My great grand father survived a head wound in his Brodie in France in 1917. He had a head injury but made it out alive. We still have the helmet with the shrapnel damage.
Tank Museum... DOUBLE THIS MAN'S SALARY!... or at least a nice fat bonus! The main reason I (probably many others) donate to the museum is because of this man. David, I can listen to you speak and enlighten for hours on end. THANK YOU & KEEP UP THE FINE WORK!
First off, cheers! Second, again, thank you for giving up your time and knowledge, please don't think these videos are not appreciated, they are, very much so, they say the very young have a memory like a sponge, I say as we get older (I'm 62) our hunger for knowledge grows, again, thank you.
Here here Curator. Well everyone raise a glass. So we started with The Challenger and The Chieftain and now we have The Curator. Outstanding. Love these videos. Great series.
These vids have been a highlight of this lockdown! Its lovely to hear you talk about these things you are clearly so knowledgable and passionate about, and that cheeky dry humour of yours really makes my day.
Helmet, the one thing that saves you from getting alot of headache (literally) when moving around inside unfamiliar armored vehicles. the 2nd best thing is ear protection to avoid longer term headaches xD
As a former Australian Infantryman, I can tell you that the steel shell on an M1 US helmet is very useful for shaving in, or in a defensive situation, shitting in.
¡Salud! To you too sir. Thank you for the extensive and informative content. It is a nice way too spend a few minutes in the morning with a cup of coffee, a refined British voice, and some seldom seen military kit. Keep up the fine work.
During your "Curator at Home" chats, We've grown accustomed to the company of Tank Dog Finn. He even did a Fins Favorite 5 Tanks at one point. It's always nice to see him. I do think the Military Apparel and equipment issue is a plus for the Tank collection itself. I even know a young boy who still has his father's Helmet from military operations, during which unfortunately his dad was killed. So these items carry a lot of emotional importance for people. Headgear seems to represent the individual.
Just watching these curator at home videos now in 2023 long since Covid restrictions have disappeared. I have to say bravo for the work that David has done here, these videos are excellent and every bit as good (better in my opinion) than the usual content well done for keeping content going in a difficult situation and keeping your viewers well entertained!
I'm a young militaria collector who also shares your love of helmets. Its eerily how much what you say about your own path into this area lines up so well with mine. Only real difference in my case if that I also collect gas masks to the same degree. They just seem to complete the display.
The only good thing about the "bone dome" was that you could pull it down over your browline,lean forward,and rest your head on the TLS ,and sleep on the move,head gently moving back and for with the stabilised gun
Love the dog, and how you didn't let that upset you or lead to the dog being punished. Good on you. One thing I always liked to point out is that a great deal of effort and money was spent by the US DOD on developing the first iteration of the Kevlar helmet, and it was almost identical to the German WW1 and WW2 helmet.
Not going to lie I was really excited for this video when I saw the title and I was really hoping he would talk about helmets they were what got me interested in military history as well
I've a copy of a fantastic report about high ups watching casualty rates and head injuries went up 5 fold and they almost took limits away saying they were causing injuries until someone pointed out that those head injury increases tallied with a fall in deaths so they proved they were working
That is a classic case of why everyone should study math before learning any statistical data and comes to my mind every time I see someone saying "data shows..."
As probably additional content to the explanations of David Wiley the German Tank Museum Munster published a video-series related to their current special exhibition about the history of the German Steel-helmet in the first World war a few weeks ago. Definitely worth seeing! ua-cam.com/play/PL6k5QyECppTcOfhqXfzHvW5qmdHjCvDzt.html
At this time when everyone is in quarantine many thanks for keeping us in contact and entertained and informed. Many thanks. Cheers on your Beer and bottoms up. Im in the USA and one of the places I want to visit before I get to old to travel is Bovington.
My Father served as a British Tommy in WW2. He was not a great fan of the Brodie helmet as it was dislodged so easily. One bonus was when engaged in close combat, the Brodie helmet’s sharp edge greatly assisted when you head butted your opponent
In 1918, there were at least two helmet manufacturing companies in Michigan, many of them were supplied to the CEF & British Army, as American troops were issued both British & French helmets during 1917. Having worn both modern US helmets, the standard M1 WWII helmet weighs much less than the 1980s US Kevlar helmet, as much as a whole pound since the Kevlar helmets came in 3 sizes.
Thank You so much. I believe these curator at home series are one of the top 10 best things has happened due to extra time at home cause of covid :) Also I am fascinated that these longer videos with David Willey are so much better that those shorter ones before pandemic when in 5 min frame he needed to push in so much material that his personality was subdued. now there is time and space and Mr. Willey has so many characteristics as Mr.Fletcher. and of course - the dog :) Thank You very much. Small suggestion: if there are some information bits about Italy, Poland, USSR, Sweden within announced theme, it would be great to hear them, otherwise WW2 was between two countries. Please keep up this great work!
I love how much content this channel is cranking out during the quarantine! Keep up the great work! The modern army helmets were inexpensive in surplus because the kevlar fibers of the shell and the resin that binds the fibers together, can degrade over time. Many pieces of equipment can survive for years and perform as if they were new, but for the army it's a better safe than sorry practice to limit helmets to a service life of 5 years or so. Also if there is any shock absorbing foam under the shell, the foam will gradually lose its ability to absorb shocks and just transmits them to the head of the wearer. Modern racing helmets and bicycle helmets have shelf lives because of this too.
They also used them for machine gunners in trenches. The "Frankenstein" bolts were attachments for an extra front armor plate that could stop a rifle bullet from a relatively close range.
I don't know how I missed this last year... An interesting point about the Brodie helmet is that it was nearly withdrawn due to statistics. When the soldiers started wearing them the numbers of reported headwounds went up enormously to the point where it was thought that they actually caused headwounds. It took a little while for someone to figure out that deaths were not classified by the wound that killed the soldier, just that he was dead. All injuries were classified by the type of wound. As the helmets saved more lives the instances of classification went up. Who was it said "There are three types of lies, Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics"?
I was watching a U-tube channel and the show about British Military Headgear, from the tall Bear Skin of the Royal Guard, the Metal Type with long Horse like tails. I remember when I seen US ARMY TANKER and APC Crew's wearing the US helmet with the oversized ear covering for a speaker and mic for intercom and radio.
As always, thanks for taking the time to produce these videos. If I hadn't been out of work for the past 4 weeks, I'd certainly donate something. Hopefully by summer I can.
Great idea! You never really see docs, or much of anything, on the most basic piece of kit you get issued. Bad footwear will kill an army. And, because I'm old and don't know better, I still love the old style Jungle Boots with the mud shedding tread. A broken in pair of those with good gel liners are more comfortable in a lot of ways than tennis shoes. Those boots were a win. It would suck to have to wear a boot that wasn't.
@@pistonar I served in the 1980s wore German Army Tanker boots (2nd ACR allowed it!) I still have the boots and wear them when shoveling snow. Along with decent food, marching without getting blisters or wet feet is a big morale booster!
@@stevenbreach2561 However English Troops, which was the term used, remained a thing, just as Scottish Troops and Irish Troops and Fijian Troops and ... did and do. It's all great fun, they may all end up serving in, or attached to, a Welsh unit in, as you say, the British Army.
@@peterfinucane8122 Typical stupid comment, some jerk always have to make it in a vid with french history content and it was you ! Congrats to be the stupid ignorant guy from those comments and to make it public !
Thats atomic flash protection/googles, had one as part of my equipment in the late 70s early 80s, on the con sides is u see nearly nothing on a cloudy day.
I'm sure someone else has probably mentioned it, but no mention of the WW1 British tankers facemask, of leather/steel? with venetian blinds for eyes, and a chainmail (or just maille, if you are so inclined) veil covering the whiskers and beard?
It costs money to store military kit. Physical storage, accounting in stores, stores staff, heating, maintenance of stores whose land has a value so you keep what may actually be needed.
My understanding was in WW I tank crew headwear included a chainmail in front of the face due to the fragments of armour that would fly around the inside of the tank when being machine gunned. Perhaps David or Finn know something about this? Thanks for the great content despite the circumstances.
it was called a "splatter mask" and was essentially a leather covered steel pair of goggles with slots cut for the eyepieces with a skirt of chainmail attached. i recently made myself a reproduction of one.
I suspect the composite helmets do have a shelf life. As a general guideline, most hard hat manufacturers recommend replacing hard hats every five years regardless of outside appearance.
I rememeber having to pull the WW2 AFV crew helmet of a member of my troop when someone had smacked him on the head. The trouble was it had no liner in and the stud and gone into the flesh! That was in the Mid 80's on CVR(T).
your adrian looks like an export model with no slots for a badge. could have been used by any number of other countries. i love helmets, especially the m1! ive got "a few". its my understanding that kevlar does have a shelf life due to moisture retention and delamination. awesome video!!!
Went a ways down the comments but didn't see it mentioned, but the standard american full brim hard hat is a pretty close copy of the Brodie helmet. Mine even has the rolled rim, but in plastic.
19:23 especially when in 1915, pickelhauben were made with removable spikes for frontline combat, which was still somewhat recent. (So they may have looked identical to the tank crew helmets)
I've been trying to stop the deterioration on my grandfather's teardrop goggles for a couple years. Its bizarre because the German goggles I have aren't oxidizing as rapidly. I've got several items, basically everything that was left. I remember when I was 10 he was having a tough time and burnt almost all the items he'd taken off of the germans, and he turned the mausers and knives into the RCMP. Anyway, still trying to preserve the deterioration. I'm enjoying these installments very much.
Surprised that you did not mention Mike Dukakis' Abrams tank ride. In 1988 a photo of him wearing a tank helmet while tooling around in an M1 was used to ridicule him, and it did have an influence on his campaign. A rather famous "modern" helmet story. In hind sight he should have closed the hatches and showed the press what sixty tons can do.
Curator at Home Stuff is great when lock down is Over Could used this a based for show Curator at Large or Crew Chats But base on this set up. Love the show
Great vlog David,thanks looking forward to more,and am enjoying the three books I ordered from the shop and arrived at the start of this week. Thank you.
Curator Time.
Come on grab your friends
We'll go to see some tank stuff.
With Finn the dog and David the human
The fun will never end.
Curator Time!
Best comment on the internet!
Somebody should make a jingle of that!
As soon as he said "Finn the dog" I had to check the comments for something like this lol, thank you
"The Great Taste of Little Willy" ,..... this sir, is the stuff of legend.
You should model a few of those for the video. I think you have some experience with that .
You sir are also the stuff of legend.
Just watched your lee Metford bayonet video britishmuzzleloaders- great stuff!
@@chexquest87 Thanks!
@@jmullner76 A bit....
Cheers David you certainly earned that beer talking non-stop for 40 minutes on a hot day. Nice nod to the health workers 👍
We need a crossover with forgotten weapons and his hat collection
We need Ian at the tank museum.
I'm sure he'd dissect the armament side.
Forgotten hats
"The History Guy" has a detailed video about the developement of the French helmet. He too is a collector of headgear.
I love how they include the audio marker clap in every video, makes it feel even more British for some reason.
My great grand father survived a head wound in his Brodie in France in 1917. He had a head injury but made it out alive. We still have the helmet with the shrapnel damage.
The dog almost needs his own video.
🐶🐾🐾🐶 👍
Agreed
scratch the *almost* part and you are right
almost?
39.14 the dog freezes .... alas no more?
Tank Museum... DOUBLE THIS MAN'S SALARY!... or at least a nice fat bonus! The main reason I (probably many others) donate to the museum is because of this man. David, I can listen to you speak and enlighten for hours on end. THANK YOU & KEEP UP THE FINE WORK!
First off, cheers! Second, again, thank you for giving up your time and knowledge, please don't think these videos are not appreciated, they are, very much so, they say the very young have a memory like a sponge, I say as we get older (I'm 62) our hunger for knowledge grows, again, thank you.
Here here Curator. Well everyone raise a glass.
So we started with The Challenger and The Chieftain and now we have The Curator. Outstanding.
Love these videos. Great series.
The Curator was invaded at 18:00 in But, they didn't spot him...
The dog was on watch!...
These vids have been a highlight of this lockdown! Its lovely to hear you talk about these things you are clearly so knowledgable and passionate about, and that cheeky dry humour of yours really makes my day.
Having a Nice time seeing this during lockdown.... Like these stories... From the Netherlands!
Love the way your dog wanders in and out, just hanging with Dad while he talks to a box.
Interesting presentation too.
*David Sees a helmet*
"This will make a fine addition to my collection"
I could watch Mr Willey talk for a long time on the history of flower picking, I love these curator videos!
Wonderful 3/4 of an hour history lesson. Definitely deserved a beer. Looking forward to the next one. Thank you.
Have you ever considered going on Just A Minute?! You're ability to talk interestingly for 45 minutes is amazing
Helmet, the one thing that saves you from getting alot of headache (literally) when moving around inside unfamiliar armored vehicles.
the 2nd best thing is ear protection to avoid longer term headaches xD
Nobody has wiped nitroglycerine onto your headband then! Not funny.
As a former Australian Infantryman, I can tell you that the steel shell on an M1 US helmet is very useful for shaving in, or in a defensive situation, shitting in.
as an avid m1 collector your comment makes me both happy and sad lol.
¡Salud! To you too sir. Thank you for the extensive and informative content. It is a nice way too spend a few minutes in the morning with a cup of coffee, a refined British voice, and some seldom seen military kit. Keep up the fine work.
During your "Curator at Home" chats, We've grown accustomed to the company of Tank Dog Finn. He even did a Fins Favorite 5 Tanks at one point. It's always nice to see him.
I do think the Military Apparel and equipment issue is a plus for the Tank collection itself. I even know a young boy who still has his father's Helmet from military operations, during which unfortunately his dad was killed. So these items carry a lot of emotional importance for people. Headgear seems to represent the individual.
Just watching these curator at home videos now in 2023 long since Covid restrictions have disappeared. I have to say bravo for the work that David has done here, these videos are excellent and every bit as good (better in my opinion) than the usual content well done for keeping content going in a difficult situation and keeping your viewers well entertained!
During this period of social distancing, I'm increasingly loving your videos. Fantastic 46 minutes.
I'm a young militaria collector who also shares your love of helmets. Its eerily how much what you say about your own path into this area lines up so well with mine.
Only real difference in my case if that I also collect gas masks to the same degree. They just seem to complete the display.
Thank you, these videos have been a great comfort during these times.
My beautiful Adrian helmet! My favourite helmet in all of history!! Be it French, Russian or Belgian. Incredible design, even Churchill liked it 😊
what? no love for italian, serbian, yugoslavian, romanian, mexican, peruvian, etc,etc,etc adrians????
Also Adrian pauldrons, made a few million
The only good thing about the "bone dome" was that you could pull it down over your browline,lean forward,and rest your head on the TLS ,and sleep on the move,head gently moving back and for with the stabilised gun
i love the look of the adrian.
"The great taste of Little Willie" - EPIC! :)
Just jumped up and down and texted my parents when I realised the legendary David Willey is from my home town of Eastbourne!!
I’m really liking these at home videos. Keep up the hard work, we’re all appreciating it
Great post, lovely to raise a toast to the keyworkers at the end 👏
Love the dog, and how you didn't let that upset you or lead to the dog being punished. Good on you. One thing I always liked to point out is that a great deal of effort and money was spent by the US DOD on developing the first iteration of the Kevlar helmet, and it was almost identical to the German WW1 and WW2 helmet.
Absolutely brilliant, it's almost worth suffering lockdown to see David's videos.
Not going to lie I was really excited for this video when I saw the title and I was really hoping he would talk about helmets they were what got me interested in military history as well
Thank you David for that shout out to the essential people. Thank you for the videos they help here in NYCovid.
I've a copy of a fantastic report about high ups watching casualty rates and head injuries went up 5 fold and they almost took limits away saying they were causing injuries until someone pointed out that those head injury increases tallied with a fall in deaths so they proved they were working
That is a classic case of why everyone should study math before learning any statistical data and comes to my mind every time I see someone saying "data shows..."
Lindybeige has a video about this as well
As probably additional content to the explanations of David Wiley the German Tank Museum Munster published a video-series related to their current special exhibition about the history of the German Steel-helmet in the first World war a few weeks ago. Definitely worth seeing! ua-cam.com/play/PL6k5QyECppTcOfhqXfzHvW5qmdHjCvDzt.html
its aweome. but the auto translate leaves a bit to be desired lol.
Well done David. Nice sentiments at the end. Thankyou
The content you all are creating is so good, I opine that the one think Covid-19 has not ruined is the The Tank Museum UA-cam channel.
I’ll happily look
after a kit bag full of David’s spare stuff!
Also, what a cool guy to have as a grandad 👍
At this time when everyone is in quarantine many thanks for keeping us in contact and entertained and informed. Many thanks. Cheers on your Beer and bottoms up.
Im in the USA and one of the places I want to visit before I get to old to travel is Bovington.
Mr. Willey seems to have a quite nice private collection.
@Paul Alexander uhh
@Paul Alexander ok
Maybe he has got also a couple of tanks in his garage.
Bet "The History Guy" is jealous.
@Paul Alexander not kleptomaniac- "creative requisitionist"
My Father served as a British Tommy in WW2. He was not a great fan of the Brodie helmet as it was dislodged so easily. One bonus was when engaged in close combat, the Brodie helmet’s sharp edge greatly assisted when you head butted your opponent
The way his voice broke up in the end talking about healthcare workers 45:30 ~ish, so sweet
So David loves helmets too. I bet he the the director have had many long conversations on military headgear over their years working together.
I'd love to see a video of your collection of all your helmets sometime, helmets are what got me into militaria too
patches got me into it, but helmets definitely hijacked things lol.
In 1918, there were at least two helmet manufacturing companies in Michigan, many of them were supplied to the CEF & British Army, as American troops were issued both British & French helmets during 1917. Having worn both modern US helmets, the standard M1 WWII helmet weighs much less than the 1980s US Kevlar helmet, as much as a whole pound since the Kevlar helmets came in 3 sizes.
Both you and Richard have a fascination with military headgear! Thanks for the continued content David!
Go for head gear collection of the Gun Jesus
@@HanSolo__ or the history guy.
Thank You so much. I believe these curator at home series are one of the top 10 best things has happened due to extra time at home cause of covid :) Also I am fascinated that these longer videos with David Willey are so much better that those shorter ones before pandemic when in 5 min frame he needed to push in so much material that his personality was subdued. now there is time and space and Mr. Willey has so many characteristics as Mr.Fletcher. and of course - the dog :) Thank You very much. Small suggestion: if there are some information bits about Italy, Poland, USSR, Sweden within announced theme, it would be great to hear them, otherwise WW2 was between two countries. Please keep up this great work!
When this is all over, we need a doggy tour of the museum!! Get a camera and follow Finn as he walks around and sniffs at all of the tanks!
Improvised or not these are absolutely brilliant.. Give the doggo a treat!!
10/10 for the content. 11/10 for Finn the dog!
Thank you , Mr Willey .
These videos are a highlight of the day. Thank you for this information, presented as always in an engaging way.
I love how much content this channel is cranking out during the quarantine! Keep up the great work!
The modern army helmets were inexpensive in surplus because the kevlar fibers of the shell and the resin that binds the fibers together, can degrade over time. Many pieces of equipment can survive for years and perform as if they were new, but for the army it's a better safe than sorry practice to limit helmets to a service life of 5 years or so.
Also if there is any shock absorbing foam under the shell, the foam will gradually lose its ability to absorb shocks and just transmits them to the head of the wearer. Modern racing helmets and bicycle helmets have shelf lives because of this too.
I, too love headgear. My hat collection confuses and irritates the wife...
I have an original ottoman fez that I wear to special occasions
@@thomashambly3718 huzzah! A man of quality!
@@thomashambly3718 fezzes are cool
That sound clap at the beginning is becoming a bit of a trademark.
Saying iconic regarding helmets is the reason I always wanted an American one from Vietnam.
Thank you so much for your time, and providing such great information and entertainment, in your back yard. :-)
16:47 If you're curious what the German helmet with the additional frontal armor plate looks like, search UA-cam for "Beneath Hill 60 - Sniper Scene"
The full film is fairly good too. It's a reminder of the role of miners and tunnelers on the Western Front.
They also used them for machine gunners in trenches. The "Frankenstein" bolts were attachments for an extra front armor plate that could stop a rifle bullet from a relatively close range.
Classic! Helmets and Little Willie!
Super late, but David we do like these more personal videos. Curators are interesting people, yourself included. Cheers from Seattle!
"Finn the dog" is a star!
Just spending some time with a very respected man (by me) during quarantine ;)
I don't know how I missed this last year...
An interesting point about the Brodie helmet is that it was nearly withdrawn due to statistics. When the soldiers started wearing them the numbers of reported headwounds went up enormously to the point where it was thought that they actually caused headwounds. It took a little while for someone to figure out that deaths were not classified by the wound that killed the soldier, just that he was dead. All injuries were classified by the type of wound. As the helmets saved more lives the instances of classification went up. Who was it said "There are three types of lies, Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics"?
Cheers Mr Curator enjoy the beer
I would of liked some info on the Russian head wear as it looked so practical for in a tank.
They look much more comfortable than a tin lid, too.
pretty similar idea to the german ww1 aircraft/tank crash helmets with extra pads added.
@@thurin84 They almost look like early rugby helmets except with headphones
@@silvesby havent seen a rugby helmet so ill have to take your word for it.
Google scrum cap
haha i always like it when you clap - i don't know why, but there's something comforting about it
Would be for sound check. If he is recording using separate audio to video. Same as the old school movie clacker board. To align video to audio.
Every video I have seen is great fun to watch. Thank you very much.
Can't believe I had missed this, what a nice surprise.
I was watching a U-tube channel and the show about British Military Headgear, from the tall Bear Skin of the Royal Guard, the Metal Type with long Horse like tails.
I remember when I seen US ARMY TANKER and APC Crew's wearing the US helmet with the oversized ear covering for a speaker and mic for intercom and radio.
I visited Stockholm many years ago and saw the changing of the guard, but still using this old type German type helmet!
As always, thanks for taking the time to produce these videos. If I hadn't been out of work for the past 4 weeks, I'd certainly donate something. Hopefully by summer I can.
The Director "covers" hats and The Curator "covers" helmets and suits ! Waiting for future videos on shoes and boots.
Great idea! You never really see docs, or much of anything, on the most basic piece of kit you get issued. Bad footwear will kill an army. And, because I'm old and don't know better, I still love the old style Jungle Boots with the mud shedding tread. A broken in pair of those with good gel liners are more comfortable in a lot of ways than tennis shoes. Those boots were a win. It would suck to have to wear a boot that wasn't.
@@pistonar I served in the 1980s wore German Army Tanker boots (2nd ACR allowed it!) I still have the boots and wear them when shoveling snow. Along with decent food, marching without getting blisters or wet feet is a big morale booster!
Ice Cold Beer in a lovely Garden on a Beautiful Sunny Day! Aaaah!
Nice one on the Cheers at the end, & thanks for another great Video.
Hopefully not ice cold, it wasn't a lager. Most British beers are meant to drunk at what's called cellar temperature, about 12 degrees celsius.
French troops: will I look good in it?
English troops: Can I brew tea in it?
americans; can i wash my socks in it?
French, will it slow me down when I run away....
British,there hasn't been an English Army for hundreds of years
@@stevenbreach2561 However English Troops, which was the term used, remained a thing, just as Scottish Troops and Irish Troops and Fijian Troops and ... did and do. It's all great fun, they may all end up serving in, or attached to, a Welsh unit in, as you say, the British Army.
@@peterfinucane8122 Typical stupid comment, some jerk always have to make it in a vid with french history content and it was you ! Congrats to be the stupid ignorant guy from those comments and to make it public !
43:20 The goggles, known as „Puck“ to german soldiers. Because it's supposed to make you look like Puck, the fly from the Maya the Bee cartoon 😄
Thats atomic flash protection/googles, had one as part of my equipment in the late 70s early 80s, on the con sides is u see nearly nothing on a cloudy day.
Right. I still carry them in the glovebox of my Kübelwagen (a.k.a. The Thing). But only for the show. As sunglasses they are useless.
David thank You so much for this content!
Doggo: "There he drones on and on about protecting his bats in the belfry........"
I'm sure someone else has probably mentioned it, but no mention of the WW1 British tankers facemask, of leather/steel? with venetian blinds for eyes, and a chainmail (or just maille, if you are so inclined) veil covering the whiskers and beard?
It costs money to store military kit. Physical storage, accounting in stores, stores staff, heating, maintenance of stores whose land has a value so you keep what may actually be needed.
My understanding was in WW I tank crew headwear included a chainmail in front of the face due to the fragments of armour that would fly around the inside of the tank when being machine gunned. Perhaps David or Finn know something about this? Thanks for the great content despite the circumstances.
it was called a "splatter mask" and was essentially a leather covered steel pair of goggles with slots cut for the eyepieces with a skirt of chainmail attached. i recently made myself a reproduction of one.
I suspect the composite helmets do have a shelf life. As a general guideline, most hard hat manufacturers recommend replacing hard hats every five years regardless of outside appearance.
I rememeber having to pull the WW2 AFV crew helmet of a member of my troop when someone had smacked him on the head. The trouble was it had no liner in and the stud and gone into the flesh! That was in the Mid 80's on CVR(T).
'The taste of Little Willy' - lol 😂
your adrian looks like an export model with no slots for a badge. could have been used by any number of other countries.
i love helmets, especially the m1! ive got "a few".
its my understanding that kevlar does have a shelf life due to moisture retention and delamination.
awesome video!!!
Went a ways down the comments but didn't see it mentioned, but the standard american full brim hard hat is a pretty close copy of the Brodie helmet. Mine even has the rolled rim, but in plastic.
These videos are brill, many thanks
Fascinating video as usual ... but the dog really does it for me!😄
19:23 especially when in 1915, pickelhauben were made with removable spikes for frontline combat, which was still somewhat recent.
(So they may have looked identical to the tank crew helmets)
Cheers to you all! tomorrow will be a better day
I've been trying to stop the deterioration on my grandfather's teardrop goggles for a couple years. Its bizarre because the German goggles I have aren't oxidizing as rapidly. I've got several items, basically everything that was left. I remember when I was 10 he was having a tough time and burnt almost all the items he'd taken off of the germans, and he turned the mausers and knives into the RCMP. Anyway, still trying to preserve the deterioration. I'm enjoying these installments very much.
Have you tried beeswax to seal it after cleaning it?
So now I know why French sailors wear bobble hats :D Thanks David
Tank crew side arms, good show!
Surprised that you did not mention Mike Dukakis' Abrams tank ride. In 1988 a photo of him wearing a tank helmet while tooling around in an M1 was used to ridicule him, and it did have an influence on his campaign. A rather famous "modern" helmet story. In hind sight he should have closed the hatches and showed the press what sixty tons can do.
Curator at Home Stuff is great when lock down is Over Could used this a based for show Curator at Large or Crew Chats But base on this set up. Love the show
Great vlog David,thanks looking forward to more,and am enjoying the three books I ordered from the shop and arrived at the start of this week. Thank you.
Well, now I know what to get Dave for Christmas. Obscure military helmets
Doggo at 5:10
Thanks friend!