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The technology is there and has been for quite some time but it's the cost factor that's never going to recede, so wishful thinking is all it well ever be. $1500 plus to have the age of paint evaluated (here in Australia) and even then it's not exact science, more like probabilities. Just...

I wouldn't say the majority are fake, I'd say a majority try to be fake but are so obvious they shouldn't even be included in percentages. It's the ones that even have the experts scratching their heads that are of a concern and yes there are a lot of them but far from the majority. More...

The move to throw out the 'too good to be true' rule of thumb and exchange it for 'if it looks original, it must BE original', is an attempt to mold collector thinking for the purpose of making unscrupulous people very, very wealthy. And what immediately comes to mind is an extreme cynicism...

That one sat on Guild for awhile but was sold over two years ago when prices were not what they are today, he unfortunately leaves his 'solds' on his site for years after!

Camo paint can be tested for modern compounds. I'm unsure what part of 'impossible' that you don't understand. There has been no significant change to oil paint until the lead within oils was outlawed in the 70's. It's still primarily linseed oil base that suspends the pigment and...

What are you studying ? What is the base point of original camos that you can compare others to ? Is Russ Hamilton's camo collection, for instance, the base point for originality ? Is it Ron R.'s camo collection ? Is it what your collector friends tell you is original ? Studying is exactly that...

Thanks and I appreciate your welcome and I was speaking figuratively to make a point. Winston Churchill was a pessimist by the way, he couldn't see the forest through the trees. If he had his way there wouldn't have been a Normandy. At least Goebbles got his point across! Your stance on camos...

Good self-advice. I did the same, sprayed it white and whilst it was wet went outside and threw it about 10 metres over 20 times to see how and where it would garner consistent knocks and scratches......I worked it out! Yes I saw one for sale not long ago on WAF, it went for $2000 from memory...

.....randywrap from GHW2 gets it right more often than not and a trustworthy adversary, anddddd he's not a dealer albeit he has a website and can be persuaded from time to time to let one of his helmets go. Try him or at the very least bounce it off him

All dealers and I mean all dealers and not just in the world of militaria make mistakes knowingly or unknowingly, which is concerning in itself. I tend to scrutinize looking for embellishments after I'm satisfied it is what it is.......and I'm not just talking about adding a chinstrap...

Impulsive buys in the world of collecting, unless you know your shite, is a big no no!

It's all about studying and unfortunately being bitten once or twice. Or at the very least bounce any potential buy off a one or two very experienced collectors who don't feel the need to beat their chest and are objective.......... And or find a known fraudster and pay him for his time. The...

What you may have failed to grasp is that over 14 million Germans and forced foreign conscripts fought and out of them a good lower end percentage of that total had some artistic merit or were outright artists.......and young of mind! I need not remind you how adapt the Germans were / are at...

If dark rust patina is so easy to re-create, why are the fakers not doing it ? You've answered your own question....they are you just don't see it! They're a lot better than you think and to know one you'd have to become one, all the hypothesis & speculation in the world is just that! Rex...

WAF can be quite demeaning when you know too much, as can be GHW2 but they all serve a purpose. And som every interesting items. But dare not go against 'the establishment' unless you have the energy, time or tenacity.

Dark rust patina can be recreated by vaseline mixed with a black artists pigment, once the vaseline drys...quick gentle polish & a short spray of matt varnish and there it is, no big deal and certainly not to be relied upon as a door to authenticity! Also used to reverse small red rust...