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USMC Camo Helmet Cover Thoughts


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I picked this helmet cover up 25 plus years ago from Steve Jackson.   I have not really looked at it closely unit a few months ago.  This is a old cover but I am not 100% sure of it.  I does not appear to have pac-mans on it but not sure of the chain stitching on the tan side.  Just looking for thoughts either way. ac7.jpg.e61f5d91ea8eb8b028afde9502925c8b.jpgac8.jpg.25097264a2c4757d933641d696fe98de.jpgac2.jpg.a83b81f8013279a85f51ec2a12a7d14e.jpg 

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well great to hear,   I was told cover was wrong by another collector and I always felt it was good based on the other examples I have but it is good to get other opinions.  

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7 minutes ago, Navybean said:

well great to hear,   I was told cover was wrong by another collector and I always felt it was good based on the other examples I have but it is good to get other opinions.  


100% correct cover, the other guy did not know his USMC camouflage covers. 
 

correct saw tooth open stitching for beachside with closed stitch on the jungle side. 

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That cover looks mint!

My serger does a three-thread and four-thread option along with other adjustments even on domestic machines but I have never compared the details. I suppose everything is faked nowadays.

I had never heard of the "Pacman" as a stitch. Does that refer to the saw-tooth side or the squiggly side? 

Dave

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The “pac man” is hugely over-hyped, because it’s the first thing guys find in a Google search.  There are at least four variations of that shape, several of them correct, and one that is not.  
 

One is much better-served to look at the HBT weave, edge and center stitching, and color breaks in the pattern.

 

This is an original cover, and has one correct version of the above-mentioned shape.

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40 minutes ago, dmar836 said:

That cover looks mint!

My serger does a three-thread and four-thread option along with other adjustments even on domestic machines but I have never compared the details. I suppose everything is faked nowadays.

I had never heard of the "Pacman" as a stitch. Does that refer to the saw-tooth side or the squiggly side? 

Dave

Hi Dave,  i meant the Pac-Man as part of the camo pattern not the stitching.  The stitching I believe is referred to as saw tooth.  

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7 minutes ago, Blacksmith said:

The “pac man” is hugely over-hyped, because it’s the first thing guys find in a Google search.  There are at least four variations of that shape, several of them correct, and one that is not.  
 

One is much better-served to look at the HBT weave, edge and center stitching, and color breaks in the pattern.

 

This is an original cover, and has one correct version of the above-mentioned shape.

Yes what Blacksmith had to say.  

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