spikeymikey
Member
I dont know if this topic has been raised before but I think it's an important issue on the subject of plate collecting and it's one that's kind of bothered me for years.
It's this: Do you 'flatten' a pickelhaube wappen that you wish to display.....or not? I see quite a few that have been squashed down and it annoys me somewhat.
Personally I don't, and for two reasons: One is that the plate is designed to be viewed 'curved' - it's obvious when you look at a flattened example especially of an eagle, and it all looks wrong proportionally - ridiculous in fact. The original design took the curve of the helmet into account and this is how the plate is supposed to be viewed. The other reason I don't flatten is metal-fatigue. I think it's possible to break the happen by trying to flatten it. This is even more likely if you decide to re-install it on a helmet in the future or sell it to someone who wishes to do so. It would need to be reshaped and these things are fragile and can't stand too much of this kind of thing. You might even get a kink or a crease across the sword of an eagle wappen too, or some other distortion which looks awful.
So I say - nay, I beg you - refrain from this naughty practice. What do you think? [-X
It's this: Do you 'flatten' a pickelhaube wappen that you wish to display.....or not? I see quite a few that have been squashed down and it annoys me somewhat.
Personally I don't, and for two reasons: One is that the plate is designed to be viewed 'curved' - it's obvious when you look at a flattened example especially of an eagle, and it all looks wrong proportionally - ridiculous in fact. The original design took the curve of the helmet into account and this is how the plate is supposed to be viewed. The other reason I don't flatten is metal-fatigue. I think it's possible to break the happen by trying to flatten it. This is even more likely if you decide to re-install it on a helmet in the future or sell it to someone who wishes to do so. It would need to be reshaped and these things are fragile and can't stand too much of this kind of thing. You might even get a kink or a crease across the sword of an eagle wappen too, or some other distortion which looks awful.
So I say - nay, I beg you - refrain from this naughty practice. What do you think? [-X