Sugar Loaf  (c. Early 14th Century Style)

14 ga. 304 Stainless Steel with 16 ga. red brass cross.

Patterns (Click on thumbnail for full-size image)

• Top
  
  
• Back Plate
  
  
• Face Plate
  
  
• Cross
  
  
  

I would build this helmet in the following order:

• Cut out the plates.
• Finish the plate edges and corners.
• Dish and shape the top halves.
• Weld the top halves together.
• Grind the weld flush on the outside and cleanup weld on the inside if needed.
• Polish the helmet top to a medium finish. (I use 3M surface conditioning disks)
• Shape the back plate to fit the helmet top and rivet it on.
• Punch/Drill the breath holes on the face plate.
• Fit the face plate to the helm and rivet it on.
• Polish the helmet and the brass plates for the cross. (I use 3M surface conditioning disks)
• Rivet the arms of the brass cross over the eye slots.
• Rivet on the main part of the brass cross. Be sure to use a steel reinforcement strip under the part of the cross that goes over the eye slot (between the eyes).
• Repolish around the cross if needed.