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25th April 2016, 09:42 PM | #1 |
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Kettle Helmet
Dear All,
is this an authentic piece? Diameter 34cm, height 16cm, weight ~1kg Looking forward to your comments. Kind regards Andreas Last edited by fernando; 2nd May 2016 at 11:57 AM. |
25th April 2016, 09:43 PM | #2 |
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26th April 2016, 04:08 PM | #3 |
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I take this for a far too regularly oxydized helmet. Especially the fact that not a single rivet is missing or rusted away is very suspicious and so after my opinion it is not as old as it looks like!
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26th April 2016, 11:10 PM | #5 |
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For the record, on picture 6 , I see 1 missing rivet...
Assuming that this helmet is artificially aged, as your remarks suggest. How would they achieve such heavy pitting with even holes in the metal ? |
27th April 2016, 12:32 AM | #6 |
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Nitric acid, strong, and watch it like a mother hen. Remarkably fast.
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