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What is the best way to attach mail to a helmet?
During the Middle Ages, it was common to attach mail to a helmet. This piece of mail was called a aventail or a camail and was used to protect the neck and shoulders.
Many reenactment helmets, especially bascinets, have vervelles on the lower edge. These vervelles are intended to attach a aventail to the helmet.
What do you need?
-Helmet
-Aventail
-Leather cord
How to attach chainmail shirt to a helmet:
Step 1:
Place the aventail along the edge of the helmet, against the vervelles. Some aventails have a leather band along the edge with holes in it. Align those holes with the vervelles.
Step 2:
Thread the leather cord through the chainmail shirt, or through the holes in the leather band, and through the vervelles. Tie the ends of the cord securely.
If your helmet does not have vervelles, you can install them yourself by drilling holes along the lower edge of the helmet. In these holes, you can then place the vervelles and secure them in the same way as rivets.
