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Gellner
11-25-2007, 09:32 PM
Hello brothers,

I have been looking online for the last hour and could not find it. Hopefully it is still for sale. But if anyone knows what type of leather this is it would be very appreciated.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=O54Ki_gx714

Its the guy in the beginning that is speaking.

Thanks again.
BKDRAFT
11-26-2007, 01:50 PM
It's either a Cairns New Yorker N5A or a Cairns Sam Houston N6A. Looks like he has a bit of a Bronx Bend going with the ratchet removed as well.
PureAdrenalin
11-26-2007, 02:04 PM
N5A, with no ratchet and an overall bend, the bronx bend is just the rear of the lid, looks like he bent the whole thing.
ADSNWFLD
11-26-2007, 04:09 PM
It is just an ordinary leather helmet. The owner has bent the rear down, after a few real hot tower burns or after he put it in the oven.
My first leather helmet didn't have a rachet system it was from Cairns out of Clifton NJ. The instructor looks like he could be old enough to have one from when he first started.
That would be my guess it is a non NFPA compliant helmet, 20 or so years old. I'd wear mine at the academy, but I don't want to ruin it. The smoke and wear, on mine, is from the job, not playing.
CTJAKE
11-26-2007, 04:51 PM
It is just an ordinary leather helmet. The owner has bent the rear down, after a few real hot tower burns or after he put it in the oven.
My first leather helmet didn't have a rachet system it was from Cairns out of Clifton NJ. The instructor looks like he could be old enough to have one from when he first started.
That would be my guess it is a non NFPA compliant helmet, 20 or so years old. I'd wear mine at the academy, but I don't want to ruin it. The smoke and wear, on mine, is from the job, not playing.

Of coarse he put his in the oven. There is no way it could be dirtier than yours. When I see someone who appears to have seen more fire than me or at least been in some better ones, I always accuse them of putting their helmet in the oven too. It makes me feel more secure.
ADSNWFLD
11-26-2007, 05:10 PM
Hey, did I say my helmet was dirtier then his? No, I said I didn't want to ruin a helmet that I wore to calls.
BTW the oven gets the helmet hot enough to bend the leather, it doesn't get it dirty.
I have a helmet I wear only when I teach and it looks like it has seen a lot of fire, and it has, in a burn tower or aquired structure.
MassFireGuy
11-26-2007, 05:54 PM
Looks like a Cairns G5A. Or maybe an older production N5A.