Sugar Loaf with Visor (Early 14C.) Dark 

The helmets of the 14th century are composed chiefly of a mixture of iron plate and chain mail. Among them, the visored bascinet with chain mail was much in vogue. It was made of three parts: the skull-piece, the visor, and the chain mail. The visor, which turned on side pivots, could be removed, so it allows the helm to be added to the knight defences by placing it over the bascinet. However, this was not a rule, as the visored bascinet itself was sometimes used for war, instead of the helm. It is in this century that the beaked bascinet was also introduced. The rich knights and Kings could wear helmets with decorations ranging from velvet to gold and precious stones.
In the Middle Ages Great Helms with a more conical bowl were also known as Sugarloaf helmets on account of their resemblance to a sugar loaf. This shape gained popularity by the early 14th century. Our replica distinguishes itself in that it features a hinged visor. The helm is hand-crafted out of steel.
The Sugar Loaf helmet, so called because of its similarity in shape to the traditional “Sugar Loaves” that sugar was traditionally sold in, was a later variant of the Great Helm and was used throughout the 13th and 14th Centuries. This style of helmet saw use in many famous battles of the period and was also worn by Crusaders. The domed top was much better at deflecting blows than the flat topped Great Helms.