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Original or not?

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:35 pm
by Oberleutnant Ulrich
What do you think about this helmet

Re: Original or not?

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:36 pm
by Oberleutnant Ulrich
more pictures

Re: Original or not?

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:37 pm
by Oberleutnant Ulrich
and more

Re: Original or not?

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:39 pm
by Oberleutnant Ulrich
and more

Re: Original or not?

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:40 pm
by Oberleutnant Ulrich
last one

Re: Original or not?

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:41 pm
by Oberleutnant Ulrich
Being a shell 68, it would probably fit a size 59-60 head right?

Re: Original or not?

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:57 pm
by Viktor Kauer
That vent looks ugly as hell, and the rolled rim reminds me of repros I've seen. But yes a 68 shell would fit both 60 and 61 cm liners

Re: Original or not?

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:29 pm
by Oberleutnant Ulrich
The vent in this original look bulgy as well but the hole is cleaner...then the repro looks similar as list above....could this maybe be a very well aged repro perhaps?

Re: Original or not?

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:50 pm
by ShaneH
That helmet is shit there is noting original about it

Re: Original or not?

Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:31 am
by telemark
Oberleutnant Ulrich wrote:The vent in this original look bulgy as well but the hole is cleaner...then the repro looks similar as list above....could this maybe be a very well aged repro perhaps?
The 1st helmet pictured is a repro as is your helmet Im afraid and not a very good one either.

Re: Original or not?

Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:37 am
by Walther
Agreed. The rolled edge is far too wobbly, the vents look a bit clumsy and the stamped numbers look a bit sharp from what I've see of originals over the years.

Neil

Re: Original or not?

Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:44 am
by Walther
And the split pins look massive - before reading what size it was I thought it was 60 or 62 shell which was making standard sized pins look huge.

Re: Original or not?

Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:53 am
by Oberleutnant Ulrich
telemark wrote:
Oberleutnant Ulrich wrote:The vent in this original look bulgy as well but the hole is cleaner...then the repro looks similar as list above....could this maybe be a very well aged repro perhaps?
The 1st helmet pictured is a repro as is your helmet Im afraid and not a very good one either.
Yes, I was refering to the one with the bullet hole in it as bulgy, just the pictures were posted in the wrong order, the first one is clearly a repro and I was using it to show the roughness of a repro.

Thanks for help guys, the liner and paint job looked but but I had my doubts for the same reason...good thing I didn't buy it yet.

Re: Original or not?

Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:49 am
by grenadier Biermann
REPRO !!! Don't buy it don't touch it looks ugly !!! :x

Re: Original or not?

Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 3:38 pm
by telemark
The rivets look like the ones on the Czech re issue ones you see around so wonder if the liner is also Czech?