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09-25-2012 01:21 AM
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Re: Refinish or leave it? Crusty front seam, swivel bale reissue.
I vote to keep as is. It's a nice relic conditioned helmet.
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Re: Refinish or leave it? Crusty front seam, swivel bale reissue.
I wouldn't really consider it a "relic" though. I think relic, I think battle field found, original helmet. I think this think was just stored in horrid conditions. Vote accepted none the less, thanks helmetone!
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Re: Refinish or leave it? Crusty front seam, swivel bale reissue.
Would be a lot of work to restore - possibly having to give it an initial sandblasting
to remove flaking paint and gobs of rust, so it might be better to leave this one
as an 'as found' relic. ( Indeed, a 'relic' is what it looks like.........! )
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Re: Refinish or leave it? Crusty front seam, swivel bale reissue.
Thanks walkwolf. Looks like I might hang on to this until I find me a nice complete original.
Thanks,
Nathan
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Re: Refinish or leave it? Crusty front seam, swivel bale reissue.
i would keep it as is, I like it
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Re: Refinish or leave it? Crusty front seam, swivel bale reissue.
+1, much better as it is than with shiny fresh paint. Buy a broken rusted old .45 to display with it
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Re: Refinish or leave it? Crusty front seam, swivel bale reissue.
For fifteen bucks you got a nice relic lid. Accept it for what it is and enjoy it. You will never turn back time and it will never be as it once was. Attempting to restore it will not do anything apart from ruin a nice piece of history.
Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....
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Re: Refinish or leave it? Crusty front seam, swivel bale reissue.
The nays have it. Thanks for the input from all. This helmet wont be altered. Do you guys think it was reissued in the Vietnam era? From what I have seen that's the conclusion I have drawn. To bad it wasn't stored better.
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Re: Refinish or leave it? Crusty front seam, swivel bale reissue.
I will add that even though it is a front seam the chin straps are way later late Nam or probally post Nam. they are the clip on type. The Army has probally repainted it several times. I would, and have repainted a couple that I got in that condition. It already is a mix-master.
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