Boromirs Gear

[doug*platypus]

Boromir's helm was probably the open-face type.

Actually, I'm now convinced that it was the not-actually-there-until-it- magically-appears-at-Amon Hen type.

I would never have believed it, but it seems to me that Tolkien made a continuity error in LOTR. This is the only one I'm aware of so far. Despite attempts to reason or to deny, I don't think anyone has really succeeded in making the error go away. If Boromir's shield was worthy of mention when setting out from Rivendell, then why not his helm? Because it didn't sound good? Please. What about the description of Fingon's helm being burst asunder in The Silmarillion? That might have looked good at Boromir's last stand, but only the Horn of Gondor got a mention.

Most of the posts above have involved something along the lines of, "Boromir must have had a helm, because I would have given him one if I had written the book." Whether you're Peter Jackson, or Joe Sixpack from Wisconsin, it doesn't matter what you think the Fellowship should have been wearing. Gimli had only a hood until Helm's Deep (nice choice of name), and Boromir had no helm until his magically appeared after he died.