Adam Savage Learns Ancient Helmet Hammering Techniques!

Adam Savage Learns Ancient Helmet Hammering Techniques!

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Forging the Past
May 20, 2025

At the at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Arms and Armor conservation lab, Associate Conservator Sean Belair shows Adam how he uses the same pitch bowl that armorers of classical antiquity would have used to hammer, shape, and form bronze helmet parts!

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