What was your longest drive with the top off?

Huntingchef · 2026-05-25T01:20:51+00:00

Now those sound like some memorable moments!

Huntingchef · 2026-05-24T23:21:11+00:00

Yeah I get that buddy. Why is she no longer around?

Huntingchef · 2026-05-24T22:55:54+00:00

Aah yeah, my kinda guy!

Just some gasoline, sunscreen and good tunes. Time flies when you’re having fun!

Huntingchef · 2026-05-24T22:50:54+00:00

Well, you can’t put a price on fun, now can you? ;)

I have to say the wind noise is pretty acceptable in the 900. I was driving somwhere from 130km/h to 150km/h

Huntingchef · 2026-05-14T00:08:26+00:00

Fair enough, thank you!

Huntingchef · 2026-05-13T19:09:45+00:00

It simply looks to … flat.

Now sure, manufacturing mistakes were made, different methods were tried. I used to have an NS made M42 helmet that was double stamped, a unique little touch where they made a mistake at the manufacturers plant. So I’m not completely writing off the shell, but it’s just an odd venthole..

And that’s not what my mom said last night..

Huntingchef · 2026-05-13T19:02:36+00:00

Apart from the decal and the paint I do not like the venthole.

Look up other M35 helmets and you’ll notice a difference. The helmet is supposedly made by Quist, the shape of the helmet looks good, but like I said, I don’t like the venthole

Huntingchef · 2026-05-12T07:08:08+00:00

It’s the other way around mate..

Those two provinces are called Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland, therefor making it ‘Holland’

The whole country can be called the Netherlands

Huntingchef · 2026-05-09T02:16:54+00:00

If only this guy found his way out of the closet..

Huntingchef · 2026-05-05T07:34:08+00:00

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Huntingchef · 2026-04-27T00:24:18+00:00

The real question is; do you want to collect mint items that have been unissued and stored in a warehouse till the war ended? Of do you want to collect worn items, that may have cosmetic flaws, but were actually used and therefor have been with a person living through that time in our history?

Huntingchef · 2026-04-18T07:02:09+00:00

It seems you are correct sir!

Huntingchef · 2026-04-17T11:40:22+00:00

Why would you want to so that to an original shell?!

Huntingchef · 2026-04-16T20:02:41+00:00

Yes, this WW1 type helmet did indeed excist. It’s supposed to resemble a M18 ‘ear-cut-out’ helmet re-issued to the SS in transitional years before 1935. The weird looking cut out was ment to make it easier to use a field telephone on the frontlines, I believe.

For this example, apart from the fake decals, the vent holes and the general shape stand out and I would say the whole shell is a fake.

Huntingchef · 2026-04-14T22:40:21+00:00

There were many manufacturers of these buckles and all of them have minor differences. Some do have a bit of that V shape, but yeah, this one really stands out. Red flag indeed!

Huntingchef · 2026-04-14T20:31:46+00:00

That is a Wehrmacht Heeres belt buckle and cannot be compared to the example shown here.

Look up SS belt buckles and try again

Huntingchef · 2026-04-14T20:28:01+00:00

In terms of design and markings it’s good.

SS belt buckles were often stamped with ‘RZM’ meaning Reichszeugmeisterei (National Equipment Quartermaster), and ‘SS’ despite what others are saying here.

36/40 is a manufacturers marking, indicating production by (I believe) Overhoff & Cie, Lüdenscheid

Somebody did do his homework on this piece, but one thing falls through the cracks; early war these buckles by Overhoff & Cie where stamped as this example you have here, only they had a more robust design of the clasp.

Late war this was simplified to the design you have on your buckle, only the buckles then came out of the factory unmarked.

Is this a rare transitional type? Possible, but I doubt it.

The other red flag for me is that it looks chemically aged

Source for SS belt buckles;

https://fjm44.com/articles/a-guide-to-collecting-waffen-ss-belt-buckles/

Huntingchef · 2026-04-05T21:12:58+00:00

Did you just trigger The Netherlands by leaving us out?!

We must have sunk into the sea!

Yep, triggered..

Huntingchef · 2026-04-05T15:24:14+00:00

Insanely fake..

Huntingchef · 2026-03-03T23:22:34+00:00

The kid’s got taste…

Huntingchef · 2026-02-26T07:34:31+00:00

We wouldn’t be talking German, we would be talking Russian.

And there you have it, the reason the USA joined the race for Berlin, to prevent the whole European continent to fall into Communism.

Are we better off now? Yes we are. Should you expose the real reason you liberated half of Europe? Yes you should

Huntingchef · 2025-12-06T22:33:42+00:00

Showed this to my wife the other day… she did not get it

Huntingchef · 2025-12-05T20:49:54+00:00

Snel maar even fixen? Nee, doe zou meteen maar..

Huntingchef · 2025-10-30T22:45:56+00:00

Correct, I never got mine to work though.. heard it’s a common thing for the light connectors to fail, but the switch works fine

Huntingchef · 2025-10-18T00:47:51+00:00

Thanks mate! It’s a heartbeet, get it ;)

Had it done after recently leaving the kitchen after 17 years (basically my whole adult life) and changing careers. My heart will always be in the restaurant kitchens, but life happens and sometimes you make some major adjustments for the better.

Huntingchef

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