Janke quality gone down?

[Draza]

Has the quality of Jankes caps gone down? I read this somewhere on the forum here that older Janke caps are better. Is this true?

[DonC]

Originally Janke used wartime or early post-war visors and celluloid sweat shields - as the supply ran out, they had to use plastic for both. The early Jankes were much nicer, but IMHO never as good as the Allteste fakes.

Don

[Draza]

Originally Janke used wartime or early post-war visors and celluloid sweat shields - as the supply ran out, they had to use plastic for both. The early Jankes were much nicer, but IMHO never as good as the Allteste fakes.

Don

So, is buying a Janke still the best choice and worth it?

[Draza]

Originally Janke used wartime or early post-war visors and celluloid sweat shields - as the supply ran out, they had to use plastic for both. The early Jankes were much nicer, but IMHO never as good as the Allteste fakes.

Don

Well after getting a Janke for myself and talking to Bill Bureau, he told me that is not true. I mentioned the "Allteste fakes" and he says he has never heard of those.

[stonemint]

Have no fear, there are plenty to choose from on Ebay, like this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LW-White-Pip...item3f43a2591c

[Robert Shoaf]

Have no fear, there are plenty to choose from on Ebay, like this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LW-White-Pip...item3f43a2591c

There was a cap exactly like this one for sale at the SOS for a number of years; I did not see it last year.
If I recall, the asking price was $ 1,200.

Bob Shoaf