Hi again, Mr. Cornwell. Two of the characters in the Saxon Tales, Uhtred and Svein, bear Sutton Hoo-style helmets with elaborate face plates, Uhtred of a wolf and Svein’s of a wild boar. I’m trying to visualize what they would have looked like. Do you see their face plates closely contoured to the wearer’s face like the Sutton Hoo? Or would they have been extended out to simulate the animal’s snout, rather like a pig-face bascinet of the Hundred Year’s War? I realize that their is no way of knowing short of digging up another helmet of this style, so I need you to speculate a little. Also, would the face plate have a locking mechanism to hold it up in case you want to speak without the face plate in the way and don’t want to take the helmet off? This should be determinable by the remains of the Sutton Hoo. Thanks, Alan Kempner