately when I saw it I went to photograph it with a 1.2million pixel digital camera which was the size of my shoe and the price of a car (thats how long ago it was) and I was promptly told to 'GET OUT NO PHOTOS!!! ' Oh well.... so when I got home I soon realised I did not have the money to buy an antique Winged-Hussar helmet... so I taught myself how to make one.... Which I then sold. I regretting selling the first helmet I made so much, I offered my client an extra $500 to buy it back... he refused! I laugh about that now. Nowadays it is not so difficult to part with my creations.... in fact I like knowing they are dotted around the planet. Best wishes from me and all the mice in the workshop.

@0leandr1 4 жыл бұрын

shishack :)

@nigelcarren 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your help... now we are getting somewhere, but even 'Shishack' is Still difficult for me to pronounce... unless, I say it like Sean Connery! 😂

@0leandr1 4 жыл бұрын

@@nigelcarren You should. It is more like 'shyh-shack'

@nigelcarren 4 жыл бұрын

@@0leandr1 I should to do a funny video about this, especially as I have my '1612' Szyszak here at the moment. I think I have pronounced this word at least 26 different ways! It puts me in mind of Sir Winston Churchill who famously said, "It is the inalienable right of every Englishman to pronounce foreign words exactly as he pleases". I don't agree by the way as that is a touch ignorant, but I get the sarcasm. I just want to know what he was trying to say before he was corrected.. perhaps Szyszak? 😂 Best wishes to you and stay safe during this virus nightmare mon ami.