Screamingeagles101 Posted November 21, 2012 Share #1 Posted November 21, 2012 I was at a local flea market the other day with my dad and saw a few helmets sitting on a table. Most were beat up Vietnam helmets. I spotted a front seam helmet with original ww2 factory finish. The chinstrap Are reproduction and so is the webbing in the liner. I bought it for $40, anyway I decided instead of buying vintage ww2 chinstraps and a new liner I would like to age them. Any ideas on how to age chinstraps and the webbing inside the liner ? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awheeler Posted November 21, 2012 Share #2 Posted November 21, 2012 try posting this in the reenactors forum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercenary25 Posted November 22, 2012 Share #3 Posted November 22, 2012 It is top-secret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpl. Cleaver Posted November 22, 2012 Share #4 Posted November 22, 2012 Are you 100% sure they are repro?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted November 22, 2012 Share #5 Posted November 22, 2012 It is top-secret. ...and we try not to encourage fake aging since this type of fakery has been the cause of multitudes of collectors being duped into buying something less than original. I have moved this to the reenactors forum, it does not belong in the helmet section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awheeler Posted November 22, 2012 Share #6 Posted November 22, 2012 It is top-secret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awheeler Posted November 22, 2012 Share #7 Posted November 22, 2012 well... I prescribe dirt, oil... and fraying here and there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bargunner Posted November 22, 2012 Share #8 Posted November 22, 2012 Let it age by itself.........if it IS repro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screamingeagles101 Posted November 22, 2012 Author Share #9 Posted November 22, 2012 I decided I would like to give it to my grandpa. I am 100% sure it is repo. So what can I do to make it look like the chinstraps and liner webbing were actually in combat ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper704 Posted November 22, 2012 Share #10 Posted November 22, 2012 Enlist. Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SergeantMajorGray Posted November 22, 2012 Share #11 Posted November 22, 2012 Enlist. Erwin 40 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted November 22, 2012 Share #12 Posted November 22, 2012 Wear it 24/7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Herd Posted November 22, 2012 Share #13 Posted November 22, 2012 Wear it 24/7 when it's hot digging foxholes and running all over the place, should only take a couple of weeks to get it broke it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screamingeagles101 Posted November 22, 2012 Author Share #14 Posted November 22, 2012 Haha, I think I'll enlist at 17 so I can age the helmet, good idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasken_Lander Posted November 22, 2012 Share #15 Posted November 22, 2012 I would roll it around in the dirt, throw some pebbles/small rocks at it, rub white charcoal ash over it, leave it in the sun a bit, stuff like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgawne Posted November 22, 2012 Share #16 Posted November 22, 2012 Why? he will remember them as looking like they did 60 years ago. If you are reenacting, then it should look newish. It's like the civil war reenactor who kept beating on his new reproduction rifle and letting it get rusty so "it would look like it was 100 years old." (true story). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpl. Cleaver Posted November 22, 2012 Share #17 Posted November 22, 2012 You say the helmet still has a factory finish... so why beat up the liner?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawberry 9 Posted November 23, 2012 Share #18 Posted November 23, 2012 Just leave it outside all winter and next spring you will have a salty helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screamingeagles101 Posted November 23, 2012 Author Share #19 Posted November 23, 2012 You say the helmet still has a factory finish... so why beat up the liner?? To be honest, I'm pretty sure the liner webbing is repo, but just thinking about it now, the shell of the liner has its original paint, is it possible that the liner was unissued and is brand new. I have posted a pic of it on another forum and the members said the webbing looks repo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted November 23, 2012 Share #20 Posted November 23, 2012 To be honest, I'm pretty sure the liner webbing is repo, but just thinking about it now, the shell of the liner has its original paint, is it possible that the liner was unissued and is brand new. I have posted a pic of it on another forum and the members said the webbing looks repo. Why don't you just post it here, it was probably reconditioned for use by a reenactor. RC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screamingeagles101 Posted November 23, 2012 Author Share #21 Posted November 23, 2012 http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q509/xdominick97/0D278EF8-601C-42DA-9502-B9C9FAD32A21-6141-00000931D0F2E77A_zps0c6954d1.jpg http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q509/xdominick97/85E541A9-6C6B-41E1-B46D-5DC580CAE411-6141-00000931C101444C_zpsc8c9d245.jpg http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q509/xdominick97/773B288E-87D7-47E4-9566-7FC8204E6A63-6141-00000931B9C87884_zpsdbddf40b.jpg I'm pretty sure the A Yokes and chincup are repo, Unfortunatly I do not have possession of the helmet, my mom bought it off eBay and I am getting it for Christmas. The pictures I provided you are the only ones of the helmet. I have not even seen it in real life yet, but I can't wait Here is a pic of the shell http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q509/xdominick97/B5FC43D5-1D78-44F0-8CB3-D803536308D8-6141-00000931B389482A_zps33312432.jpg http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q509/xdominick97/47C684AA-5349-4397-A781-394C3FF0AE30-6141-00000931C9881844_zpscefd05b0.jpg http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q509/xdominick97/8E78DB1E-7A50-4773-B18E-AC943780462B-6282-000009678BE0DBDA_zps61ec41d2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bargunner Posted November 23, 2012 Share #22 Posted November 23, 2012 Looks repro to me. My question is why not save up for the real deal which will hold it's value? You'll have a hard time selling this if you need the money one day. Reeanactors usually buy new stuff and let it age with their impression anyway. My 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screamingeagles101 Posted November 23, 2012 Author Share #23 Posted November 23, 2012 Looks repro to me. My question is why not save up for the real deal which will hold it's value? You'll have a hard time selling this if you need the money one day. Reeanactors usually buy new stuff and let it age with their impression anyway. My 2 cents. Also looks repo to be because the material is so light, unless the guy took the picture with flash on. Like I said I never held it in my hands to know for sure, for all I know it could be an unissued helmet, but I won't know till Christmas, I will put my pictures up when i hold it in my hands on Christmas day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bargunner Posted November 23, 2012 Share #24 Posted November 23, 2012 I don't think it's unissued. Among other things the J hook strap looks waayyy to long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29thinfgeek Posted November 23, 2012 Share #25 Posted November 23, 2012 I don't think it's unissued. Among other things the J hook strap looks waayyy to long. Both straps look abnormally long to me. I have seen that on repro chinstraps before. As you can see below, ATF sells chinstraps that look very long to me as well, of course it could change when they are sewed onto the helmet, but IMO, it looks like the ones on the helmet shown above. And the ones on the helmet don't look to have been bar tacked, it looks more like hand sewing to me, but that may just be my monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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