The Palazzo Ducale Bascinet 

"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.

*HE'S BACK*

The KNIGHT is BACK, Ladies and Gentlemen!😁❤

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" : )

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

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

We missed you.

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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

The dark night has gone, the knyght is bacc!

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

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!

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

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.

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

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.

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

OMG you're 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."

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 Legend is Alive!

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 :)

The return of armour Jesus

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

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

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

Great to see u back 👍

This is some incredible research!

The legend returns!

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

Fantastic to see you back!

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

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).

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. ;-)

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.

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

This video is amazing. So many details. So many assumptions. And so much work behind the scene.

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.

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

Hell yeah! He's back!

See, this is why I love RU-vid. We would never get something this in-depth on television.

I was wondering when you were going to return to making videos. Welcome back!

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

Welcome back 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!

Were have you been ! Nice to see you again !

I am so giddy! Can barely contain myself. This has always been one of my favorite helmets. I followed the production as close as I could and have been waiting for a presentation such as this. Many thanks. Such a beauty...

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

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!

Hey, good to have you back! Just wanteds to drop by and say HELLO. Going to watch later, looking forward to it. Cheers, Jess

Great to have you back, brilliant video as always.

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

Glad to see you back!

he's back!

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

Nice Helmet, glad to see you back

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

*Relevant and Supportive Comment*

Good point about the compromise between protection and mobility. It has some of the best protection I’ve ever seen in a helmet. Your neck doesn’t need to worry about anything. I’m not the expert like Knyght Errant, but I can see this being used as a heavy cavalry helmet. As a foot soldier I’d want more visibility and mobility.

Welcome back.

In case no one else mentioned it: Glad to have you back. I got to hold that helm in my hands at the Forging and was blown away by the detail in craftsmanship, as I was by the inherent design properties. And as I expected, it goes rather well with your own harness.

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

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

Peculiar helmet. Good to see you're back, Ian!

Welcome Back, Armour Jesus!

"Gasket of maille" is going to be my new favorite armor solution.

Absolutely gorgeous helmet. Glad to see it’s actually a functional design

I always thought the dog snout helmets looked goofy (no pun intended). But now I see them as works of art.

Well done! Excellent video, Ian

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

We've missed your videos, Ian. Could you make a video about shoulder engender defense and different types of pauldrons??

Finally a new video 😀😀

Thank you. Thank you for coming back.

5:40 Knyght Errant undercover as a museum curator... or is it the other way around?!!

At last! After 2 long years the Knyght Errant is back! Promise you stay!

Great video. I thought it looked amazing and beautiful when you put it on together with the rest of your armor.

Really nice to have you back

Mac is a legend! And a big inspiration :) . Thank you for putting this video together, it's a great compilation of the information and research done for the helmet. Is the future of the reproduction known? I recall the possibility of it going on "tour" but hadn't seen a follow up to that.

I'm a buhurt fighter and that helmet seems remarkably functional for the kind of fighting we do....the weight is similar to a modern sport helmet, and our helmets always are supported by the head. The center of mass is very low, making it comfortable to wear. The ability to turn and tilt the head enough to look around or facilitate a grapple is great while also allowing the "shoulder shrug technique" That is, when a heavy halberd is coming at your head and you can't get out of the way, you simply ground out your helmet against your shoulder and body armor allowing the force to be widely distributed instead of getting a concussion of neck injury. I cannot imagine this technique is a modern invention, the original wearer of the historical helm must have grinned inside his as he shrugged off mighty blows just as I do.

We missed you!

More uploads to come? Welcome back Knyght!

The helmet design actually makes sense in the function perspective, and you studied many references, and then explained it all. Indeed, you have returned. Welcome back, good sir.

THE LEGEND IS BACK!!!!

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

At first, I thpught bascinets looked stupid, but it grew on me after a while, and now I appreciate its practical, 'form-following-function' design.

Great video! Glad to see you back!

Fantastic work! From research to final product, what a nice job. And, total sidebar, thats a nice telescope too.

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