Just to clarify the Italo-Corinthian helmet: It was not worn over the face, it was designed to look like a Corinthian helmet that was lifted up for better vision and breathing, as is often shown in Greek imagery. So the eye holes were just decorative. Either way they still look silly to me, compared to Greek Corinthian helmets.

Let's be honest. If you saw one of those smiling helmets, covered in blood, on a full suit of armor, pulling a sword out of your comrade, you'd be terrified.

"The iconic helmet of the Spanish conquistador... I've never liked it" *the Aztec empire agrees*

Europeans: I shall intricately craft my helmet to deflect blows and prevent skull damage with a layer of padding Japanese: C O N E

The dragonfly Samurai helmet makes sense when you look at it with cultural context. In the feudal Japanese culture dragonflies were symbols of courage and swiftness, fearless hunters that always caught their prey. Dragonflies are so emblematic to Japan that the country has sometimes been called Akutsushima, or the Dragonfly Island.

Imagine being charged at by a smiling knight... I feel like that would be more terrifying than a scary face.

If you thought derp helmets are bad, imagine the guy that got killed by said derp knight.

6:06 Hogwarts’ Sorting Hat in his “heavy metal” teenager phase.

12:35 Holy shit... you mean the Helmet of the Wise from Dark Souls is historically accurate?!

germany germany what are you doing germany stop *GERMANY*

P1: Did it stop the sword P2: yes P1: then its a good helmet P1: did it reflect the arrow P2: yes P1: the its a good helmet P1: did it stop the club P2: hs ghhf DC ch gf hg P1: shit im sorry mate

4:58 I actually like this, it looks good to me

12:45 fun fact, Helm of The Wise from Dark Souls was based of this helmet

10:54 imagine fighting someone in that tho, i would be pissing my pants because the guy inside is clearly a maniac

12:36 the glasses are in case the intimidation fails. “You wouldn’t hit a guy with glasses, would you?”

2:44 me as a kid vs. Me now.

The helmet of Henry the VIII actually was a gift to Henry from Maximilian the I (the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire). The facial features of this helmet is actually the facial features of Maximilian himself. The idea was, that Henry knew about the contest armour design made by Maximilian's blacksmith shop (that design nowadays called Maximilian armour by the way). This particular design was very popular at that time. And at some point Henry decided, that he want to make his own armour design and his own royal blacksmith shop. And, actually he did. Because of that Maximilian made this gift, that looks like him. To help young Henry become like Maximilian himself. About the horns... Well, hell if I know why Maximilian thought it was a good idea.

Don't call them ugly, those helmets were only available for warriors that reached the max level and had farmed enough coin.

Some of those derp face helmets look like they belong on some really old-school Doctor Who monsters.

I just love the smiley helmets cuz you can't really tell if the blacksmith was bad or just taking the piss, or if someone actually requested that.

4:05 damn even the gladiators wore Gucci , disgustang

Corinthian helmet “oh if you think I’m hot you should see my sister, she has a great personality”

"Back in the days, we used challenging metal craftsmanship to create MEMES in the form of Helmets!"

Interestingly the Roman Secutor gladiator helmet was intentionally made to limit vision. Gladiators armor and weapons were specifically made to limit and handicap gladiators in certain ways. Secutors would often go up against trident wielding gladiators and the small eyeholes would protect the face but limit the vision. Gladiators with large shields had small swords and gladiators with small shields had large swords. Gladiators with ranged were often put up against gladiators with close distance weapons. A lot of that was made to balance the two against eachother and make the fight more entertaining.

10:40-11:57 These could make terrifying enemies in a game of possessed by a ghost. Especially if they eyes remain empty.

11:47 he.... he has a mustache Congratulations, the boss has dropped a *LEGENDARY* helmet

4:50 Personally I think that helmet is pretty good. Looks sturdy, has good visibility, and has good deal of protection.

Skall: "I don't know if I can call it an honorable mention" What I'm thinking: Then call it a dishonorable mention

4:01 Top image reminds me of a knight who only grunts. For some reason...

These helmets are for trolling in PvP.

10:40 "Oh, boy, here i go killing again!"

2:34 "How do you go from one of the most badass looking and estaticly pleasing helmet design's in all of history.." I agree with you but that particular one you showed there looks a bit like the tip of a......

12:21 I want that one to go shopping with during the current corona crisis.

The first two German tournament helmets you showed were specifically for combat with clubs, not jousting, so splinters weren't an issue.

12:36 It's nice to see that Henry completed Clavicus Vile's quest.

7:55 I didn’t know that the Germans invented dog BDSM mask in 1520

7:58 proof that there have always been furries throughout history

That funerary helmet looks like someone tried to peel it open and gave up half way through.

That Corinthian helmet just gave up.

There are surviving examples of the morrion that are too over the top with exaggerated features (pointy tips, oversized comb, like the swiss guard) but the helmet for the regular soldier was much more discreet and very practical. Later on some helmets that were not meant for footsoldiers took some of the features and kept making them more pronounced, turned the small reinforcing ridge into a crest, some added plumes, kept turning the pointy ends upwards and made the helmets turn from a very practical design into something ridiculous. But the common soldier design was originally something very practical, comfortable, well thought and aesthetically fitting.

I am not that into weapons or medieval amor, but the way you present it and the ideas of the different episodes are really special and cool and I love the fact that you love the subject, while not being too serious about it. It's awesome. Great channel!

Maybe some ridiculous helmets were made to make the enemies laugh

10:45 "A smile can hide a thousand tears..."

Some Notes to the Helmet seen at 10:55. The Helmet is currently on display at the "Zeughaus" at my Hometown Graz in Austria and dates back to 1601. They were at war with the Ottomans at that time and didn't have enough Armor and Helmets to take back an important Castle in Hungary at the Styrian border. So in a Haste, a Blacksmith manufactured some Helmets wrong, cutting out the Eyeholes too high and had to correct them while they were besieging the Castle. It's one of the so-called "Kanischarüstungen" or Kanischa Armor because of the Castle Kanischa they were besieging. Those Armors are all a bit crude made, you can really see that the Smith was in a Hurry.

The “beekeeper” helm was for foot combat in tournaments just as the “frogmouth” was intended for jousting

Skallagrim hates boats confirmed.

3:00 it was designed to make enemies laught to death on spot...

imagine getting a new shiny helmet then walking into battle and the enemy just start cracking up

7:45 when you want to go to a furry convention and a renaissance fair on the same day

The Waterloo helmet is olden days pikachu cosplay, ancient weaboos. God, read a book..

i agree with all of those except one. the "pompeii" gladiator helmet you mentioned at 4:48 is possibly my favorite helmet from ancient times. i dont know why. its not exactly practical, nor is it aesthetic. but maybe "intimidating" is the adjective im looking for?

If I was fighting the Japanese i would be very intimidated if I saw someone wearing a demon mask

11:02 Imagine this: A powerful soldier managed to wear this helmet. Storming into battle with Adrenaline. Fierce War-Cry, menacing sword, and incredible speed. All of a sudden, the entirety of the opponents are laughing their asses off. This mighty warrior was puzzled. Then realized his wardrobe malfunction seconds later. "Welp... they're not taking me seriously."

Seriously, those Smiley-Face Helmets cracked me up. I actually started laughing, not just a short snicker. Actual Laughter, for several Minutes. Those Helmets, I couldn't take anyone serious, wearing one of these. He's charging at me and the Helm is like "Hey Bro, how's it going? :D" XD

but then again, if an enemy knight comes at you with one of those smiling helmets with bloody intent I can see how that would mess with the opposing knight's psyche

3:00 "Is that your nose/eye-holes or are you just happy to see me?"

11:50 is the best. I love that helmet!

10:39 If I lived in that era, that would be my helmet. Or I would just ask for something hilarious looking.

-What you want for the funeral? -You know I really hated that guy actually -Say no more fam

8:30 if you're fighting with this helmet, you'll win every time because you distract your opponent 😂

Gotta give props to the guy that can pull off a history lesson and an ASMR video at the same time.

"It's a ceremonial object"... that's like the Paleontologists default answer - don't know what it was for? It's for mating displays!

6:42 OH GOD NOT THE BEES, NOT THE BEEEEEES!!!

The first helmet, my though on those always was, “Why are you *trying* to guide strikes to your shoulders?”

Right off the bat, I feel the same about the Morion. The single exception being a recreation used by a friend in the SCA. What made his version more aesthetically appealing was a much smaller comb. The smaller comb also reduced the profile considerably, making the head a smaller target overall, which is a good thing.

That Henry the 8th one at 13:00 it looks like that helmet that the guy who sells boss armour wears in dark souls

Dude it's strategic! In those helmets opponent's who will face you, would die from laughter.

You've done videos on the ugliest & best looking helmets, but what about the most terrifying? Better yet, you could take it even further than just the helmets. The most terrifying suits of armor throughout history.

I've always loved the secutor helmet if for no other reason than the fact that it's basically just a metal gimp mask. And I find that hilarious, and probably horrifying in practice

I am extremely offended by this video, my parents were helmets!

It's so unbelievably mind blowing that fellow humans ACTUALLY made these things and wore them... Not because they're silly or strange, but because of their world and their day to day lives where helmets like these were used. They were actually alive, breathing, living. Extremely fascinating!

13:15 if you didn't know that was a real helmet from history you would think it's from an anime or something

4:48 honestly one of favourite looking helmets and when worn with the right armour, it can look so intimidating and stylish.

10:55 "Hey guys my mom said I could come over to play superheroes"

onion knight.. praise the sun

5:05 Here's a crazy story... At one time in Japan's pretty extensive history of war, the popular way for a Samurai to impress the daimyo who he fought for, and to prove his ruthlessness as a warrior, was to collect the heads of the opposing soldiers he killed as trophies. As you can imagine, the recently decapitated head of a samurai, hair soaked in the overwhelming irony smell of blood, and the funk of sweating, probably pretty profusely, inside that^ helmet, would probably make for one hell of an odious smelling trophy-especially if it had been possibly lying dead on a battleground, baking in the sun for a while before the Samurai could come back to separate and retrieve the head... But anyway, this head collecting thing was very much commonplace. Now, with that important bit if history out of the way, there was this one particularly badass Samurai named Shigenari. He fought in the the siege on Osaka when he was 22 years old, and he knew he was going to die in that battle (he totally did.) Knowing he was going to die (brutally, in melee combat,) he decided to burn incense inside his helmet before wearing it into battle, that way when he was defeated and his head was taken as a war trophy it would smell nice and sweet, so as not to be a noxious burden on the nose of his killer... Incredible, unbelievable fortitude. And at just 22 years old, no less. The story is so famous that it often gets accredited to "samurais", like it was a common occurrence, but it really wasn't. Historians know it definitely happened, but they really only cite one or two occurrences.

12:35 this looks like a marvel villain. "Doctor Tudor" probably

You think it looks silly now, but it'd be downright terrifying to risk being cut down to Sir Derp Derpington the 69th's perpetually smiling face.

10:40 aw he’s not ugliest he’s so friendly he’s a smiley boi

re-watching some old videos, and I still LAUGHED out loud at 2:47. XD

12:58 scarring the opponent was never the goal. Grotesque was never tended to be use in a combat situation. There purpose was to be ridiculous. Showing that you can afford useless helmet. They were worn on sideshow in tournament. It was intended to be somewhat funny

8:00 Looks like an helmet for Goofy.

7:17 Sir Bery Bee Benson, keeper of thy majestys bees and defender of the royal honey

Omg the helmet at 4:23... I actually love how it looks so much. I thought it looked kind of like an insect and then you said "it's so insecty for me" I love it and you hate it for the same reason lol

That weird sort-of-smiling helmet, for some reason, makes me think of the old style Cybermen from the early days of Doctor Who.

The pufferfish helmets are pretty easy to make. You completely clean out the pufferfish, put the skin around a coconut, let it dry, cut a hole for the face, done. They sell them as tourist junk in some places, not the original ones, but they're easy to make.

I'm glad I live so close to the Royal Armouries to see King Henry the Eights helmet, seeing it in person really makes you appreciate it's design.

3:05 *What er ya doin' in ma swamp?*

The onion man from darksouls!

Thumbnail literally looks like a Cyberman and I love it

7:53 Fursuit in the middle-ages

4:04 Horace, is that you!?

The german tournament helmet was obviously designed to double as a discoball.

' Sturmhaube landszeughaus flickr ' brings up a weird helmet. Most of it looks quite nice but there are these spikes in front of the face and I would not be comfortable wearing it into battle.

3:25 That helmet looks like the one Broggy wears in One Piece. It truly is one for one with the exact angles, symbols and everything.

Half of these are Dark Souls helmets, lol

10:40 D'aww! Happy derp face looks adorable! 10:55 I don't know what gets me more, the fact that the smith couldn't be bothered to remove the flaps of metal he cut out for the eyes, leaving them to guide sword blows straight into the wearer's eye sockets (nor at least flipped them up the other way for _some_ practicality), or that he clearly at first went to make those eye holes impossibly high on the face. Bafflingly bad.

1:50 Wait, Xenophon recommended *that?* From that angle, at first glance it looks less like a helmet and more like an iron splat. I can’t even tell which way it’s pointing. I mean, come on, that can’t be a *helmet?* 2:30 Huh? With how low the ‘creases’ go, shouldn’t they obscure the eyes? Where are the slits? 2:50 Looks like that Alex Jones derp meme where his facial features are really tiny and zoomed into his head. Hell, it probably *is* a caricature. 3:35 Looks like kinky fetish headgear for some reason. The tale of Pasiphae and the bull comes to mind for some reason... 4:30 Looks weirdly familiar, as I’d seen Slenderman or some other internet creepypasta guy wearing it. Vaguely Cthulhu/demonic in appearance. 4:53 Because even Italian mercs need their sunshades. 5:10 Cuckold... cuck horns... cuckfish! 6:03 Why does this remind me of Dickbutt? 6:30 Somebody turned an ornamental and probably still usable kitchen pot into a helmet. What can I say, desperation can do that to a man. 6:45 No uglier than the getup modern ponce-fencers wear. 8:20 Getting “giant face-mounted díldo” vibes here. 11:00 Reminds me for some reason of Mason Verger from that one Hannibal movie. 11:30 Looks like a kid’s carvings in cardboard. 11:50 Would be fine, *but those lips!* Look at those *lips!* 12:10 Looks like German fanfic of earlier kabutos. 12:45 Like someone tried to make NPC wojak into a helmet 60 years before it was cool. 14:10 I dunno, do you wanna be caught dead in one of these things?

“Beekeeper’s version of a knight” *castle crashers flashbacks*

12:35 Ai simwae! I'm Domhnall of Zena