hauksdottir: Thank you for the compliment. I was not going for authenticity however - I just like the horns(they could just as easily be part of a texas hood orniment, though I guess. anyrate I saved the horn in RDS. the helmet I'll either have to break off the horns or do over. ) Funny you should mention King Harold though. I was just thinking about him as I did some googles on Viking clothing the other day and ran across his name. I was dismayed with the apparent lack of illustrations regarding same. One site went into the preservation of clothing being more likely when pressed up against wood or metal. Another complained that the bodies of warriors were often burned and thus the record of what warriors wore is much less complete that it would otherwise be. Another went on to say that the Swedes went south and East and the Danes and Norwegians went West. It seems to me that I read that there was some signifigence to horns, perhaps it was not not related to helmets though.