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Wow, I love all the responses so far, very insightful. From what I can gather it seams that, while not impossible, it would take an exceptionally strong edge blow to stun a person through his helmet. I watched the test cutting videos on the site and was surprised at the extent to which the helmets b...

Hi, I am student who is aspiring to be a historian and a fan of medieval literature and I have a question for you all. In all my readings of medieval epics I have noticed that striking the helmet of an opposing knight to stun him is a remarkably consistent tactic in all the knightly duels and battle...