Recent content by Sirjames1

Cool. Mine is also spun, but it is a removable type. It is pretty much identical to the steel version, but it is obviously super light and does not rust. Although there was some small amount of aluminum oxidation on one of the split pins.

Don’t suppose you have a spare chin strap for sale? 😃

Not to bad. Can anyone tell me if it’s unusual that the spike and base are aluminum and the eagle and rear spine are steel. Also, would the chin strap have aluminum or steel fittings?

This is the first pickelhaube I ever bought. I got it 34 years ago at a military show. Always wanted to install the front brim so I found one that fit.

I started restoring this helmet and all was going well until I took off the front visor metal to restitch the visors back on. I rehydrated both visors and the shell. Blocked the shell and left to dry. The front visor shrunk, and a pinch formed where there was a break in the metal rim. The shell...

I have started resorting one of my originals. It’s in the reshaping stage. I got the dents out.

Thank you. Biggest problems are, it’s shrinking caused the areas around the chin strap attachment points to cave in. I’ve put in in warm water briefly and put it on a form to reshape it. The rear visor is missing, I have found one that seems to be the right size but obviously the holes are not...

Thank you for letting me join your forum. I’ve read lots of great posts on restorations. I have a few pickelhaubes that need significant work but have not had the knowledge to do anything with them. This forum is giving me some courage to take them on. However, I decided that I should practice...