Wolf Ribs Helmet with Fabric Aventail

Wolf Ribs is a European-style buhurt helmet focused on reducing weight without abandoning neck coverage. Instead of a classic mail element, it uses a fabric aventail, cutting roughly 1 kg and lowering neck fatigue during long rounds.

The protection concept is layered: under the fabric sit impact plates (steel or titanium depending on the version). These plates wrap the neck area and the top of the shoulders, helping to manage edge hits and sliding strikes that land around the lower rim of the helmet.

• Protection: fabric as the outer layer, plates taking the primary load across neck/shoulder zones.
• Mobility: reduced mass means less inertia when turning and less cumulative strain.
• Fit: choose size with your arming cap and padding/suspension in mind; keep room for proper damping.
• Maintenance: fabric is straightforward to service—dry after training, inspect seams, attachment points, and plate condition under the cover.

Fabric comes in different colors; patterns and embroidery can be added for team identification with minimal hardware changes.

The geometry is intended to meet common full-contact technical checks (e.g., HMB/IMCF and local rulesets), but approval depends on the organizer’s inspection at each event.

During design and production we rely on historical sources and European late-medieval analogs, while the build is tuned for full-contact use: durability, serviceability, and stable seating over purely decorative accuracy.