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"The Internet doesn't tell you all!"

Do buy Wim's books and may he write many more.

The point about the sharing of knowledge is crucial, since knowledge is cascading into the space in a...

Thanks for your wise insight.

You and I share the same goals. I have just become skeptical of a lot of collector jazz as pertains to un used items. The use of the thing and its age
are as much part of its reality. And, you...

I think A 1 104 is Kornacker of Hildesheim, but I am not utterly certain.

Wim will tell us.

All I know is these licenses changed constantly, such that I am no longer sure of any of them.
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You can fix the piping with the right wool textile, which is possible. It is a nice cap. You can be happy with it.
The blue piping is a complete moth magnet.

Good luck with your collecting. As a result of all these threads, my attitude about things has changed, especially as I see decay all around me.

All of these things of human craft and organic...

There are real professionals here, mind you, but the lacquer on these declines all of its own accord, especially if it is not well done to begin with, which is generally
the case with these caps of...

It is not perfect, yes, but it is still a nice hat and it does not have the normal textile damage.

These things are now very old. When I started at the end of the 1960s, the things were not so...

The damage on said cap is very minor. I would leave it alone, frankly, or risk doing more damage.
Or, find an unused Ortsgruppe cap.

The lacquer is fragile, as it is old and the vulcan fiber...