The "EXPLAIN YOUR AVATAR" Thread!

[Dom]

Originally Posted by Atlantia

Just a bit of fun, ..snip .. what you've chosen, insert a big picture, tell us the story of your avatar picture!

A day, long time ago my attention has been drawn on an helmet persian style,
I was too young to have my own money,
the helmet was quiet well expensive,
and my parents shoot me, …. big deception

but fortunately, because that helmet was a copy Napoleon III
(Indian copies 45 years ago wasn’t arrived yet on the market ….. LOL)

since, my dream was always present, and never reached
less than 10 years ago, I bought from an auction of collection Rambert-Rat
a real Persian Khadjar « KULAH-KHUD » XVIIIe

it’s my more precious item, not in value, but in feeling

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Dom

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by Dom

A day, long time ago my attention has been drawn on an helmet persian style,
I was too young to have my own money,
the helmet was quiet well expensive,
and my parents shoot me, …. big deception

but fortunately, because that helmet was a copy Napoleon III
(Indian copies 45 years ago wasn’t arrived yet on the market ….. LOL)

since, my dream was always present, and never reached
less than 10 years ago, I bought from an auction of collection Rambert-Rat
a real Persian Khadjar « KULAH-KHUD » XVIIIe

it’s my more precious item, not in value, but in feeling

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Dom

Lovely display Dom,
Thanks for sharing. I am very envious ;-) (in a nice way)

The peacock feathers are just right! I have similar ones in a helmet of mine.
Is the chainmail butted or rivetted?

[Dom]

Originally Posted by Atlantia

Is the chainmail butted or rivetted?

the chainmail is riveted
and very difficult to fix the damaged parts

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Dom

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by Dom

the chainmail is riveted
and very difficult to fix the damaged parts

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Dom

You read my mind Dom.
The first row around the bottom would provide the donor links to repair the holes, but you need a very steady hand to open the links and keep the pins.
And a very fine heat source like a jewellers blowtorch.
A jeweller could do it for you? You wouldn't lose any significant length on the chainmail from donating the last row?

Its a lovely helmet, is the caligraphy chiselled/hand-cut or etched?
I suppose like many, I am an admirer of arabic caligraphy (Although I understand none of it)
Have you translated the panels on your helmet?

Regards
Gene

[Dom]

Originally Posted by Atlantia

Its a lovely helmet, is the caligraphy chiselled/hand-cut or etched?
...snip...
Have you translated the panels on your helmet?

Hi Gene
the caligraphy is chiselled/hand-cut *(what seems to me, at least ...)
framed by gold line
* correction .. at least .. I dunno
no way for the cartouche translation
- the alphabet used, it's well arabic
- the language used, it's not arabic .... according with my sweet translator
- she thing about "farsi", what could be logic, this helmet being persian

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Dom