"Hi, guys, welcome back." he says as if he hasn't been gone for two years.

FINALLY. He‘s back.

That helmet is surprisingly more mobile that I would have guessed.

Sir Ian, gone off to a far away land in search for the holy grail and returned with a video! Great having you back.

I've never been a fan of great bassinets, they've always looked unattractive to me whenever I see one in a museum but seeing it on you with armour really changed my perspective. It looks great when used along the rest of the armour and seems much more practical then I initially imagined just seeing them isolated.

Nicely done, Ian! You have gathered together and presented the information in a very orderly way. Compared to what you have done, building the helmet was easy. Mac

I'm in the hospital with massive infection and pneumonia. Seeing this vid go up totally made my day. 😊👍

"As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted" I'm glad you are back making videos. Thank you.

The KNIGHT is BACK, Ladies and Gentlemen!😁❤

*HE'S BACK*

Wow. What a piece. I can really imagine this being the equivalent to a modern tank on the battlefields. A high ranking, experienced fighter on a armored horse with a sharp, case hardened steel tip lance couched and this thing on his head. It must have truly been terrifying to encounter a combo like that as an enemy with no other obvious counter possibility than a direct hit with a canon ball. Imagine being some stable boy who's on the battlefield for the first time and seeing this thing used in anger. It must have looked like some alien overlord against the old bascinets and armor styles. Also can I just say that the way this piece of solid and continuous metal drapes over the anatomy like silk and to remember it was hand beaten by a master smith and his artisans with every strike carefully placed to ensure maximum safekeeping of its wearer when other extremely skilled men try their absolute hardest to ram a hardened metal spike into their faces from a galloping horse just blows my freaking mind.

I think you were probably away on a "Knyghtly Errant" : )

We missed you.

"Hi guys welcome back." No YOU welcome back :D

My fastest click of all time, I'm so happy you uploaded!

Remember that time Attila the Hun traveled 1000 years into the future to have a kickass suit of plate armor built?

Amazing video. I watch Skall, Matt Easton, The Metatron, Tod of Tod's workshop, Lindybeige, and others and this is in a class by itself. Obviously, a lot of work went into it. You couldn't do this every week. But I am really impressed by the dedication to getting this right and obvious but understated enthusiasm for the subject matter, which is, needless to say, infectious. And also pointing towards the larger community of people who help make this happen. Thank you for doing this.

I wouldn‘t have thought to see any more of you, but I‘m glad to do so! You got me interested in armour in the first place, now I‘m a loving collector! Thank you so much!

Your average video quality was already really high, but I think this is by far your best video. A perfect combination of the scholarly and practical aspects of reconstruction and a great way of presenting the topic. The wait really was worth it.

This video has made me rethink everything I thought about lateral head movement in great bascinets.

The dark night has gone, the knyght is bacc!

It's so great to finally see you back, and with what a video! Thank you for taking us on this journey of some incredible historical research, and a special thanks to Mac and Dr Baptiste (hope I spelt that right.) I never knew there were questions as to the validity of this bascinet. To me, like all Medieval extants, it's simply too perfectly imperfect to be a reproduction. The research that you guys are putting into it is amazing, without a shadow of a doubt.

I am very pleased to see this and I clicked on it within a microsecond of seeing it.

Talk about hitting the ground running. Great video. Welcome back.

the Legend is Alive!

OMG you're back!

I was lucky enough to attend the forging this year and try it on - it's surprisingly comfortable. A little big for me (5'9" 170lbs, slight build) but fit a ton of folks really well. Great vid, Ian, and good to have you back!

Jesus Christ be praised, Ian has come to see us!

The legend returns!

Welcome back Ian. I was just rewatching your helmet series about a month ago, and truly missing your great content. So good to have you back.

This video was WAAAY more interesting than I expected. Granted, I had relatively low expectations (though, it being a Knyght Errant video, I still had some expectations, of course), but still. Quite fascinating :)

That reproduction is gorgeous and makes its wearer look invulnerable. Imagine if you had to swing a weapon at it, there's nowhere to get purchase.

The return of armour Jesus

Very well written and executed. This lecture would be appropriate at any university.

This is some incredible research!

Holy crap the legend returns! You have no idea how much I missed your videos. Welcome back!

This is such a fantastic presentation that brings me back at least every couple of months.

Hell yeah! He's back!

Great to see u back 👍

Before watching: "Well, this doesn't look like the most interesting topic, but it's the first video in a while, so I'll watch. After video: "Holy hell that was unbelievably fascinating. Best helmet evah."

he's back!

Welcome back Ian

Swear to God u have a speaking phd, ur videos come out so smooth love it, keep up the good work

Fantastic to see you back!

Best birthday present I could get, a new Knyght Errant video!

Welcome back.

Wow I was genuinely worried that this channel was dead. Glad to see a new video!

Welcome back yourself Ian. Since the helmet lack provenance, I'm going to assign it to Sir John Hawkwood. In my mind he is the most interesting military figure of 14th century Italy - a mercenary who fought for a dizzying array of employers for almost 40 years, including multiple popes, dukes, barons, city states, etc. His funerary monument can still be seen in the Duomo di Firenze (Florence Cathedral).

Welcome Back, Armour Jesus!

The hero has returned! Glad you're back! :)

Great to see you back and making a video, hopefully you will start making videos regularly again.

Extremely impressive reproduction and talk, so many thanks to all involved. When the internet is good, it's brilliant. :-) As a keen student of history, I've learned a lot just recently from work like this, such as the name stop rib (and how vital it was against pointed weapons and, amazingly, broken arrow shaft splinters - see the recent Tod's Workshop video on long bows at Agincourt). As for the battlefield usefulness of this helmet design, well I don't have the experience to say (my expertise is in ancient history) but for sure you would have severely degraded hearing in one and likely unresponsive to commands and fluid response on the field. But if you are an elite in a melee, well, they probably weren't that good at taking orders anyway. ;-)

Fascinating, far more mobile than expected, functional and impressive protection - deflective shape. It is like looking at the 14th century version of a T-34s sloped armor.

Glad to see you back!

THE LEGEND IS BACK!!!!

Finally a new video 😀😀

You've returned! So glad that you're making videos again :)

Simply one of the best medieval armor channels with deep understanding of the subject.

That bascinet looks pretty great. It’s nice to have you back Ian, I hope all is well with you and yours 😄

Nice to see your return. :-) Edit: Very informative vid and well done to all involved with the helmet.

Absolutely fascinating video about helmet that each one of us encountered at least once and raised many questions and many brows. Thank you Ian, for providing us such a detailed video with such a huge amount of information and backview on crafting process.

An excellent presentation in both video and script. This is well worth the wait. Two thumbs up!

Nice Helmet, glad to see you back

Welcome back!! We missed you.

*Relevant and Supportive Comment*

Were have you been ! Nice to see you again !

So happy your doing vids again!

He said: "see you all in the next one" at the end. That means there will be more

Glad to have you back

Really nice to have you back

Great job as always, Ian!

Good to see you back, thanks for the video.

So good to see you back! Amazing video

Great to have you back, brilliant video as always.

We missed you!

You are back!!!!Thank you. thank you!

Welcome back Sir! Thank you for bringing us another brilliant video

Really glad to see a new video from you! It's so well done, both you video are research and the helmet itself.

Great video! Glad to see you back!

Yessss glad you're finally back!

It's so good to have you back!

Really happy to see you back

Good to see a new video from you. Welcome back!

thank you so much for the subtitles!

I saw this in my recommendations. Now I've gone through most of the helmets playlist and bunch of other old videos. So glad I found your channel and that you're making videos again!

So happy to see this vid in my subs . Glad your back!

You still got it brother, thanks for the great work!

This might be one of your best, or at least one of my favorite videos you've done so far. What a beautiful and interesting helmet

Thank you. Thank you for coming back.

Glad to see you're ok. Thank you so much for posting a new video, it made my day. Very informative and high quality. Looking forward to more! Keep it up Ian!

Nice to see you back ! 🙂 One of my favorite tubers ever.

Great video! I expecially liked how you talked about the process of analyzing and researching: talking about this stuff always gives to me new ways of looking at source materials

Well done! Excellent video, Ian

That is a fantastic piece of video- it is always a treat to find a new channel where you learn on a totally new topic. Excellent work and research, keep up the good work!

Nice to see you back! Nice video and amazig project!

Ah ah ah! At last a new video! It was well worth the wait! Many thanks for your awesome content, always a pleasure to watch and rewatch, and so informative... it's a real pleasure to learn from such high quality content. Then again thank you very much for the awesome works you've done all those years!

Happy to see you back good sir. I am overjoyed with your return and the well informed videos you produce

Great and interesting video, it's really nice to see you back.

A fantastic and very informative video. well done and i look forward to your next one.

Your last couple videos especially this one have been very efficient & informative. Top notch content. Very fascinating topic presented in a way easily understood & well thought out. Thank you for your gift of information & knowledge.