Restoration of an Original German World War 2 M1940 Stahlhelm ( Steel Helmet ) Amazing end result!!

[@Fearnygamez]

The one restoration video that Nick doesn’t end up cutting himself 😂 nice one Nick love this one.

[@History-Secrets]

A VERY rare moment!! 😂

[@GG_GAMING_TV]

Yeah!!!!

[@brendahomez]

Beautiful restoration

[@eviebekere1640]

Hi , where did you buy the feldgrau textured paint . Was trying to find some , but no luck . Thanks

[@SgtThor]

Glad to see you working on KZbin again. I prefer the M35 Helmets due to the double decals, but M40 are also quite nice.

[@fluffytoaster427]

I'm a simple man. I see Nick uploaded, I click.

[@Bsintn]

Same

[@lillrasmus1505]

Hello nick, when will there be a trench video?🎉

[@lillrasmus1505]

Anny fanmail comming in?

[@Mohamedsalah-official]

I loved the trench vids and nick

[@Lincolncatholicboi]

Yeah that’ll be nice

[@AbsoluteHellOnWheels]

All I honestly want in a Trench video is mostly raw footage. I don't care about the length, I just want to hear Nick talk about historically accurate things with whatever guest he invites

[@Redley-jones]

Yah that would be cool

[@HornetCinematics]

It’s been 3 years since we have had a proper trench video :(

[@JosephRivera-g7j]

Its always a great day when nick posts a video

[@TwinZ-studios]

It's been quite a treat to see the notification pop up,your videos cheer me up a lot! I really like how this helmet came out,like early mint condition,especially when you showed it next to the other ones you've made. Also,playing the harmonica on the treadmill is a skill man,totally cracked me up with that ending,Thank you

[@History-Secrets]

I'm happy to hear that!! Yes, I love the look of mint helmets, ready to be played with, haha! 😂 I'm a crazy guy, I love playing Harmonica while I march! 😂😂

[@j33pfyn4tik6]

Just did my first resto on a Finnish M40/55 to a Wehrmacht 1940 stahlhelm. I got a repro decal, liner, liner band, and chin strap and aged them according to your instructions from numerous vids. Turned out great and looks great setting on my homemade M24 stick grenade helmet stand. JAWOHL!!!

[@Jonathansww2]

Thank you for your work nick, I just want you to know that you have been my faforite youtuber for years, im 15 year old collector and dreaming of becoming an reenactor from Finland, you really match my wiew of preserving everything from history. Love you man, keep it historically accurate!

[@garretttintes9007]

I’m the same thing but in Minnesota 💪

[@History-Secrets]

That's amazing to hear!! I'm sure you will be a fantastic reenactor someday!!

[@Jonathansww2]

​@@garretttintes9007dont let your dream die, keep history in good hands, alive and well.

[@bloodhoundog]

LETS GO! Another video from Nick and its Stahlhelm restoration!!! Awesome! 😊 Btw the intro was great! 👍👍

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you for watching!!

[@landonsimpson7839]

God bless you sir and amazing video once again. I do have a question, is paint made during WW2 any different than modern paint? Paint now has alot of synthetic materials in it now. Do you know the ingredients of typical paint used for the war? Thank you

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you!! Paint back in the day was different, but there are companies producing paint that is really close to the original! The paint I use in this video contains Aluminium Oxide for texture, just as they did back in WW2!

[@landonsimpson7839]

@@History-Secrets Thank you for the reply.

[@GG_GAMING_TV]

Hi Nick again I would just like to thank you so much because at times I have been down and I think to myself … LETS WATCH HISTORY SECRETS also you have really inspired me to collect

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you so much for watching!!

[@GG_GAMING_TV]

I have a question

[@GG_GAMING_TV]

Where do you get your German M35 helmets from???

[@fredswanepoel2425]

Very nice restoration,my grandfather August Lindemann was a German soldier during WW1,,he came to South Africa after the war.I was a conscript in the South African Defence Force (1976-1977) and also a Angolan war veteran.I like your reenactment and trench videos,it’s such a pity that your MG 42 got damaged.In South Africa they do reenactments of the Boeren Oorlog (1899- 1902)during that period we were at war with Britain.Keep making videos,it’s much appreciated.

[@jacksonfreaks.4767]

Hey there fellow South African 👋

[@fredswanepoel2425]

Is jy Afrikaans?

[@Rickkert2000]

That intro is amazing! Always love the restorations man!

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you for watching!!

[@Historicalfan-ec4dv]

This is so cool! I just wanna say your one of the best history/reenactor KZbinrs out there man. Your one of the reasons I got into history. I hope you have a amazing day bro

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you so much for the compliment!! I appreciate it, have a great day!!

[@jennyl6902]

Your back!!!😊The helmet looks beautiful. I’m so excited to see your next video! You always make me so happy thank you

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you for watching!!

[@jonathanbrowne4362]

Great to see a restoration of an M40 stahlhelm. I love the result especially with the decal. Wear do you think is the best place to pick up original stahlhelms for good prices?

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you! It's very hard to find 100% original helmets for good prices, they get more and more expensive.. and a lot of them are fake! Be sure to buy from well known websites!

[@simonkorsagerandersen8839]

Helllo Nick, great video as always.

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you!!

[@martimhenriques1169]

Love the results Nick!!! Hope to see you wearing it on the next reenactment events

[@haydenmcdaniels6284]

thank you for making these types of videos with the knowledge of how you can give your won texture to the helmets i acutely got a bike helmet that was the shape of a m-1 helmet and made paint and used sand to give it texture

[@MaxFrank-gj6oc]

Nice Video 😀 greetings from Germany 🇩🇪🙋

[@1The_Cilencer1]

Oh hail hi… oh your German.. I hope your school doesn’t teach German history from 1932-1945..

[@History-Secrets]

Danke kamerad!!

[@petersillie7421]

Hast du gesoffen ​@@1The_Cilencer1

[@AustinKirwan]

​@@History-Secrets when will you do another trench video please do it in England it is called hawthorn trench ok

[@Historyseal]

Yes more content !!! Im happy your back on KZbin

[@henryv3943]

Hey Nick good to see you back in the loop. I was waiting for the usual cut to the hand but you escaped, so no wound badge this time. Interesting about Quist continued to produce the M40 until late war. We need another battle instalment from Zer bunker 😊

[@History-Secrets]

Hahaha, I guess I was Lucky somehow... no wounds this time!! 😂 Thank you for watching!!

[@SteveMrW]

Good to see you back, nice job on the helmet.

[@Northfox1]

Another great upload! I always love your restoration videos!

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you!!

[@Northfox1]

@@History-Secrets I love your videos and have been watching every single one for a few years. I just want to say keep up the amazing work! You have inspired me and so many others!

[@srbin.mapper3]

you are my favorite youtuber. You gave me inspiration to make my yugoslav wars collection

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you so much!!

[@Bunker_Buster]

I also collect stuff from the Yugoslav wars, what kind of stuff do you have?

[@srbin.mapper3]

@@Bunker_BusterI have one m93 uniform a m89 uniform JNA officer colonel uniform JNA m77 uniform 2 helmets one JNA 1992 and one JNA with the red star. I have a combat backpack and a messin with cantine and PJP Kosovo war uniform blue tiger stripes with beret and combat vest and a lot of berets

[@srbin.mapper3]

@@Bunker_BusterI love collecting stuff from Yugoslav wars because mostly cheap and they are really cool

[@Bunker_Buster]

@@srbin.mapper3 Awesome! I have an M59 helmet, an M59/85, an M89, a Croatian used M56/76, a Croatian used M59, a Croatian used M1 helmet, and a Croatian vest.

[@TheGuyWhoLikesHistory]

I cannot believe it! New video! Am I dreaming? Keep uploding its very nice to see you again! :)

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you for watching!!

[@TheGuyWhoLikesHistory]

I should be Thanking you!! :D@@History-Secrets

[@Parrotrooper]

Excellent video as usual, good to see you keeping history alive. By the way, New Zealand weather is even more unpredictable.

[@Russia_enjoyer234]

You know it’s a great historical accurate day when nick uploads!

[@Kaitlyn_Marie18]

Amazing video as always my love! 🥰 you’re incredible!

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you so much, see you soon! I love you! ❤

[@narvikcollector4973]

Very nice looking restoration. I also just completed a restoration of a ww1 german gas mask canister.

[@richardcraig2937]

Nice video and great job on the helmet Nick, looking forward to seeing more videos and seeing you out with your metal detector and recovering more relics...keep up the good work.

[@JerBurger1]

Nice job Nick it looks great, soon I’ll have to restore my new stalhelm.

[@Makolsi1]

YOURE BACK

[@DJ-725]

Great video Nick! Nice to see you back at it!

[@az8785]

Hallo nick great video! especially the ending!!! Nice restauration. i am too working on a helmet, i also ordered a heer decal from dday 1944! great video Keep it up Greetings from Denmark

[@Mohamedsalah-official]

Hello nick I just want to say I love your vids and they inspire me to live history this much all the love ❤❤❤

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you so much, I appreciate it!!

[@Mohamedsalah-official]

Thank you so much for commenting that means a lot to me ❤

[@pauldouglas3084]

Glad to see you again mate really lovely helmet can't wait for the next video mate 👍

[@dimitri-petrenko]

Awesome job as always! If you mind, which chinstrap is that, where did you get it?

[@DogeOfHistory]

Yay you’ve posted again!!!!!!!! Keep up the great work!!🪖🪖🪖

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you so much!!

[@gruppenfuhrer45]

Wow very cool!!!!

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you!!

[@starsys1469]

It’s good to find your videos! well done !

[@History_Brothers]

i've waited for a restoration! nice video keep doing wat you do man!

[@kobzol8140]

Hi. Depending on how the helmet looked like before you restored it, I think it was used by Czechoslovakian civil defense or firefighters. After the war they, there was a lot of german helmets left here. So they repainted them black and often replaced the liner, chinstrap and splitpins. The splitpins were a little bigger than original ones and on your helmet you can see the mark on the paint they left after they were removed. Very nice restoration!

[@History-Secrets]

Yes, I'm sure you're right! Thank you for watching!!

[@arkangelnorthman]

ALWAYS a pleasure!!!

[@cynthiaswearingen1037]

The helmet turned out beautifully, Nick!!!❤

[@History-Secrets]

Thank youvso much again Cynthia!!

[@ZjaranyWujek]

Thank you Nick for your job ! You encouraged me to become a reenactor and now I know how to restore helmets too Greetings from Poland and we cant wait for more videos ♥️♥️♥️

[@Joseph_1939-c2]

Really good restoration!!❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you!!

[@BrendenGuse]

Hi. Just a little tip for you. When I did mine. I kept a cup of the rust dust. I used it to age it, like the mud. Lot of history in the dust. 😊

[@simonkorsagerandersen8839]

Historically accurate!

[@Ww2enthusiasts529]

Wow what a coincidence as I’m trying to get a good M40 for my Nord impression

[@sarahpeterson-dg1xq]

Love your videos I got a question. I’ve got original marine belt buckle, from World War II how would stop it from rusting

[@SA_Berzerker]

Put in coke cola let it sit for a few hrs then try and polish it. Idk how many hrs though. (ONLY PUT THE METAL IN THE COKE).

[@SA_Berzerker]

@@JosefMengeleNHS I like that idea to👍

[@History-Secrets]

Never use Cola! It's a myth, and it doesn't work! Just use some oil, Ballistol or WD40 will be okay!

[@sarahpeterson-dg1xq]

@@History-Secrets Thanks

[@bearmanmemes6550]

YES ANOTHER HISTORY SECRET VIDEO THIS DAY IS GREAT

[@remcodejong2342]

Another great video Nick, i'm glad your back. Keep u the good work. When do you go metal detecting again?

[@Lincolncatholicboi]

So I’ve been sick for a couple days and I decided to see if you’d posted anything and my face blew up with smiles when I saw this video. So I watched it and it was nice to see another helmet added to the collection😂. So after this I watched your past reenactment video from Belgium where your MG42 was broken and I forgot about it and when I watched it I felt the same anger you did and I just wanted to know, did you ever get it fixed? Btw love ur vids keep up the amazing work!!!❤🎉

[@sebastienbeaule6443]

Well done Nick👌. Very nice job😊. Quist helmets were the best.

[@my_real_name]

Hey Nick. I'm just here to tell you I got my first M40 and m34 helmets. Have a good day

[@History-Secrets]

Awesome, congratulations!!

[@karlfranke6861]

Yes please upload more this is so cool. I have a US M1 that I’m going to restore because I watched your video on how do you do it?

[@HistoryBuffalo]

Haha! I love seeing you restore German helmets. Maybe I could do it my self... So I have a question: Where did you get the Decal? And Which Feldgrau did you use? Since I bought a Feldgrau once, and it was WAY more green than yours.

[@History-Secrets]

I got the paint and decal feom DDAY1944!

[@romankenens7807]

great video mate!

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you!!

[@BruceColcott]

Great video Nick. With temperatures often soaring past 100 degrees in Melbourne, you could really age a liner band perfectly with a good afternoon's worth of gardening here!

[@ShayneJones-jk1jb]

yer videos are always entertaining i got a M42 german helmet i restored it back it had the same black paint as the M40 did german helmet are liners are hard and without hurting yourself i got a original vietnam M1 helmet it was my first helmet and its named

[@ww2andmore]

Another great video nick!

[@stephencoyne9061]

Any re-enactments coming up soon Nick?

[@History-Secrets]

Not that I know at this moment yet, I hope so!

[@alexzorro8884]

Dont forget to add the goose step while on the treadmill ..lol I got acouple helmets i need to finish..you inspired me ! I felt bad for that poor woman shown spraying helmets , "no protection "wonder how long she lived.😢

[@Jaime_NL]

Can you do a WW2 dutch impression vidio? Like your videos.

[@kenpritchard888]

Hi Nick, as one who loved airfix models on creating WW2 tanks, aurcraft and love restoring this is very interesting and creative. Well done mate enjoyed 👍

[@samueldion3673]

Great job, the final result is amazing!

[@jamescorless8283]

Looks good.

[@keeganw5407]

It’s always good when nick posts new vids

[@CoolMein2]

Been a history secrets fan for years now!!!🤩

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you so much!!! 😊

[@CoolMein2]

@@History-Secrets No, i should thank you for making me entertained on boring days😊😊😊

[@zachsattack_2020]

Where are its bin a month​@@History-Secrets

[@No_fritz01]

Glad you're back nick!

[@schumivill76]

Wist nooit wat ik miste in het leven, maar nu weet ik het! Een Duitse soldaat die harmonica speelt op een loopband, danku Nick!

[@ankkaalanen5209]

Thank you wery much i love your videos i think your the best youtuber and you would deserv more views keep it up bro your so a legend bro

[@aleksimarttinen3834]

Hello Nick. I have an original m40 stahlhelm shell too. I am planning to restore the shell, but unfortunately D day 1944 doesn't ship their products to finland, so do you know any other good feldgrau spray paints so I could make my m40 as historically accurate as possible? Thank you for posting this video, and as always it makes my day when you upload new videos. Greetings from Finland!

[@History-Secrets]

There's also a German website I buy from, they have good colors too, especially for early war helmets. It's called militärlacke.de!

[@aleksimarttinen3834]

Thank you very much!

[@guhguh4]

make video about how to spot real ww1/ww2 german helmet and how to spot the fake ones

[@braidenstudios3897]

Hey Nick, I have a question so I just got an original World War II helmet M1 and it has a lot of rust and post war paint how do I go of removing the rust and paint this is Braiden from the US

[@History-Secrets]

The paint with paint remover, the rust with oxalic acid!

[@braidenstudios3897]

@@History-Secrets thanks Nick

[@joegarcia2354]

WOW Great Job !! im impressed .

[@csaint6780]

thanx for the video, I been thinking of getting a ww2 German refurbished helmet, some people are against putting refurbished helmets in your collection, I'm not sure??

[@andrewhirsch2805]

Hello! I just purchased my first M40 and it's a Q66. It's my first restoration and I am wondering where you got the replacement leather liner? I want to keep the metal portion which is from 1941 but am just looking for the leather portion.

[@sarahpeterson-dg1xq]

Can you please do a tour of your World War II collection, each one of those items you have it’s so cool because someone was holding it in the war

[@LonelyWolf1916]

Love seeing these restoration videos ❤

[@mikeponyforce780]

Ah yes! A new H.S. video! It brightens my day off!

[@The_Gamer_Siblings]

You know it’s a good day when history, secrets uploads

[@samsvintagerepairs867]

Always love these restorations, keep em coming! I love that paint texture! I'm planning to use either a M55 or a repro shell for a M40 LW helmet sometime soon. (I'll probably go with the repro shell. People seem pretty protective of the M55.) What primer do you use? It has a nice texture. Also, what paint brand do you use, and what color would you suggest for a LW blue from said brand(s)?

[@History-Secrets]

Thank you! I always buy my paint from DDAY1944, they have lots of different colors and textures!

[@samsvintagerepairs867]

@@History-Secrets Cool beans! I'll check em' out. Thanks for responding. 😁👍

[@samsvintagerepairs867]

@@History-Secrets Sadly, it would appear they don't ship spray paint to the U.S.. 🙁 Do you know if they ship their brush-on paint to the U.S.? (I doubt you do, since you aren't in the U.S., but I figure I'll check since I'm already typing.)

[@meatballproductions8501]

Yes please show all of your restorations

[@Warrelics100]

Very interesting video and fantastic work quality! It would be really helpful for my future projects.😉

[@frankstump62]

Yesss a new history secerets video

[@ww2man.]

Nice helmet, you inspire me!!

[@masudashizue777]

I just ordered a decal from DDay-1944 myself for a replica M38 so it's good to see how it's applied.

[@TheGrinbery]

I did NOT expect that ending XD

[@zaynetippery]

Hi i want to do ww1 or ww2 German reenactment but I don't know were to find uniform and the stuff for it

[@RandomStuffUploaded-SW]

Stahlhelm stahlhelm!, great video nick here from Denmark

[@ww2_history5432]

Nice nick altijd blij als ik na jouw video's kijk❤

[@History-Secrets]

Leuk om te horen!!

[@lukefriesenhahn8186]

Great job on the harmonica playing! Btw, just wondering, but where do you buy the helmets and other gear, etc... ? Like are there special specific websites that are best?

[@ericbadia5]

Sure you should! You already made one video but I would be so glad to see a video regarding websites where to find good quality stuff like paint, decals or leather parts and so on

[@KatzeMiauen]

That harmonica ending made me subscribe hahaha

[@jerryransdell3450]

Another great video Nick. I'm really glad to see you posting videos again. Any chance of seeing a collection room update in the near future?

[@torycsummers7328]

Super Kool video. Love your Helmets.

[@Э-гёрл_похититель]

I bought the same helmet and I'm renovating it too ;)