Re: Spearhead/Barrylyndon overseas caps

S.Thomas · Post by **S.Thomas** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:58 pm

Hoping to get some feedback from anyone who has any of these, any year model, any branch of service, about the quality of these caps. I have the black SS Verfügungstruppe cap

, and have ordered the two DAK caps in olive green and olive brown

, the earth grey Verfügungstruppe cap

, the Elite/Heer panzer EM M41

, and the Elite/Heer officer M41

The triangular eagle insignia was placed slightly off on the black SS-VT cap, and the Hakenkreuz has a double ring around it, making it inaccurate. The SS panzer caps have a cockarde in place of the skull, and none but the SS-VT caps are available with the eagle. I have only ever seen DAK caps in olive brown, never the olive green sold by Spearhead. The olive brown DAK overseas cap does have a red lining, but the olive green model has a tan coloured one.
A post at warrelics.eu, linked below, has what appears to be a Spearhead cap billed as the "worst schiffchen ever"...
http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/cloth-hea ... ver-23699/ There`s a difference between a reproduction and a "fake", I`m sure we all understand this.
This appears to be a Heer EM M40, and in the pic it looks quite threadbare. I wish I`d seen this before I ordered it.
I`m not a re-enactor; I bought all these for everyday wear. Anyone have any comments on any of these?

Sheikh Al Stranghi · Post by **Sheikh Al Stranghi** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:11 am

I think you just wasted your money, all caps I have seen from him were made of very poor quality wool.

Peiper · Post by **Peiper** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:08 am

I had one a couple of yrs ago, they do seem thin wool and the insignia that comes with his caps or tunics are rubbish
and not authentic at all in my humble opinion

If you do buy these caps disregard any insignia and throw it away and buy better from the dealers mentioned on here,
tbh after postage it works out the same to buy from the UK anyway and the items are better quality imho ??

Good luck, Peiper

Stosser · Post by **Stosser** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:12 pm

His hats are awful. Thin material, unusable insignia, and poor sizing. I ordered two hats in my normal size. One came down over my ears and the other wouldn't even fit on my head.

However, his uniforms have always satisfied me.

VonSchnitzel · Post by **VonSchnitzel** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:35 am

some in my group think his great to buy from but I think is quality it alittle average
Fairly priced though for what you get

Stigroadie · Post by **Stigroadie** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:28 pm

Stosser wrote:His hats are awful. Thin material, unusable insignia, and poor sizing. However, his uniforms have always satisfied me.

Are his caps not made of the same wool as his uniforms?

Peiper · Post by **Peiper** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:02 pm

Stigroadie wrote:
Stosser wrote:His hats are awful. Thin material, unusable insignia, and poor sizing. However, his uniforms have always satisfied me.
Are his caps not made of the same wool as his uniforms?

Its funny Stig, some of his uniforms are thin flimsy material (the field grey tunics) yet his M40 is quite thick, similar
to Sturm, the caps ive seen seem to be made from the thin stuff

Just my humble opinion

Cheers Pipes

christiandbn · Post by **christiandbn** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:07 pm

Sorry to bumb this up, but what about his DAK and Luftwaffe tropical cotton caps?

S. Thomas, how did you find yours?

Regards,

Christian

Franz repper · Post by **Franz repper** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 5:11 am

Christian save your money

christiandbn · Post by **christiandbn** » Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:37 am

Franz / Thomas,

can you send me some closeups of these caps? What's wrong about them? The tropical uniforms from SM are praised to be quite decent. Aren't the caps made from the same material?

Christian

Rodian · Post by **Rodian** » Sun Aug 26, 2012 6:38 pm

Sheikh Al Stranghi wrote:I think you just wasted your money, all caps I have seen from him were made of very poor quality wool.

Yep, I once made the mistake of ordering an overseas cap from him.....wouldn't even wipe my arse with it.

Stigroadie · Post by **Stigroadie** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 8:09 am

christiandbn wrote:The tropical uniforms from SM are praised to be quite decent. Aren't the caps made from the same material?

It is unlikely that SM and Spearhead would use the same cloth.
This thread is about Spearheads crappy caps not SMWholesales rather fetching ones.

christiandbn · Post by **christiandbn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:29 pm

ok i got you mixed up. Let me try and rephrase

With Spearhead's tropical uniform getting some decent reviews viewtopic.php?f=30&t=7688&p=77884&hilit ... ffe#p77884

How come the caps are crappy, if they are the same material?

mauser98 · Post by **mauser98** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:32 pm

Christianbn,
Pretty much all the guys have told you that Spearhead's stuff is pretty crappy and not to waste your hard earned money because you'll probably be disappointed. I have to agree. Spend your money wisely and buy from recommended dealers who sell quality items.
However, it appears that you're hoping/straining to find just one rousing approval from someone to justify you ordering from Spearhead. It's your money.
Good luck on your quest!
mauser98

christiandbn · Post by **christiandbn** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:45 pm

I understand m8. Just asked Thomas for some pictures of the Tropical caps he ordered.

That's all.

Whom do you suggest for LW tropical and DAK caps? European vendors preferably.

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