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<blockquote data-quote="coolhandluke" data-source="post: 2480791" data-attributes="member: 13284"><p>Had the day off of work yesterday so I stopped by a small shop that I picked the WWII fixed bale shell up at last year. I ran across an early WWII fiber liner sitting on the shelf...picked it up and lo and behold it was named to the same veteran as the shell that I had purchased 16 months prior. The liner and shell are now back together again. I should have stopped by a gas station and bought a lottery ticket afterwards.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Helmets023E_zpsbeefa774.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Helmets023E_zpsbeefa774.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Helmets003E_zpsd40fd59a.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Helmets003E_zpsd40fd59a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Helmets100E_zpscc52d852.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Helmets100E_zpscc52d852.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Helmets011E_zps9a8f973a.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Helmets011E_zps9a8f973a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Helmets027E_zpsc21925e8.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Helmets027E_zpsc21925e8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Below you can see the difference between the Hawley fiber liner and the more common high pressure fiberglass liner.</p><p></p><p>The fiber liner on the left was the original version of the M1 liner which was manufactured by the Hawley Products Company of St. Charles, Illinois. The Hawley Company, working with the McCord Radiator & Manufacturing Company of Detroit, and the Quartermaster Corps, designed this liner based on their prior experience in manufacturing tropical sun helmets for the Army. The liner was constructed of two rigid fiber shells, impregnated with water-repellant materials, securely cemented together and covered with olive drab twill. The suspension system was an adaptation of one developed by John T. Riddell for his plastic football helmet and was made of lightweight silver-grey rayon webbing. The headband was non-adjustable and was supplied in 13 sizes. The neckband was also non-adjustable and came in 3 sizes. The leather chinstrap was permanently attached. </p><p></p><p>The high pressure liner on the right is composed of fiberglass, has HBT cotton webbing rather than rayon, and has an adjustable chinstrap with flip style buckle.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Helmets030E_zpsb42c80c3.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Helmets030E_zpsb42c80c3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Helmets116E_zpscc63fd9b.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Helmets116E_zpscc63fd9b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coolhandluke, post: 2480791, member: 13284"] Had the day off of work yesterday so I stopped by a small shop that I picked the WWII fixed bale shell up at last year. I ran across an early WWII fiber liner sitting on the shelf...picked it up and lo and behold it was named to the same veteran as the shell that I had purchased 16 months prior. The liner and shell are now back together again. I should have stopped by a gas station and bought a lottery ticket afterwards. [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Helmets023E_zpsbeefa774.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Helmets023E_zpsbeefa774.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Helmets003E_zpsd40fd59a.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Helmets003E_zpsd40fd59a.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Helmets100E_zpscc52d852.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Helmets100E_zpscc52d852.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Helmets011E_zps9a8f973a.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Helmets011E_zps9a8f973a.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Helmets027E_zpsc21925e8.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Helmets027E_zpsc21925e8.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Below you can see the difference between the Hawley fiber liner and the more common high pressure fiberglass liner. The fiber liner on the left was the original version of the M1 liner which was manufactured by the Hawley Products Company of St. Charles, Illinois. The Hawley Company, working with the McCord Radiator & Manufacturing Company of Detroit, and the Quartermaster Corps, designed this liner based on their prior experience in manufacturing tropical sun helmets for the Army. The liner was constructed of two rigid fiber shells, impregnated with water-repellant materials, securely cemented together and covered with olive drab twill. The suspension system was an adaptation of one developed by John T. Riddell for his plastic football helmet and was made of lightweight silver-grey rayon webbing. The headband was non-adjustable and was supplied in 13 sizes. The neckband was also non-adjustable and came in 3 sizes. The leather chinstrap was permanently attached. The high pressure liner on the right is composed of fiberglass, has HBT cotton webbing rather than rayon, and has an adjustable chinstrap with flip style buckle. [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Helmets030E_zpsb42c80c3.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Helmets030E_zpsb42c80c3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/Helmets116E_zpscc63fd9b.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_Helmets116E_zpscc63fd9b.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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