DukeNougat3d Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share #26 Posted June 21, 2019 And for now, this is the finished result. Unfortunately, hand-riveting the harness buckle tabs did not turn out well, so I'm going to sit on it and wait to acquire an arbor press and have a custom bench die machined for setting the rivet caps without warping, damage, or inconsistencies. But aside from the head harness not being fixed to the mask just yet, this restoration was totally successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qmjones Posted February 22, 2020 Share #27 Posted February 22, 2020 Enjoy the M2-10-6 Optical masks also. Here is my own mask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qmjones Posted February 22, 2020 Share #28 Posted February 22, 2020 Dated '44. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qmjones Posted February 22, 2020 Share #29 Posted February 22, 2020 Seems black plastic was used for this example: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qmjones Posted February 22, 2020 Share #30 Posted February 22, 2020 The head harness: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qmjones Posted February 22, 2020 Share #31 Posted February 22, 2020 The Light OD M6 Bag: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qmjones Posted February 22, 2020 Share #32 Posted February 22, 2020 The cardboard packing box: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodes Posted February 24, 2020 Share #33 Posted February 24, 2020 Seems black plastic was used for this example: I would imagine the black plastic diaphragms are less common, since the grey ones can also be found on the M3 diaphragm masks.....The black ones probably being unique to these optical masks.... Did you find your mask on ebay?......There was a boxed one from a French vendor on there some time ago.....Nice outfit by the way, and thanks for posting, Bodes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FN43 Posted January 28, 2023 Share #34 Posted January 28, 2023 On 4/16/2019 at 10:29 AM, DukeNougat3d said: And with that, the restoration was complete. a 1944-dated U.S. M2-10-6 Army Lightweight Optical Mask as brought back to wearable, displayable condition again, it was promptly sent back to its owner, and I walked away happy that a piece of history was given a second chance and that I had another mask to replace the one I sacrificed. The owner ended up replacing the M7 Harness with a better example after it was back in his hands again. Many thanks! Here is the youtube channel of the collector the restored mask went to. I'm not sure when or if he will end up making a video on it, though. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO7PM9t06V92Q89a7_NihQw/videos?&ab_channel=OlderMasksAreTheBest I just discovered this post, You did a great job ! Here is mine: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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