#68770
08/07/2006 01:52 AM
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This is near the best I've ever seen. Dated 1937 and just arrived tonight.
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08/07/2006 01:52 AM
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#68772
08/07/2006 01:52 AM
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#68773
08/07/2006 01:53 AM
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08/07/2006 01:53 AM
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#68775
08/07/2006 02:03 AM
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Simply put...........stunning. I doubt if you will ever see a better conditioned helmet. I don't like the term "mint" when describing helmets. But this helmet is as close to "mint" as you are ever going to see. Top, top shelf. 
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#68776
08/07/2006 02:36 AM
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Tom,
That is superb. I have it's not as mint brother.
Larry
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#68777
08/07/2006 03:05 AM
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#68778
08/07/2006 03:30 AM
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Amazing helmet, Tom. What a gem. 
"Here's yer money back fer them souvenirs. Ya been scarin' hell outta our replacements." -Bill Mauldin's Willy & Joe.
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#68779
08/07/2006 04:11 AM
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Good greif, it looks like it just rolled out of the factory!! Nice one indeed!!
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#68780
08/07/2006 08:00 AM
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Unbelieveable , very nice Tom
Regards
Frank
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#68781
08/07/2006 11:02 AM
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That certainly fits in "the best" catagory  Don't think I have ever seen a better one. Congratulations, Glenn
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#68782
08/07/2006 01:03 PM
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*100
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#68783
08/07/2006 02:07 PM
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Tom,
I see you have perfected your time-machine. You'll have to tell us all about your visit to the Quist factory because this has to be where this beauty came from...factory fresh! Wow!
Cheers,
Darryl
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#68784
08/07/2006 04:45 PM
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Virtually untouched. Amazing.
SSTK Oberbayern
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#68785
08/07/2006 06:26 PM
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Great helmet Tom, congrats.
One disadvantage: they are not getting better then this one.
regards,
Thijs
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#68786
08/07/2006 08:41 PM
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I've never seen one nicer...it certainly has been taken very well care of by someone all these years! Congrats on your new piece!
"Its a great thing the destruction of words"...George Orwell...1984
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#68787
08/08/2006 02:09 AM
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Tom, Your the man..... 
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#68788
08/08/2006 06:36 AM
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Perfect. No need to find another Serious, stunning!!!!!!!!!!
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#68789
08/08/2006 06:58 AM
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Sorry for my ignorance on this question as Im not a helmet collector per se..the "border" seen around the decal itself is this an applied laquer or glue? I was under the imprssion this is laquer of some sort..if so..was a template placed over the decal with this border to allow the "lacquer" or material to be nicely applied so uniformly and precisely? Also..if laquer was it brush applied or sprayed, as the preciceness of the application looks like a spray application, these are just guesses on my part and would sppreciate the wisdom of the experts here on this subject...Thanks !
"Its a great thing the destruction of words"...George Orwell...1984
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#68790
08/08/2006 12:15 PM
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Scott,
To be honest, I believe the lacquer (not glue) was hand applied by brush. Pre-war days allowed for time and precision. As time progressed, some helmets received multiple applications of decals with a reissue re-paint.
Later in the war, water transfer decals were used which allowed a quicker application and less need for lacquer.
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#68791
08/08/2006 05:02 PM
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I don't know of another in any collection better.
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#68792
08/08/2006 05:10 PM
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A time machine helmet. I doubt there's a better example in existance.
Chris
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#68793
08/08/2006 06:14 PM
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Hard to upgrade for sure. Congrats! Shu
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#68794
08/09/2006 05:35 AM
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Imagine an entire company lined up for review in lids that crisp... beautiful stuff.
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#68795
08/09/2006 05:56 AM
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Superb,Amazing,Unbelieveable,Stunning........
Congrats Tom.
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#68796
08/09/2006 07:26 AM
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quote: Originally posted by Anders L.:
Superb,Amazing,Unbelieveable,Stunning........
Congrats Tom.
...yes and even more. Very nice helmet. This must be the best!!! Well done Nick H
Looking for nice M40 SD helmets
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#68797
08/09/2006 10:36 AM
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As a helmet new-bee I musty say this must be the best condition one could hope for. I wonder if the helmet collectors are like the dagger collectors some guys like them mint and some like them salty.
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