The Making of the Staffordshire Hoard Helmet Reconstruction

[@dorothygriffiths649]

I believe I missed the bit about how the base of the helmet was made and the type of material used- can you get me up to speed with that portion please. Thanks! I remember when I visited the Museum in Hanley in 2019 as a former student of Staffordhsire University/tourist; I didn't have anyone walking around the museum to explain the bits and bobs about the exhibits so this is lovely! Hats off to the Coordinating Committee/Event Planner for all that's included in the mix for Staffordshire Day. Well done guys.! Congrats! I am still trying to catch up today is my Sabbath so I couldn't start in the early morning.

[@crazywilly85]

It`s insane think about how they manage to craft something like that so many years ago, and to reconstruct it today we need to use modern technology.

[@kc3718]

people were no different to now, just as clever, but skills were passed through generations and each generation practised from childhood to old age...to think you need just 7 years to qualify as a surgeon, whilst these craftspeople had a whole lifetime plus the experience of all their forefathers. Think of a person who uses a car to travel, are they as fit and vigorous as someone who exercises, walks runs, rows or rides a horse to get to places...no they are far inferior specimens, the technology has reduced them. Not all advances' improve people. No doubt craftsmen jewellers in the middle east or India could make these things by hand no problem.

[@marx4325]

The hoard was deposited around 650 AD so the Romans had left Britain around 410 AD so 200 years before hoard was deposited in the ground. I mention this because the Germanic people had been in contact with the Roman Empire from 100 BC and so had seen Roman helmet since then (thats the origin of the Saxon helmet design) So they had effectively 700 hundred odd years to create this helmet design before the hoard was buried. Not to mention where the Romans got their ideas from! People were vastly more skilled and capable in history than they are credited.

[@1220b]

The original was made using modern upto date manufacturing techniques

[@ernststefan583]

@@kc3718 Hier gibt es nur ein Problem, hohes Alter ist im 7.Jh. n .Chr. ein sehr seltener Luxus. Die wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen, an menschlichen Überresten dieser Epoche, sind ein Beleg.

[@ernststefan583]

@@kc3718 Es gab in Deutschland eine Zeit der Einteilung in den Wert von "Exemplaren". Nicht die Technologie reduziert, Menschen reduzieren, Sie reduzieren. Auch heute kann jeder Sport treiben, reiten und rudern. Nur spazieren am Montag war kurzzeitig in Deutschland unerwünscht.

[@timarcher7933]

What happened to the bloke/King wearing it ? What else was he wearing ? Must have been a real specticle watching him go by. Dark ages loads of colour symbols embelms in the pressed freises n how did the light play n the helmet ?

[@ianblewett3118]

Wonderful, wonderful stuff!

[@randycastro8512]

What type of materials did they use in the making of the helmet

[@madonnawayne4130]

Awesome

[@finddeniro]

Imagine. All the Lost & Forgotten Time of the Ancients...0h the Tales.

[@DeFactoLeader]

I was very curious about the plume and what their reasoning was for adding such a thing, as it gives a very late-Roman silhouette, particularly upon choosing red as the colour. I know the Benty Grange helmet is believed to have had a crest, but in all honesty, the typical depiction of a post-migration Germanic helmet is one that normally lacks such things. The fact that this helmet may very well have had one makes it incredibly unique looking as far as all our reconstructions go.

[@Peter-lm3ic]

The helmet had such fittings to take such a plume.

[@Alxnick]

@@Peter-lm3ic And red at least makes some reasonable sense, given the enormous use of garnet in the pieces alongside it.

[@Dominic-mm6yf]

Could be a Byzantine style parade helm worn by an Angle King.Germanic nobles were hired as royal bodyguards by the Byzantines prior to the Varangian guard.

[@mattiasarvidsson8522]

now remake it with the same tools and technology available when the original piece was created..