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Mel Brooks.. a classic comic that makes me roar laughing !! 98 years old now !!.. awesome !!

Awesome video.. and very interesting ! ..nothing is as disturbing as when I look into a mirror ! lol.. so these lids were a refreshing relief ! lol

He's very quietly spoken. Not the usual shouty, in your face TH-camr. 👍

Nice presentation.

Hey there, someone is selling me three WW2 helmets and one of them I didn’t see before and I am not sure if it’s authentic. How can share pictures of them? To see your point of view.

Are all german helmets stamped inside?

IL TUO ELMETTO SPERIMENTALE AMERICANO E ' IN ASSOLUTO UN ELMO MOLTO.RARO E PENSO VERAMENTE DIFFICILE OGGIGIORNO DA REPERIRE . NON PENSO NE ESISTANO MOLTI ALTRI IN QUESTE SUPERBE CONDIZIONI .PER I COLLEZIONISTI U S A UN ELMO DA SOGNO E MOZZAFIATO SON LIETO PER TE . ALLA FACCIA DEI SOLITI INVIDIOSI E FANFARONI . CIAO MANNIE ALL THE BEST TO YOU .. YOUR ITALIAN FRIEND CHRISTIAN .

Another great video ! You have a wealth of knowledge and a warm and humble way of relaying it. Please keep doing these great videos!

Someone else has probably said this but the chinstrap bails on the various helmets can change depending on the date of the liner which can be changed between reissued helmets. PS - this was a phenomenal guide, love the work!

Buon giorno carissimo sig . Mannie .lei e' veramente una persona simoatica e competente .bella e ricca la sua collezzione . Purtroppo in questo campo vi sono troppi fanfaroni ed invidiosi . Le auguro una buona gornata Your friend christian mijno from italy . 17:27

How about the field Marshal helmets

I just got a Lufwaffe single decal helmet. Would you recommend not putting Reinssance Wax near decals? Im nervous about wiping anything over or near the decal

Hope your doing well

What bob ross was to art, you are to war helmets

Excellent info to get started and even to remind oneself of the telltale features.

Remek, általam sosem hallott ismeretek ezekről a csodaszép sisakokról, érthető, befogadható sebességen. Egyetlen pici kis kiigazítás. Ha már Ausztria, akkor inkább austro-hungarian, hiszen országom sajnos hivatalos hadviselő félként vett részt a nagy háborúban és a végeredmény számunkra keservesebb lett, mint amit a minket a háborúba belerángató Ausztria "elszenvedett". Erőt, egészséget!

I like the Prussian Guard du corp Cuirassier parade eagle helmets and the picklehaube ones.

This is so useful and well set out to follow. Preserving history is so important and particularly items like these which may have been not so well treated in the past. keep the videos coming they are wonderful

So no leather oils to keep the leather soft ?

I just bought an m35 lufthansa helment doublD and will be using all this info! Thanks!

Excellent explanations! congratulations! There are many fake German helmets, I bought one myself!

Please keep posting! Great video and very informative. I've been helmet curious for over 40 years but just now getting into doing some research and collecting as I have the time and resources.

Can you please let me know where to find some ww2 german helmets please. I had mine sold behind my back when I was deployed overseas. Thanks

When you show some helmits in your collection off with music in the background which one is with the eagle at the front with a rolled bead above rim and multiple small vent holes punched through called? My father found one overseas and handed it down to me upon his passing. I haven't been able to locate the type and you happen to have one

And finally some tells the story right about the ear cutout Thank you

It’s not model 1896 but model 1915 pickelhauben nonetheless a nice helmet

Great presentation bud! Can you possibly give me any ideas on where I should look for legit ww2 german helmets please. I am in the northeast and getting back into this after a hiatus.

Love your videos and the knowledge you share. My interest in this hobby began in the 1970s and I am only now returning to it after a long hiatus. Please keep posting and sharing!

The best conservation is to simply leave it alone! While your work looks great, it greatly destroys the value of the helmet

The Ford Model 8 Experimental WW1 helmet at 1:52 literally made me drool. Amazing design and one of the rarest helmets out there. Where on earth did you find it, Mannie? Anyway, congrats on your fantastic collection and thank you for the awesome blog. It was a great read.

excellent collection! and that is a wonderful Adrian helmet! props to the French for being the first to issue steel helmets. germans took their time but the Stahlhelm is the best of the bunch. and the british Brodie, I guess is better than a felt cap lol .

WOW! what an incredible collection! i have a Prussian buckle, but no helmets yet. my goal is one from each of the major powers. after that maybe some from the 1871 war.

Did ball mason jar company make worid war 2 helmets

It’s nice to see you posting again. I started collecting at 15 just because I grew up seeing your collection and hoping to have as many helmets as you jajajajaja. Glad to see you are still making videos and beautiful helmets as always

Good concise video! All beginners should watch this. Nice collection there!!

In 50 years people will complain about Kevlar helmets being too expensive

Excellent video great job, thanks.

Sounds like Bob Ross restoring a German helmet 😂

When I was 8 years old I saved enough money to get me a Luftwaffe M42 with liner, no chin strap. This was around 1982. I bought it from a dealer at a guns and military show in Birmingham, AL…I remember I had $40, and the man lowered the price from $80 to $60, so my father pitched in $20 and helped me bring it home. I still have it. Overall very good condition, one decal on the left side. I will never sell it, but it is kind of funny when I tell people that I was into this stuff at such a young age. I’ve always been fascinated by it, especially WW1 and WW2.

Should you support leather liners that like to drop? I am looking at you Britan.

Thank you that was very interesting.

An interesting point with the vent/visor lugs is that they were standard regardless of helmet size as the visors were just one size. As a consequence, the smaller the helmet size, the more the lugs protrude. Re the Irish helmets I believe they were made in England by Vickers from 1927.

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Hi Mannie. If you made one video for each of the helmets that you have, you will became a youtuber with millions of views 😃. Thank you for your videos.

I love Spanish helmet... I love 250 Spanish division blue 🇪🇸👍

Awesome video Mannie! I also just watched your beginner's guide to WWII German Helmets and I loved it. With that said, I have what I believe to be an M35 or M40 in what would probably be considered relic condition. I got it as a kid maybe 15 years ago from a fanily friend without much background information on it. It has decals that I do believe are later additions. I struggle to identify and pinpoint whether the ventilation holes are of an M35 or M40 design. The chin strap bails looks more rectangular and edged as seen on the m35 in your other video. Would you happen to have an email or a resource where someone could post or send a few pictures that could help in identifying and possibly valuing such a piece? God bless!

i live in jersey, about 35 years ago, me and a friend went into one of the tunnel complexes we have and pulled out about a dozen rotten helmets, the good stuff had been taken years before... we managed to clean up and body fill and paint three of them, and dumped the rest. now, i wish i'd have kept even the bad ones !

As a lover for medieval war equipment I really love this piece. What u can clearly see on this model, is that it is looking like hybrid between a 14th - 15th century Pig-face bascinet and a sallet. Althought the model 8 is speciffically made against blows, shatters from firearm weapons. the wide opening around the neck of the model 8 tells you that the helmet would mainly be worn by soldiers in trenches (as you demonstrated in the video). It could also be purely a design for flexibility around the neck or for weight reduction. I love seeing how design choices can tell you all kinds of things!

That's great, ty so much for information. I have a question. do you have any information about Imperial Iranian army helmets? because They had M-62 western Germany helmets.

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