Recent content by cesper

Thanks Laurie, Hmmmm... car wax. I like the sounds of that. I'm definitely going to use that piece of adivce. On a similar note, is there anything that can retard the tarnishing of brass as well (like car wax... with carnauba)? As much as I love a polished brass, I hate the concept of...

Thank you both for your advice... I'm going to ponder this a bit... although the Evapo-Rust sounds like a good option... it apparently includes no solvents and is also "an excellent rust inhibitor". Hmmmm... once this project is complete, I'll try to post some pictures. Best, Craig

I recently purchased my first Pickelhaube helmet :) . I am currently cleaning it up per the advice given on Tony Schnurr's web page (thanks to all for the recommendation). The Kokades that came with my helmet were in pretty rough shape... discolored (the whites were dark brown), and a good...

Thank you all for your feed back. I am going through Tony's web page and am finding it to be quite helpful. Thanks again.

Hello Everyone. I am new here; however, I have had a long standing curiosity regarding the Pickelhaube Helmet. I have finally started going to Military swaps and looking around on eBay. I have concluded that I am going to seek out a less than "show room" quality helmet and as a result, I am...