Hi All,
recently posted in this thread are obvious fakes:
http://www.pickelhaubes.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8683" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I wanted to know if the wappen where cast from an original or not. That question isn't just coincidence as I have a pickelhaube with just the same one.
Question is, is it a repro?
The chinstrap is very suspect, I added both repro kokarden.
here is my assessment of the helmet:
+ The overall form is not off if compared to other pickelhaubes I own;
+ Spike isn't the obvious fake;
+ wappen has as much detail on the inside as on the outside;
+ looks well made;
+ mountings of the knopf 91 look nice;
+ square nut!
- knopf 91 do not have similar distance (one is for the 1 mm thick scales, the other for the thicker 3mm version )
- there is no hole under the vent on the rear spine;
- loops of the stitching on the inside near the knopf mounting;
- wappen looks the same as in the other thread and has sloppy letters.
Anyway what are your thoughts?
Thanks,
Michel
recently posted in this thread are obvious fakes:
http://www.pickelhaubes.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8683" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I wanted to know if the wappen where cast from an original or not. That question isn't just coincidence as I have a pickelhaube with just the same one.
Question is, is it a repro?
The chinstrap is very suspect, I added both repro kokarden.
here is my assessment of the helmet:
+ The overall form is not off if compared to other pickelhaubes I own;
+ Spike isn't the obvious fake;
+ wappen has as much detail on the inside as on the outside;
+ looks well made;
+ mountings of the knopf 91 look nice;
+ square nut!
- knopf 91 do not have similar distance (one is for the 1 mm thick scales, the other for the thicker 3mm version )
- there is no hole under the vent on the rear spine;
- loops of the stitching on the inside near the knopf mounting;
- wappen looks the same as in the other thread and has sloppy letters.
Anyway what are your thoughts?
Thanks,
Michel