Legal helm...???

[V-Hil]

Hi there,
I just recently ordered a helmet online and it looks very similar to this picture

I plan to grind the nasal guard to be penny round. My question is "Will the top of the helm be legal?" I don't see any rules stating that is should be illegal. Galin tells me it's illegal, but I would like other opinions. I think he considers the top of the helm a "protrusion" but I consider the nasal guard a protusion. It is conical and rounded, but not quite penny round. The crease at the very top is probably about 40 degrees. It isn't a sharp edge of steel, but two plates welded (I think) together. Would the crease fail due to this rule:

3.1.8.3. The radius of any rigid metal corner must be greater than the radius of a penny.

[Winfang]

I've been considering purchasing a similar helm. I would say it's legal if you rounded the nasal guard.

The protrusion rule is one that is hardly enforced. I feel it there to keep rivets and pieces of armor that point away from the body at a reasonable level to prevent them from destroying weapons or harming a person. The main thing is interrputing the rule with safety of the fighters in mind and I don't feel that the crease of the helm is a safety issuse or would cause excessive damage to a weapon.

[Kyrax]

I agree with 'Fang.

The cone is fairly pointed, and that would be the area I'm concerned about most and is probably what Galin doesn't like. If I had a preference, the point would be broader. But in the end, I'd pass the helm assuming that the nasal and the strip of trim around the bottom edge met the penny round rules.

If I had a norse character, that would be a sweet helmet.