A Fool & His Money

[Jareth]

Very sad that someone got burnt http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[maverick87]

Wasn't me, but educate me on this one. Is any part of it at least original? is it repro, or just a frankenstein mess?

[Jareth]

total fantasy creation. Look at the stitch work, liner, etc. Not even based on any known pattern or variation.

[thor202]

Whoa !!!

[freddy]

Is that supposed to be a copy of an NLF paratroopers helmet?

[Jeremy92]

Thats messed up...

[Ryukyutunnelrat]

Wow.....Looks as if two people got into a bidding war at the end for this fantasy item. D.

[JCB]

more crappy helmets

Here is another bad helmet from the same seller.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-WWII-Jap...efaultDomain_0

Jim
JapaneseOrdnance(at)yahoo.com

[john mack]

stuff

As time goes on , we will see the Japanese market do just what the nazi market did . Ive noticed as i am sure a lot of you guys have that in the past year or so the Japanese stuff is getting reproduced more than ever , I first noticed it with the flags and now they have moved on to the helmets .

[gunto]

They sure looks crappy. The seller stats they are originals from end ww2.

I have made some replica items over the years ,but allways stated they where replicas when they where sold.

[Jeremy92]

Here is another bad helmet from the same seller.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-WWII-Jap...efaultDomain_0

Jim
JapaneseOrdnance(at)yahoo.com

Its even worse, but the problem is some "uneducated collector" is going to buy it for like $500...

[FightenIrish35]

Here is another bad helmet from the same seller.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-WWII-Jap...efaultDomain_0

Jim
JapaneseOrdnance(at)yahoo.com

Last week he sold this helmet http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-WWII-Jap...efaultDomain_0

ALMOST identical to the one he has on now for sale.
One thing ive noted about all 3 of this sellers helmets as well as his other helmets in the past is he does the liner witht he same material everytime. Seems that he uses a blue wool base and then adds a tacky grey brandnew plastic liner. All the liner are same materials.

[imperialrelics]

There have been fake/fantasy items in Japanese collecting market for years. It is just in the past couple of years that these are coming up on Ebay more.