#44080
08/06/2009 05:04 PM
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Ok just to start what I know about helmets can fit on the head of a pin, but I'm a DRK junkie and been looking for one of these for a while. Does this one good?
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#44081
08/06/2009 05:05 PM
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#44082
08/06/2009 05:05 PM
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#44083
08/06/2009 06:47 PM
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sorry but i dont like this one,,the exterior looks to have been sand papered and the interior looks black to me,,prompting me to believe this is an upgunned civic police helmet,,i also think you can see black paint under the grey of the exterior,,i would pass UNLESS this comes direct Vets hands,,,
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#44084
08/06/2009 07:12 PM
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quote: Originally posted by militarymania:
sorry but i dont like this one,,the exterior looks to have been sand papered and the interior looks black to me,,prompting me to believe this is an upgunned civic police helmet,,i also think you can see black paint under the grey of the exterior,,i would pass UNLESS this comes direct Vets hands,,,
I would agree.
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#44085
08/06/2009 09:44 PM
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My thought is that this could have been an original but painted over in black post-war. Then it was stripped using paint remover of some sort and sand paper. In any case, not a good example for a collection. Just my 2 cents.
-Mike
Magna res est vocis et silentii temperamentum.
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#44086
08/06/2009 09:44 PM
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Yeah that was my feeling on this one also. The decals looked to be a little low compared to any pics I have seen of these also but I was hoping...
Is it just me or does it seem that alot of these that pop up are fakes? Well I guess I will keep looking and hope to find a good one sometime.
Thanks for the help.
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#44087
08/06/2009 09:52 PM
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i would also caution you to beware/look twice before buying a repainted helmet,,my red cross helmet is painted grey,but where there are scratches,it is the bright silver of the aluminum shell that peeks through
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#44088
08/07/2009 01:48 AM
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M.E.E, tried to email you but your listed email address does not work. ????
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#44089
08/07/2009 03:16 AM
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Sorry, its been fixed had issues with my isp so I had to change and forgot to change it on here.
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#44090
08/08/2009 07:55 AM
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there was a lid on here a couple of weeks back, which had a very similar `look` to it. in that, it too appeared to have been finely sanded, maybe in a bid to `age` it. i wonder if they originated from the same source?.
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