however, cooking with the old helmets tended to affect the temper of the metal...;)
I've seen any number of modern outfits in the gallery with modern BDUs, complete with helmets. Not sure where they came from, but maybe someone else knows.

I once made the British helmet used from WWI to sometime after WWII (it wasn't that hard), but that's as close as I've got.

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)