| SCOTTISH CREST-McKellips -as seen on the opening page of this website. I have carved dozens of Crests of Arms, each of it's own pattern and design. The torn and twisted silk ( called diapering ) swirls out in twists and turns. It signified the silken cloak the knights in armor wore over those steel pot helmets to try and keep the brain damage down from heat in the Crusades. The torn and twisted silk, of two color reversible portrayal was a "Badge of Honor" showing they had been brave and fought in the fray. It later became decoration, framing the Crest of Arms. The Arms are the shield, whose shape denoted which century the arms were issued and the charges on the shield (Objects ) were the personal representation of the bearer.
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