Austrian Zischägge/lobsterpot helmet

Dmitry · 4th May 2021, 03:11 PM

Victirix, that's a beautiful zischagge / burgonet.
I wonder why the neck protection on most of these helmets was composed from several lames, as opposed to a single piece of metal. It's certainly more time-consuming, more expensive to produce laminated armor than beat it out of a single piece.
Being that the articulated movement of the lames is unnecessary, my questions are:
Does laminating make the neck-piece stronger than a one-piece construction?
Does it make it lighter?
Does it make it easier to repair than one-piece construction?
What other benefits are to the laminated construction vs. one-piece?

One possible reason, in my opinion, is that lamination allowed for a better dispersion and/or absorption of force when struck, attenuating the kinetic energy applied to the neck piece, whereas the one-piece neck protection would not have that "give", and would transmit the force to the helmet body, potentially with a fatal result.

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4th May 2021, 03:11 PM	#30
Dmitry Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 607	Victirix, that's a beautiful zischagge / burgonet. I wonder why the neck protection on most of these helmets was composed from several lames, as opposed to a single piece of metal. It's certainly more time-consuming, more expensive to produce laminated armor than beat it out of a single piece. Being that the articulated movement of the lames is unnecessary, my questions are: Does laminating make the neck-piece stronger than a one-piece construction? Does it make it lighter? Does it make it easier to repair than one-piece construction? What other benefits are to the laminated construction vs. one-piece? One possible reason, in my opinion, is that lamination allowed for a better dispersion and/or absorption of force when struck, attenuating the kinetic energy applied to the neck piece, whereas the one-piece neck protection would not have that "give", and would transmit the force to the helmet body, potentially with a fatal result.