Gorget

Forging the gorget.

The gorget is made of 2 mm mild steel. It’s thick, but the helmet and Brest plate is “bullet proof” so the gorget thickness will match this.

The neck lamellas are cut out strait and then forged in to a curved shape by stretching the material more on one side, this creates the curve and also thins it out, which is good, this lamellas will have quite much overlap so they don’t need to be as thick as the two bigger parts.

The upper edge on the last lamellae is rolled and turned outwards to create a lip which will be encountered by the lower edge on the helmet. This needs to be a perfect circle to allow the helmet to turn around smooth.

When the parts are ruffly forged, I rivet them together, and heat again on the forge, to make the final adjustments.

When riveted togethe, it looks a bit long, but the lamellae will be riveted onto leather when the gorget is finished, so the movability will be better, now it is in its most upper position.

I have now tried it with the helmet, and on the body, so now I can continue with the Brest and backplate.