pickelhauben
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Reposted pics now they are huge !!
I guess I need to re shoot them smaller
I guess I need to re shoot them smaller
Found !!! REPLICA Grey 92
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SkipperJohn
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pickelhauben said:
I had the same problem. You just have to play with the sizing on your computer before you load them.
John
pickelhauben
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argonne said:festwagner said:
Francois,
Again, a beautiful lapsusScarce helmets can sometimes cause some scare
However, in my humble opinion, those kind of "pleasant" games consisting in "re-producing" some scarce helmets are a very dangerous thing that I can not understand [-X
OK, the person who are producing them may be honest at the moment, but how about it in 10, 20 or 30 years, when those kind of fakes will have left the collection of the "maker"?
I can not agree with it, sorry....It´s a game with fire...
Philippe
Yes that could be the case.
But as we all know they are not out there . So I have made one until the right priced one comes along.
The last one that came up on ebay sold for $6,000 with a nice plate and a wrecked helmet.
New pics posted with smug hug.
I am with Philippe on this one. Interesting how collectors may have different feelings on such an issue. For me any copy of a helmet or plate is an absolute no no. Not negotiable. The real thing stimulates imagination by its history, what we assume it has seen. If it was made last month the magic just does not work. At all. It may even drive negative feelings. I will never have a copy of a helmet I cannot find or afford. This applies to other antiques as well.
However I certainly understand and respect the fact that others, such as Pickelhauben, have different opinions! And I must acknowledge that this IR92 plate copy is amazingly good!
Bruno
However I certainly understand and respect the fact that others, such as Pickelhauben, have different opinions! And I must acknowledge that this IR92 plate copy is amazingly good!
Bruno
pickelhauben
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Thanks Bruno,
And thank you all who have commented.
When I first saw the original in Randy T's book I was hit by an overwhelming awe.
I had to have one way or the other.
So I brought this helm to life .
Normally I would not put a fake helm on the shelf but this one is different ( in my eyes) because I made it and it does not look half bad.
Being rather proud of it I sent a few pics out to board members .
Then as a joke I thought it would be cool to make up a story on how I found it and post right after of it being a fake.
Apparently by posting it I ruffled a few feathers to the extant have having a moderator insert REPLICA in my subject title.
This is fine with me .
This whole subject just means one thing , we as collectors need to stay on our toes because no one knows what is lurking out their that is wanting to take our hard earned money away from us.
And stories that come with our collectables is just that .
A story.
It will remain on the shelf ( it is still way cool ) until I find an original to replace it .
Only one cow was harmed in the making of this pickelhaube.
Orr.... possibly up to 7.
And thank you all who have commented.
When I first saw the original in Randy T's book I was hit by an overwhelming awe.
I had to have one way or the other.
So I brought this helm to life .
Normally I would not put a fake helm on the shelf but this one is different ( in my eyes) because I made it and it does not look half bad.
Being rather proud of it I sent a few pics out to board members .
Then as a joke I thought it would be cool to make up a story on how I found it and post right after of it being a fake.
Apparently by posting it I ruffled a few feathers to the extant have having a moderator insert REPLICA in my subject title.
This is fine with me .
This whole subject just means one thing , we as collectors need to stay on our toes because no one knows what is lurking out their that is wanting to take our hard earned money away from us.
And stories that come with our collectables is just that .
A story.
It will remain on the shelf ( it is still way cool ) until I find an original to replace it .
Only one cow was harmed in the making of this pickelhaube.
Orr.... possibly up to 7.
Jaap Verduijn
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"(...) how about it in 10, 20 or 30 years, when those kind of fakes will have left the collection of the "maker"? (...)"
That's why last month, after I obtained a replica (Prussian Line Mannschaft M95), I wrote with a big indelible marker "REPLICA" on the inside. When the end comes, my dear daughters will know that they've been left a helmet of which the only value consisted of the pleasure it gave their old dad
That pleasure consists for an important part of, after marking it, having buggered up the shining new replica to such an extend that from the outside it looks sufficiently worn and genuine to fool the eye of the casual beholder. It's really surprising what liberally administered cigar ashes, lots of hookah smoke plus the sparks/smoke of "Three Kings" hookah coals can do. I made a brand new antique looking fake, which is an extra reason for marking the thing in the way shown in the picture.
During my first real collection in the 1980's I once bought a tschapka that turned out to be a replica - a damn good one so I only found out when, after having had it for a few weeks, I decided to give it a real good inspection. My own silly fault - I forgot the age old adage "Caveat Emptor".
That's why last month, after I obtained a replica (Prussian Line Mannschaft M95), I wrote with a big indelible marker "REPLICA" on the inside. When the end comes, my dear daughters will know that they've been left a helmet of which the only value consisted of the pleasure it gave their old dad
That pleasure consists for an important part of, after marking it, having buggered up the shining new replica to such an extend that from the outside it looks sufficiently worn and genuine to fool the eye of the casual beholder. It's really surprising what liberally administered cigar ashes, lots of hookah smoke plus the sparks/smoke of "Three Kings" hookah coals can do. I made a brand new antique looking fake
, which is an extra reason for marking the thing in the way shown in the picture. During my first real collection in the 1980's I once bought a tschapka that turned out to be a replica - a damn good one so I only found out when, after having had it for a few weeks, I decided to give it a real good inspection. My own silly fault - I forgot the age old adage "Caveat Emptor".
Jaap Verduijn
New member
Oh yes, Philippe, I made that very clear which was probably a bit of an overkill (grin)! But from the outside it's beginning to look quite satisfactorily salty, to please my ancient eyes. Took the pic several days ago showing what some TUC (Tender UNloving Care) can do - in the meantime it's become somewhat more worn looking, just like its impoverished owner
I have to admit that it's a bit like going to bed with an inflatable doll: it leads where one wants to go, but it never reaches the quality of the real thing
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Fifty years from now though, few people will know the difference - which is why I made it bloody clear, on behalf of posterity.
Actually, after I moved the Knöpfe 91 up about 15mm, at first glance the only thing that gives the game away on the outside is the ventilation slide on the back spine which is about 20 mm too low. At closer inspection you, I, and 99 percent of the members here see through it within seconds on account of lots of other issues, one of the more glaring being that the leather is turned inside out: flesh side is inside and skin side is outside.
Maybe some time I'll have the money to buy myself a real Pickelhaube again. I'm thinking about selling my Fairbairn Sykes Third Pattern "fighting" knife along with some other military knives and stuff (I must also have an M17 somewhere, and an Adrian) I still have from the olden days - it's not impossible that the results will enable me to get a fair dinkum Pickelhaube again. Who knows?
In the meantime I kind of look at my replica like the late Hugh Hefner looked at his Bunnies: not for their intrinsic values but simply to have something better to watch than telly.
Be well, matey!
Jaap.
I have to admit that it's a bit like going to bed with an inflatable doll: it leads where one wants to go, but it never reaches the quality of the real thing
.Fifty years from now though, few people will know the difference - which is why I made it bloody clear, on behalf of posterity.
Actually, after I moved the Knöpfe 91 up about 15mm, at first glance the only thing that gives the game away on the outside is the ventilation slide on the back spine which is about 20 mm too low. At closer inspection you, I, and 99 percent of the members here see through it within seconds on account of lots of other issues, one of the more glaring being that the leather is turned inside out: flesh side is inside and skin side is outside.
Maybe some time I'll have the money to buy myself a real Pickelhaube again. I'm thinking about selling my Fairbairn Sykes Third Pattern "fighting" knife along with some other military knives and stuff (I must also have an M17 somewhere, and an Adrian) I still have from the olden days - it's not impossible that the results will enable me to get a fair dinkum Pickelhaube again. Who knows?
In the meantime I kind of look at my replica like the late Hugh Hefner looked at his Bunnies: not for their intrinsic values but simply to have something better to watch than telly.
Be well, matey!
Jaap.