This example is built around a raised medial comb running front to back, a genuine functional feature that added rigidity to the skull and helped deflect a glancing blow rather than simply a decorative crest. The articulated cheek pieces, hinged at the temple and meeting at the chin, represent a more heavily protected variant of the classic open burgonet form, closing in around the lower face and throat in a manner closer to a falling buffe than the plainer, fully open patterns worn by common infantry.
Deepeeka’s reproduction is hand-raised from a single sheet of steel and available in 16-gauge or 18-gauge thickness, offering a genuine choice between a lighter, more wearable piece and a heavier-gauge helmet built for harder use.
16th Century Burgonet, Falling Buffe Pattern
The burgonet emerged in early 16th-century Italy as a lighter, more open alternative to the fully enclosed great helm, trading some protection for the improved field of vision and hearing that pikemen, arquebusiers, and mounted officers needed in the increasingly fast-moving warfare of the period. Its open face, framed by a peaked brow and a fixed or hinged neck guard, quickly spread across the armies of Renaissance Europe.
16th Century Burgonet, Falling Buffe Pattern
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