Sparring Helmet Pictures

[Brian Hunt]

For those of you who have been waiting for a helmet from me. I am happy to announce that I have worked out my construction issues on my new helmet style and I have completed the first one. With this out of the way, I can now try and hammer down that long waiting list I have.

I apologize for the delays, but 2008 has been a really bad year for me that has adversely affected my shop time. Things have calmed down some now and I am spending as much of my free time as possible trying to get caught up.









Anyway, hope you like the pics, sorry they are a little dark.

Brian Hunt.

[Sal Bertucci]

they look great! Are the neck pieces made out of metal or something else?

[Ted Collins]

Looks like the neck plates are plastic, maybe even the whole thing (other than the face grill). Looks nice though, and probably pretty light.

Can you link to a material description of it, Brian?

[Brian Hunt]

Hi all,

the whole helmet except fot the grill is plastic. It is held together with steel rivits, leather straps and has a nylon strap with a plastic buckle to hold the two halves closed. The grill is painted steel mesh with a hand sewn nylon edging that is attached with 6 steel rivits.

you can see cost lists at my website if you look for the link at the bottom of my post.

thanks for your interest.

Brian Hunt

[Vance Osterhout]

Very impressive. I'm just using a hockey helmet but this is beautiful. DOes it have a chinstrap?

[Brian Hunt]

The chin piece acts as your chin strap.

Brian Hunt

[Ken Dietiker]

Hey Brian, can you also post the pic with the helmet open so others can see?

[Brian Hunt]

I will have to do that later tonight.

Brian Hunt.

[Brian Hunt]

I had it posted before, but the image accidentally got erased, so I re-uploaded it.

Brian Hunt.

[S. Hord]

That's really impressive, nice work.