Originally Posted by
JohnLeePettimore
This is one of those "great ideas" that give you a false sense of security.
If a brown bear (grizzly) takes a swipe at your head, it'll probably break your neck. If it misses your head and hits your torso, the claws rip you wide open.
If the cougar goes for your neck, I assume it's standing on your chest, the mail may stop it's fangs, but it might still crush your windpipe. Did you see The Fellowship of the Ring? When Frodo gets jabbed by the cave troll? In the book, a spear was thrown at him and knocked him back. In the movie, the cave troll ran the spear into him and pinned him against a wall. This would've smashed his insides to jelly, and still killed him, Mitrhil mail notwithstanding.
Losing all peripheral vision out in the woods doesn't seem like an advantage either.
Still trying to think of ANY help this helmet might be in the woods.
It IS cool-looking, though. I'll grant you that. But it'll look silly in the wild.