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I know what I want for christmas
Sir James A:
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Gorgeous. I wonder how hard it is to keep clean?
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Velvet seems to be an animal hair magnet, so that question probably depends on the environment it will be kept in.
Sir Wolf:
it would be ruff though. if the helmet rusted and you had to clean it you would mess up the cotton velvet.
Allan Senefelder:
--- Quote ---it would be ruff though. if the helmet rusted and you had to clean it you would mess up the cotton velvet
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That would be a suckfest. I think GDFB does the same thing MRL does which is a coat of varnish or laquer so you might be able to control spot rusting with a Dremel with wire wheel if you're carefull. More sidespread rusting from multiple chips in the hard finish would be a pain. VERY few original fabric covers survive and there are a few surviving examples that show multiple recoverings ( usually multiple different sets of rivet holes being the tell ) and theres probably a reason for that.
Sir William:
Still, its a nice looking helmet, Conall. Have you ordered it already?
Sir Ulrich:
Still can't find any US distributors for it, and the place does not ship to the USA. Any other options?
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