Sigh, I am not anywhere near 32

Nice piece. Think coert has caught the haube flu Lol

Jackson, I think you have done very well. Congratulations.

Very nice example. Congratulations.

coert65 wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 17, 2019 9:07 am

Yes, a Z650 B1 from 1977. I also have a B2 from '78 which is in my garage.
And 2 ZRX'es, 1100 and 1200.

For a moment I thought which pickelhaube model that, only to figure out that it must be motorbike

This helmet came in last week but was too busy with work and had a play with it today. Two questions - one on the helmet cover. The helmet cover is reversible so which side should face outwards? The green or the white with unit mark? Second question - I have my doubts over the liner. The fingers hav...

Congratulations on the addition of the helmet

I have come across many officer liners both original and reproduction. No matter how good or close the reproduction are, one can still identify them. I have few officer helmets missing the silk canvas or the sweatband, I rather leave them alone until I can find an original one (though it is tough as...

Wow, you are amazing

Hi Arran, Yes I do agree with you that officers helmets do make use of the enlisted body with the M91 side posts. The front and rear visors are original but not the stitching. The seller place the officer rosettes to cover the M91 side posts as the prongs of the rosettes were not even properly split...

Oops I spelled Brian as brain LOL but you do really have a good brain for restoration

Brain. It takes 20 mins to pull everything apart and it takes more than two hours to put everything back lol

Well I got the helmet cheap and I know the seller is on need of cash to pay bills, he is brave to admit it. I would still have bought it if an flaws listed. Now its good parts as you can see I have already tore up all the parts. It's so fast to take apart everything and poor Brian usually put them b...

*good parts. (self consoling). LOL

Ron, no seller did not describe it. I have the link still. I knew that the shell has been restored from the pics and seller mentioned all authentic which I do not disagree with. Put for god sake inform buyer that visors have been stitched on and the m91 side posts were once there. Yes I am happy tha...

:x The same seller from France is now trying to sell it on Catawiki auction ...... https://encheres.catawiki.eu/kavels/30508815?utm_source=coop&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_content=2memainbe&utm_campaign=Militaria-BE Yes that's the one. Now we have nice pictures LOL I think we are now qualified to appl...

good to hear from the happy Brian again

Brian, I understand how your feel. I know I have been making some complaints about my purchases but it's never targeted at you. In fact, you have extended your help which I have never expected you to do so. I really appreciate how your forum runs and having a group of very helpful people. I don't kn...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/WWI-Saxon-Spik ... Sw-VZdh92p

There's this one on ebay. Selller is pretty tough when it comes to negotiation so not much of a bargain.

911car wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 05, 2019 11:54 am

Amybellars wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 05, 2019 12:24 am

Yap he is a knowledgeable and reputable seller who has gained good reputation on eBay.

Second degree humor from Amy?..

More like third degree Lol
I still have to practice to make it to the next level. Lol

I have doubts over the wappen and the way the oval spikebase was held down. I may be wrong again LOL

I have a similar one that I bought from Tony Cowan but I am not at home for 2 weeks, so I couldn't compare the two. However, the experts here are able to give your their opinion.

Hi, Peter
Drop me a pm and let me know your budget.
Regards
Amy Bellars

Yap he is a knowledgeable and reputable seller who has gained good reputation on eBay.

Your helmet is actually in pretty good shape.

Very nice tschakpa. Congratulations and welcome.

Just checked and saw AMAZON.com has it. I think there are three sizes, so do take measurements before you order. Good luck

Ok guys, I found the same guy on ebay selling his gears . BEWARE OF SCAM. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Metal-Pickelhaube/312827698019 he will not take good pics for you and you can ask many questions and he will answer the questions knowing what you WISH to hear. Upon receipt of the item, he will not be...

Hi Jonas, I bought it from the platform lazada. They ship to Singapore free. I am not sure it they ship to USA but I did see website selling them in USA for Usd 49.90. You can Google light ox studios sms it should come up. I ordered the 40cm by 40cm box. It comes in three sizes.

I used a headshaper that I brought from a guy. I cannot remember his name though. I noticed that Brian uses an antique one but I couldn't wait to get my hands on a head shaper, so I bought it from the guy. Think its about $25 that I have paid. If you are interested, I can check and get back to you.

Looks good. Congrats

LOL @ John, you make sure you don't trip over and are you sure you can run all night and day? ? Philippe, I know Halloween is tmr but I don't need a Frankenstein helmet LOL. That helmet looks to be badly rust and someone without knowing the basic restored it and then it went into a collector's hand ...

haha, I am not an expert in taking the pics but that box makes it look professional. and it comes with LED lights so minimum heat directed at our precious pickelhaube.

Never asked how much and he said its a rare officer crown piece

The liner looks more like an m31 liner for ww2 steel helmet

You can change the backdrop of any colours you want, the deal came with four different colour backdrops, LED lights and it can be folded into a carrier bag. I paid around USD$25 inclusive of shipping so it is very worth it.

I always admire some of the forum members with very beautiful backdrop when they photographed their haubes. However, there is limited space in my house to install a roll down backdrop. Guess what, I found this studio box that does a wonderful job.

Last pic

Was offered the following helmet and was told it was a rare office piece.
I haven't done much research on it but turned the offer down as at least 2 things were wrong, liner was wrong, removable spike was wrong.

The M91 sidepost marks

Hi guys, Bought a helmet off ebay from one of our forum members. From the ebay pics, I do see some flaws and was happy to win it cheap. The helmet arrived yesterday and as a collector, we would have known the basics and would have described some "unseen" flaws in our description when we are selling,...

James, I have given up waiting for silk liners and have been buying the whole sweatband with silk canvas just to take those nice canvas off. I did some small restoration job with those silk canvas which has been reduced to pieces, not a bad job (self-admiration LOL)

well that makes them really "rare" right LOL

They came in together with a nice helmet and I have original brads and while taking these tapered ones off, two of them broke (I think).

Sorry for the late reply, was held up by work.
Ok, here's the picture of the mounting near the dome-headed stud.
The way the prongs are shaped, and the way that these prongs are mounted near the dome-headed stud, a no no for me.

I didn't think it's authentic too. The shape just not right but there again, anything is possible with pickelhaubes.

I came across these studs on one of the helmets that came in two months ago.

I reckon they are reproduction, what do you guys think?

Thank you for the photos. The front view of the Anhalt wappen looks good but the back, I have doubts. The wappen should be "very clean" if it has been covered by the starburst but there again, it may have left to be exposed to the dirt and dust over the years, the blackened stuff around the end of t...

:) Hi Steve, Thank you for your opinion. I will give that camo a miss. One sign I always look at is the condition of the interior vs the exterior. A well-worn liner cannot have a 90% paintwork still retained on the exterior unless it has been touched up. However, a good liner can be inside a worn ou...

Oh yes, (sign of old age has kicked in for me) I saw the second thread on the anhalt coat of arm now.

Ask for returns if he is a genuine seller :-) and you can decide from there

A small little oldenberg coat of arm on a starburst

SkipperJohn wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:49 am

ronaldHah wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 12, 2019 9:32 am

And just a few more Quite a lot of girls Im not as familiar with as I would like :O

As mentioned before, any help, even with just one of the girls, would really be appreciated

Boy are you on the wrong website!

John

That's why he needs HELP. LOL