Aztecs. The first and most brutal Power Rangers.

8:42 Looks like the helmet of a space knight.

Looking to protect yourself? *OR DEAL SOME DAMAGE?*

12:06 Plus, if you get too hot, you can hang your coat on the nose guard.

6:30 The Infinity Helmet

Damn.. I was hoping The Great Bucket (Crusader Helmet) would make the list. *throws pommel angrily through the window*

My favorite is probable a German sallet. I love the smooth lines and how it tapers to a point at the back. I especially like the variations that use a visor, since it adds an extra layer of protection while still giving you the freedom to get it out of the way if necessary. There's a reason they used it as a base for the M1915 Stalhelm.

3:05 At this point about the Aztec helmets, my gf comments: "I like how they're wearing full outfits to match the helmets. Like... furries going into battle. 'Look at me, I'm a panther!' This is where furries come from. This is furry heritage."

Beards deserve armor too! Thanks for the mention sir, I appreciate it!

We need the most useful helmets!

3:49 best line of the year award goes too “because beards need protection too”

5:52 The Ottoman helmet you were looking was a Sipahi helmet and they were kind of heavy cavalry + horse archers and I think the hat like shape on top of it for blocking sun to improve their aim.

12:10 “who you callin pinhead”

4:00 Looks like Papa Smurf needed a helmit.

You ever just watch some guy talk about helmets at 4 in the morning? No? Just me?

8:52 literally my helmet everytime i play a game with a knight xD

I fail to see the downside to 6 hours of gushing over the prettiest helmets in history. Okay, you might get a little hoarse, but still.

3:04 Says Aztec helmets offered decent protection.... Shows an aztec warrior wearing the pre-columbian version of Dark Helmet's helmet from Spaceballs.

Nobody: Aztecs: I wAnT tO bE a PiNaTa

13:50 i always felt this helmets chain was like its beard.

Hey Skall just a brief little armor info on the Japanese Helmets and why most of them are decorated so extravagantly. (I have done my research on both European and Asian Armors as I love them both) Basically as I understand it, when the Samurai started to become a higher class of warriors in the early eras of Japan they began decorating their helmets to show their clan, their personality, and to also be relatively intimidating. Not unlike Knights in Europe except clan is replaced by family crest of course. Then later on in the Edo period or the era of peace when there was relatively no fighting, samurai had nothing more to do besides act as guards to merchants, become clerks , and buy really expensive items such as the over-the-top armor sets you're referring to. I would say the Edo period was relatively the "15th century Europe" of Japan (although it was the 16th century) if you will. Most of the said armor sets were not worn into battle. The designs you showed in this video are superb combat versions from earlier centuries. Hope you enjoyed this little tid bit, keep up the good work Skall! Information sourced from: Clement,Jonathan. A Brief History of the Samurai a new history of the warrior elite. Philadelphia: Running Press Book Publishers, 2010. Print.

10:28 *ANGRY HELMET NOISES*

The germanic helmet is just so iconic of a style. It's what you would imagine a basic and functional helm would be like. Lots of visibility and movement but good protection.

Don’t know if this counts as a helmet, but I really want to give a shout-out to those Roman Cavalry masks (especially the one from the Teutoburg forest). The mask in combination with the classic Roman helmet looks absolutley amazing to me. 10/10 wouldn’t want to face in battle.

3:06 aztec fought in pajamases, how awesome is that

>not including the sallet *UNSCREWING POMMEL*

2:47 the pokeball eyes for the upper helmet

My absolute favorite will always be Frogmouth Jousting helms. The tall profile and slanted visor creates such a unique feel. I’d love to see one where there are holes just below he slit to optimize if for normal martial combat, because I’d always wear it.

Ottoman helmet: the visor is actually very practical: it covers the eyesight from the sunshine, if its rain it don't let rain to fall in the face of the warrior, it also gives protection in combat against hits. BTW the nose-guard is moveable up and down by a wing-nut, so if its up the wearer don't have take off the helmet to drink or eat in the middle of the battle. 15th. and 17th. century Hungarian cavalry had used a similar helmet which had a neck guard at the back. it was cold crayfish tail because the plates had moved on each other like the shell of the crayfish.

With the Ottoman helmet it's worth to notice the nasal guard. On the picture it's set in an open position. It can be removed and reattached in a closed position with the wide leaf-like piece pointing downward and protecting the face. You'll find the exact same feature in Polish Hussar helmets. So the brim also serves a secondary purpose as an implement of attaching and holding the nasal guard.

10:08 You said _Italian_ but i think what you ment was _Mandalorian_ .

No winged hussar's helmet? THAT'S ILLEGAL!!!

I would actually like to see how you take apart the ugliest and best looking armors in reality AND too in gaming if you want.

Does not include a great helm in the list, get crusaded

My personal favorite helmet is the Hounskull bascinet. The visor has well designed oculars, preventing stray blades from getting into them, and it also has an extended face, allowing arrows and lance strikes to not land as squarely directly on the face, and overall, looks very imposing

It's literally astonishing how many helmets has been found in italy

So Aztecs was the first power rangers?

12:10 for gondor :)

2:43 he went from reviewing helmets to reviewing fursuits

I've been marathoning Skallas videos and I cannot express how much I like his analyses. Objective, to the point. Brilliant, love it.

That bejeweled Roman Helmet makes me think of the great crown of Gondor (in the Lord of the Rings books) . It is described as originally being a regular helmet, which had been modified and embellished over the centuries.

The first one is epic

13:55 Dude, agreed. I love the chainmail hanging down. Looks so cool, nearly completely covers your skin, except the eyes. Makes you look like a monster.

Skalligrim: "I really dont know much about helmets..." Me: Bullshit LMAO

German gothic is always great.

Aztecs were furries

Pretty much all of the Winged Hussar Armor (Poland 16/17 century I believe) looks amazing and functional in my opinion. We had a helmet made by polishhussarsupply, Eric there did a fantastic job reproducing the historical accuracy of the armor.

Another helmet that I think looks absolutely amazing is a renaissance italian burgonet made by Filippo Negroli. The visor has the appearance of a man's face with a lion's nose and a crown on top. It's intricately detailed including veins near the eyes. It's a true work of art.

after ugliest and best looking helmets next is the most practical helmets?

My favourite is probably the flat-top deus vult helm. \[T]/

whats the history on the helmet @8:41? thats the nicest knights helmet ive ever seen.

12:08 Yeah, this goes nicely with my BDSM latex suit collection.

The Corinthian Helmet is by far the best. And if you include the vertical or horizontal plume..then OMG!!!!!!!

that's a lot of phallic-like helmets.

8:41 is by far my favourite. So overly ornate and the white and silver has the flare any battlefield needs

i love these kind of videos man, please do a lot more of them

The thumbnail looks like a black gondor helmet

Its a bit too modern for this channel, but the Pickelhaube is my favorite. Shiny black with silver and bronze.

When did I subscribe to a Viking covering different ancient weapons?

The Gallic Roman helmet is the most beautiful Ancient Helmet. The helmet @ 8:41 has a very Sci-Fi look to it similar to those in games such as Destiny or Dead Space.

My favourite is easily the Armet and Close helmets. The design if the most badass imoo.

*ALL HELMETS ARE USELESS WHEN PITTED AGAINST A PUMMEL THROW*

My favorite helmet/ head protection is a mail coif and a norman helmet, its so simple but it protects and it had lots of vision and just generally is really beautiful

Was patiently waiting to see if my favorite, the spectacled helm, made the list and surprise! Turns out it's Skall's all time favorite too. Actually got to wear one at a Viking themed festival last year and it was amazing. The spider fit my head perfectly and the aventail actually made it feel better balanced than the more typical nasal helms of the reenactment group that was there. Before trying that I was convinced aventails were dumb and it would be better to wear a coif with the helm. But now I'm definitely sold on the aventail.

Aztec helmets look like ancient furries.

Funfact, the aztec helmets were made out of wood and leather.

just watched a few of your vids man, have now subscribed. the Vendel Period helmet is my all time favourite. It looks good and looks practical in many ways, not over the top.

Awesome vid, lots of good one bruv... Which is best for HEMA, Longsword?

If you talk about the effectiveness of helmets, Canada might ban helmets for fear they'll deflect police bullets

You said you like that dome shape. Why not mention the bascinet? I get the pig face version may put people off but if you like domes, it fits quite well.

I love those Knight armet helmets. Fell in love with them when I first started Demon's Souls years ago.

I've always really liked the frogs mouth helmets. I know they're silly looking and not great on vision/breathing but there's something just kinda charming about them to me

Isn't the 'chainmail on the bottom' helmet really annoying to use when you have a beard? I can only imagine how often your beard would get pinched in between the chain circles.

After 2 days in the desert sun, you start to love your caplike helmet!

I too like the Corinthian helms, especially those with the large comb running front to back. I am also a fan of the Roman Galea helm, again preferring the versions with the large plumed comb. Yet, my favorite helm is the Morion helm worn by the Spanish Conquistadors. The curve of the brim is actually quite practical. It keeps the rain and sun out of your face and the curve in back allows one to look up without one's helm falling off. Also, that same curve allows the sides to drop over the ear allowing for ear protection that does not hamper hearing. I would never trust the beaver style face shields like those on several of your examples. Nor would I trust those "nose guard" style helms. One good smack from a war hammer, mace or sword pommel and the metal you entrusted to protect your face is now part of your face. Call me crazy but I prefer parry and move with unhampered vision and audible capabilities to covering my face in potential shrapnel. The large solid metal comb that runs across the top serves to make the helm more rigid and resistant to blunt force and would also wreak havoc to the face of anyone within range of your head butt. IMHO, the Morion was the best helm design predating the modern Kevlar helmet. But, then I'm a fan of the "Viking" goggles helm as well. I just like the look and the mail is quite practical in a CQB setting to prevent cuts to the face and neck. Great stuff Skall! Thank you :) PS: From a purely aesthetic stand point, I like all your choices. I just have challenges with the practicality of some of the design features.

The reason the Korean helmet resembles the ottoman helmet design is because they actually basically share a very similar structure, and that is because of the ottoman influenced the central Asians and brought that design, and central Asian were incorporated into the Mongolian empire, and the Mongolian conquered China, which influenced Chinese helmets design greatly, and eventually, the Koreans were highly influenced by China.

Id love a six hour vid about helmets

No sallet? Outrage :O

You haven't included any of my helmets.

Every Skallagrim video I watch I can't focus on the rest of the video because I cant stop looking at his beard. It is glorious!

Skall show your shirt, I wonder what viking laws are :0

How about best/worst fantasy helmets? :D

I've always envisioned a helmet like Sir Giles Capel's, but never knew if it existed before. Looks brilliant to fight in!

Skallagrim's voice is so calming :)

I was surprised to see a Korean example. You did a great research!

You forgot the Cuman-Kipchak helmets!! They are world famous and very well made and crafted, and amongst the most unique helmets

Awesome video. I would recommend you check out Filippo Nergoli's work (his burgonets) as they are more like art pieces rather than just protective gear

No winged Teutonic knight helmet ? How could you ?... T_T

I was getting worried you wouldn't mention the Viking spectacle guard, what a beautiful helmet.

The corinthian (with crest!) and that viking helmet with the eye guard are some of my favorites too. From what you did not mention here, I also like the Gothic sallet style helmets, and the medieval great helm which is very iconic for knights when they still wore chainmail. I always preferred the chainmail with colorful surcoat look over plate armor in aesthetics at least.

Hey I'm a new subscriber that learns for about your channel from shad and I really liked that Viking (spectacle helmet with the chainmail beard / neck covering)helmet as well. I also really liked that second knight helmet and the Spartan like helmet.

Helmets with beard armor, every Dwarf would be proud. "Upon his beard you shall recognize the real Dawi" or something like that XD Do you play Warhammer, Skall?

10:09 reminds me of oblivion guards

The Valsgarde has always been one of my favourites too. It just looks so imposing.

1:50 looks so futuristic!! Just like a XXII century space suit helmet.

i agree with your personal favorite with the mail running down the face it is awesome

seriuosly the germans and italians were fuckin awesome forgefathers

In french we have haume (helm) and casque (helmet) the first one is used for the great helms only.

3:53 I've seen this one in the museum where it is housed. It is pretty awesome.

My favorite is the happy derp closed burgonet from your previous video.