A Baden OR M95 helmet in need of some TLC. Problems: both visors need restitching, both visors and shell need to be put back into proper shape, spine split brad has to be re soldered and there is an obvious split in the shell. The pics:
The helmet shell needs to be blocked back into shape as do the visors. The metal visor trim which has been bent out of shape is pulling everything inwards...collapsing the shell into itself. You can see the bends in the brass trim where it has buckled. The solution here is to take everything off and correct the "shape" problem for all 4 parts.....visors, shell and front trim.
This visor trim has some real problems:
The split in the shell will be dealt with by first gluing a thin piece of leather on the inside of the shell along the crack. Next, finish will be applied to fill in on the outside.
The helmet shell needs to be blocked back into shape as do the visors. The metal visor trim which has been bent out of shape is pulling everything inwards...collapsing the shell into itself. You can see the bends in the brass trim where it has buckled. The solution here is to take everything off and correct the "shape" problem for all 4 parts.....visors, shell and front trim.
This visor trim has some real problems:
The split in the shell will be dealt with by first gluing a thin piece of leather on the inside of the shell along the crack. Next, finish will be applied to fill in on the outside.