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    Default Re: Historical Evidences

    Quote Originally Posted by keravnos
    A counter arguement to that is that the cav. would have to have a clear field of view as cavalrymen often have been known to need. Yet, knights clearly prove that you can have field of view vision without losing protection to the face. The facemask, if anything, has a better field of view than most knight's visors.
    Truth be told, the way the "close" and "great" helmets crimped your peripheral vision was a problem in a whirling melee, plus they tended to make breathing difficult too. Which is why the hinged visor developed; most people wore it up whenever it wasn't absolutely needed, with the due result that not a few knights caught a stray arrow in the face at some point of their careers.

    But the Medieval European stuff can't really hold a candle to the anthropomorphic face-masks of the Asiatic cataphracts when it comes to trading comfort and visibility for protection...

    The early extended cheek-guards ain't got nuttin' on that. Heck, most of them don't really even cover the bridge of the nose by what I've seen, and the opening for the mouth is positively gaping.
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