Barnfind MK2 Talker helmet

[Yankeeman]

As of recently, i’ve taken up a-lot of restoration projects and this is one of the worst of them all, it was a barn find from NJ, assuming it was taken home by someone working in a shipyard and forgotten about. It ended up being auctioned as a “Germany helmet” and had very far away photos of it taken, i managed to buy it for $31 and its been sitting in a box since. I wanted to post the pre-restoration photos as i thought it would be interesting to have a thread that documents its restoration, i’m hoping for the best as i believe the outside will clean up very well using vinegar, i don’t have much hope for the inside however but i may be able to clean up the rust and reveal some of the OD green paint that i’m able to see, not sure what i’ll do about the flaking paint on the inside but i’ll figure it out.

[Brian Keith]

Good Luck with your project. Talkers are not as common as they once were.

BKW