ok last one tonight from ebay

[FLAK]

ok i was looking at this one and for a m35 it really looks to clean and the price is not high at all,i dont like the way the liner leather looks but thats just my opinion i will let the exsperts dicide just wanted to give my thoughts about it.
Regards
mike
heres the link
http://cgi.ebay.com/German-WWII-WW2-...QQcmdZViewItem

[pfschgo]

Its a fabriction. Read down his discription...nothing is original on it. Celticwhite.,??? ring any bad bells with the name alone? He does obsfucate in his text..

[Paul G]

Celticwhite.,??? ring any bad bells with the name alone?

I have seen this seller sell and buy quite a bit on E-bay. He usually buys post war rebuild stuff, and then makes something like this out of it. He sells his recreations as such. Are there known problems with this seller? Now I am curious.

PG-

[FLAK]

Its a fabriction. Read down his discription...nothing is original on it. Celticwhite.,??? ring any bad bells with the name alone? He does obsfucate in his text..

my bad i didnt read it all

[Dan P]

Mike, are you reading my mind? This is the other helmet I was going to post, but for very different reasons. Celticwhite lists some helmets that can fool many collectors I think. Why would "helmetbuyers" bid on it though, he must know about this guy.

[FLAK]

Mike, are you reading my mind? This is the other helmet I was going to post, but for very different reasons. Celticwhite lists some helmets that can fool many collectors I think.

i dont know what to think well atleast i knew it looked bad anyway with out reading the whole thing

[nopoop]

He's a member here under a different name. Had a low end up on estand recently.

My problem with him is this. I have nothing against restorations. Done a few in my time. What I DO have a problem with is using original scrub helmets and liners as a canvas.

You do a restoration, you start with a stripped shell. You paint up an original helmet, add an original liner ?? That is selling with the outcome being fraud down one step down the line.

My opinion only

[Ken B.]

All the helmets Celticwhite sold are post war re-done.

[standfast]

I call them FANTASY helmet....

[HJP]

I agree Chris

Why is Helmet up to $690.00, do people not want to believe,
If a repro is all repro, It is what it is, and many people want them because of original prices.
Frustrates me seeing this going on,,, someone could really have a nice REAL Helmet instead .....

Just my 2 cents..................

Mark.

My problem with him is this. I have nothing against restorations. Done a few in my time. What I DO have a problem with is using original scrub helmets and liners as a canvas.

You do a restoration, you start with a stripped shell. You paint up an original helmet, add an original liner ?? That is selling with the outcome being fraud down one step down the line.

[Dan P]

I agree Mark, not sure why some people are bidding this thing close to $700. It's a $300 repro. I guess they're not reading the whole description.

[standfast]

Hi Nooky,
I agreed with you even our dear follow member "FLACK" got caught on the descripton...Sorry FLACK I mean the trap the seller used in his auction. Cheers Mike

[nopoop]

People don't really read descriptions at ebay. I PLAINLY state in the description of any item I sell on ebay that I CANNOT send pictures without an email address. I put my email addy in bold letters.

I ALWAYS get a half dozen requests through the ebay system without their email addy.

With that in mind there's probably 5 bidders bidding on that helmet that think it's real.

[Fred S]

A pure put together and sold as it sell for the price of a genuine classic helmet (such as M35 Heer SD)? That's crazy

[Stephan Wahl]

Well said.

He's a member here under a different name. Had a low end up on estand recently.

My problem with him is this. I have nothing against restorations. Done a few in my time. What I DO have a problem with is using original scrub helmets and liners as a canvas.

You do a restoration, you start with a stripped shell. You paint up an original helmet, add an original liner ?? That is selling with the outcome being fraud down one step down the line.

My opinion only