Recent content by flasheart

Tony, we are here on a military assignment, heading home soon.

Guys, About 10 years ago I restored a very sad M1860 Dragoner pickelhaube with silver fittings. It was missing one of the domed bolts from the rear spine, and was also missing the two domed studs from the visor trim. For ten years it has been in my collection without those items. I have now...

Wow, fabulous JzP

Brian, No need, now in contact. Thanks

That doesnt sound right. Should be a set of holes on the visor that align exactly with a set of holes on the helmet body. I suspect that the holes have moved out of alignment. To do this properly, you need to clean out all the holes with a very fine drill bit or similar, then pin the visor to...

I have used black linen thread, waxed as Brian advises, on the 4 x restorations I have done and they have worked out great. Heavy gauge linen thread on the older helmets (1 x M1857 and 2 x M1860), and fine linen thread on the M1895 officers helmet. The good thing about linen is that it is very...

Glen, That might be me you are referring to? I was in Canberra for a while, now in Brisbane, but definitely a pretty good collection! Mike

OK, still trying to contact member 'Newbe'. Does anyone have his email address? Please send via PM. Mike

Not an ANZAC in sight there Gus?

Wow, a super rare find!

Gus, Beautiful piece! There is footage on YouTube of guys firing their Chauchats. Very slow cyclic rate. Here are my Chauchat pouches....

Great find Gus; so rare to find so much surviving feldgrau paint!

A beautiful helmet Tony, as always :bravo:

Guys, does anyone have contact info for 'newbe', Mark. Trying to contact him regards a helmet. Mike

Just incredible Tony!