Don't exagerate, find a good Stalhelm is not that hard, as more than 30 millions were made. Even with losses and those transformed in kitchen tools, you still can get one. I won't say the same for a 1916 Stalhelm, though...
@@emericdion True, and without insignia... though I found 5 years ago a mint example of a mod. 1942 for less than 150 euros on a flee market. I was really lucky that day !
@@IAmTheStig32and sometimes back again i broke up some 1940s aluminium kitchen ware from melted down aircraft which possibly was made from melted down kitchen ware
The Germans needed pots pans etc.And in 1946 these things were hard to find and get cause much of Germany had been destroyed so they improvised with what they had to work with.
@Impooster yeah go in a ditch alone! My family suffered after the occupation of Germany 1945! You literally destroyed my home! My home!! Killed my family aswell!!!
Yes damn the allies for using mass produced hunks of metal for something actually better than their original purpose, damn the allies, shouldve let the axis powers take over the world so you wouldnt even have the freedom of speech to say damn anything
I inherited a similar colander from my German grandmother that she used to use for straining spaetzle. I am pretty sure now that it must have been made from a recycled helmet.
I’m still impressed how the German people, even after one of the darkest moment of their history, they still managed to recover and come back stronger than before. Respect to the German Will power.
We have a saying here in Germany that translates to 'the sparrow in your hand us better than the dove on your roof.' People back then needed homes and kitchen utensils, not questionable investment opportunities that would only pay off in decades.
@@akrinornoname2769 It wouldn't have paid off at all, there'd be tons of WWII-era German helmets in good condition and they'd still barely be worth anything. Same reason so many bolt-action military rifles ended up being 'sporterized': they were dirt cheap, had near-zero collectors' value, and new-production hunting rifles were expensive.
You're hurt why? Because a mass produced hunk of metal was repurposed for the better...instead of being used in combat it's now a utensil to feed those in peacetime
Not nazi helmets, not a nazi fanatic. Also, those people 75 years ago didnt care about nazi fanatics wanting nazi helmets, also there are thousands of these helmets still around, and they were used to be made useful from millions in 1946
@Kira Ok...yet almost every Kevlar helmet in the world regardless of nation & culture resembles that of the German steel helmets. Almost as if the Germans knew the perfect helmet for weight & protection. Now it's the British & Israelis that are the ones coping with this fact.
@@landsknecht8654FYI Most armies used M1 steel pots and dropped the Stahlhelm for a reazon. And no, Most helmets are inspired by the PASGT M88 that is not inspired by German helmets. The designers did their own. Research and find that that shape offers Good protection and hearing. Also, Most armies are dropping those kinds of helmets in favor of ACH helmets, High Cut helmets or their own designs
In my country we used stalhelms to clean dungpits/septic tanks or polish loos... Or yeah as cement holders in rebuilding in villages... But hey, after a good rince and a few weld ups they are good for the comming struggle again.
Got to respect the German people. Talk about taking lemons and making lemonade. As soon as WWII came upon them, rather than sit on the ruins of their doorsteps in front of the rubble that once was their home, they cleaned up the rubble, salvaged what could be of use and rebuilt their nation Not like some Americans who just laze about bemoaning their lot in life and sit around drinking cheap beer and singing the blues. The folk shown here demonstrate how Germany came back from devastation and are now doing well. These folk passed on to their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren a work ethic and never say quit attitude. A strong reason Putin won't entertain ideas of invading a unified Germany.
@@epicwwiistuff6863 a lot went to scrap, some valuables like ME 262s were sent back home for evaluation and testing, but a lot too were given to other countries for their own air forces
This would make a much more practical chopper- helmet for the summer. Holes for ventilation and the handle makes it easier to remove when you want to salute a lady! 😉🇬🇧
Not too long before this video the narrator did voiceovers for propaganda movies with a similar delivery. "Heroic Stukas unleash hell upon the coward enemy." Now: "Heroic colanders will be separating potatoes from the cooking water:"
"And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." Isaiah 2:4 KJV.
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During WW2 pots and pans were collected to make combat helmets. After the war they were converted back into pots and pans. Recycling at its best!
Nazi recycling at its finest.
@@griffinpinta5529 ?
@Chris.McLean the furry slayer yeah just need some most likely expensive machinery
@Chris.McLean the furry slayer yessir
@Anti furry Patrol
Just like Usoa
Now I know why it’s so hard to find a stahlhelm. But I guess they really needed those things back then.
yeah Germany was a wreck back in the 40s
Don't exagerate, find a good Stalhelm is not that hard, as more than 30 millions were made. Even with losses and those transformed in kitchen tools, you still can get one. I won't say the same for a 1916 Stalhelm, though...
@@laurentdevaux5617 Yeah but if you want a stahlhelm in good condition you'll have to at least 500-600$.
@@emericdion True, and without insignia... though I found 5 years ago a mint example of a mod. 1942 for less than 150 euros on a flee market. I was really lucky that day !
@@laurentdevaux5617 i have an original double decal M35 in good condition i for $160
Best example of transformation between War Economy to Civilian Economy
"Turning swords into ploughshares."
Seems like someone played a little too much HoI4
@@IAmTheStig32and sometimes back again i broke up some 1940s aluminium kitchen ware from melted down aircraft which possibly was made from melted down kitchen ware
Imagine having a pot for years and never knowing the journey it’s been through.
The Germans needed pots pans etc.And in 1946 these things were hard to find and get cause much of Germany had been destroyed so they improvised with what they had to work with.
@Chris.McLean the furry slayer Your comment has no value so you should go in a hole and never return.
@Impooster yeah go in a ditch alone! My family suffered after the occupation of Germany 1945! You literally destroyed my home! My home!! Killed my family aswell!!!
@Impooster Dutch*
@Impooster wo sind deine marschbefehle?
@Impooster aha okay xd
All those helmets...
...will be lost in time, like tears in rain...
True i hate to see thid
We had nothing else
Were useless after the war. Recycling them was much better than just letting them rust in some dump or dropping them into the sea
@@akrinornoname2769 that's very true despite it being sad you have a point in like 70 years maybe kevlar helmets will be like those heomets
This is why its hard to find this stuff damn you allies
Yes damn the allies for using mass produced hunks of metal for something actually better than their original purpose, damn the allies, shouldve let the axis powers take over the world so you wouldnt even have the freedom of speech to say damn anything
@@DJC_2003 Wow somebody is not having a good time with a 5 years old comment.
@@wouldyouliketomeetkenbamba9495 it's still there so its still open for replies
@@DJC_2003 Of course it is.
@Horang Pungryuga Just look at America
Coated with the finest lead based paints.....
😂😂
Nah, they'd get enameled. Otherwise they'd rust themselves to pieces in weeks once people started draining their spätzle with them.
Enamel it is big mouth
I inherited a similar colander from my German grandmother that she used to use for straining spaetzle. I am pretty sure now that it must have been made from a recycled helmet.
I’m still impressed how the German people, even after one of the darkest moment of their history, they still managed to recover and come back stronger than before.
Respect to the German Will power.
oh my poor helmet.should keep and sell to us later on.haha.would love to buy and keep.
We have a saying here in Germany that translates to 'the sparrow in your hand us better than the dove on your roof.'
People back then needed homes and kitchen utensils, not questionable investment opportunities that would only pay off in decades.
@@Loksiopl If you're talking about the helmets, these are Germans that are reusing the helmets
@@akrinornoname2769 It wouldn't have paid off at all, there'd be tons of WWII-era German helmets in good condition and they'd still barely be worth anything. Same reason so many bolt-action military rifles ended up being 'sporterized': they were dirt cheap, had near-zero collectors' value, and new-production hunting rifles were expensive.
The same announcer who the year before was yelling "Helmets for Victory !", is now yelling "Helmet pots for cooking ! German colander uber alles !" !
Show me the link for that video
Uber?
@@garlkurzer over all
@@Mohaeles
Its "über", not "uber"
Quite possibly true
I can’t explain how much it hurts me to watch this
indeed
You're hurt why? Because a mass produced hunk of metal was repurposed for the better...instead of being used in combat it's now a utensil to feed those in peacetime
Another nazi lover
@@casper34xv19 another gross anime lover. And just an fyi, each helmet had history behind it, plus they go for lots of money.
The same is being done to Western Civilization as whole right now.
Lady who bought a pot: why does my pot have SS on it?
Stainless Steel LoL
OK but what the two lightening bolts.
Oh, that means it works best on an electric hot plate.
@@Becu1001a In all seriousness some probably had lot numbers
Must mean stainless steel
How can you differentiate these from any other pot? It would be interesting to own one.
If the helmet had stamps it could remain in there.
Why th t were pots and pans originally there not special in anyway it’s just metal
I’m sure all of us don’t want to be collecting freaking pots.
Not nazi helmets, not a nazi fanatic. Also, those people 75 years ago didnt care about nazi fanatics wanting nazi helmets, also there are thousands of these helmets still around, and they were used to be made useful from millions in 1946
Wonder how many SS m42 were cooking potato’s instead of being worth thousands and thousands of dollars in loving collections. Makes me sad
@@leeturfitt8497 Sounds like a better use for them than being in a collection. They're actively helping people.
More useful back then moron
If you look closely in the comments section you can see the tears of depressed Wehraboos.
wtf is a wehrabo
@@gamerdrache6076 Basically a person who simps for the Nazis.
@@gamerdrache6076 A person who doesn't hate the wehrmacht and shows a little support. Unlike a neo nazi, the wehraboo hates Hitler and nazism.
@@ToyotaTacomaV6 so if i say that the german arrmy at that time was good then i m wherabo
@@ToyotaTacomaV6u literally have Hermann Fegelein as ur profile picture and ur mad when someone says ur a nazi lmao
Its crazy to think grandmas pots and pans have prolly seen action lol
I want a version showing how to make my pots and pans into a german helmet
Play in reverse
@@yacobshelelshaddai4543 you're a genius
Imagine that there were M1918 Stahlhelms in there.
God knows how many pots people still have that where Stahlhelms...
That alone would be a cool collector’s item, imo.
@@samiamrg7 Yes it would!
This...makes me cry...
@Kira Ok...yet almost every Kevlar helmet in the world regardless of nation & culture resembles that of the German steel helmets. Almost as if the Germans knew the perfect helmet for weight & protection. Now it's the British & Israelis that are the ones coping with this fact.
@@landsknecht8654 Damn that is some pathetic basement dweller copium right here. Showing more empathy for sheet metal than starving children.
What makes you cry? The pots or the desperate citzens needing any scrap they could find?
@@marrvynswillames4975 Leave it, he is just a salty wehraboo
@@landsknecht8654FYI Most armies used M1 steel pots and dropped the Stahlhelm for a reazon. And no, Most helmets are inspired by the PASGT M88 that is not inspired by German helmets. The designers did their own. Research and find that that shape offers Good protection and hearing. Also, Most armies are dropping those kinds of helmets in favor of ACH helmets, High Cut helmets or their own designs
They turning them into Italian helmets.
What's the music playing? Does it have a name?
In my country we used stalhelms to clean dungpits/septic tanks or polish loos... Or yeah as cement holders in rebuilding in villages... But hey, after a good rince and a few weld ups they are good for the comming struggle again.
How pots were made
when you say “Hans get ze Stahlhelm” , Hans brought a pot of boiled pasta. 🍜🍝
Imagine u cooking with pan from germany and then u see two lightning bolt on it
If only they knew "hey guys 80 years from now these things are gonna be worth $100 apiece"
Hmm, wait 80 years so it's worth something or use now so they have something to eat on?
German ver: Hey Leute, in 80 Jahren werden diese Dinger 100 Dollar pro Stück wert sein
Way more than $100 if they’re in good condition.
Ха! 100$... хороший оригинальный шлем в среднем стоит от 1500€. И попробуй найди еще его.
If they werent comverted into bowls they would have never been $100 cuz there would be so many
Historical collectors like myself crying rn
For sale: old pot, might contain Soviet bullets
I wonder if any of them are around today
Imagine kids back in the day play fighting using pots as helmets, without knowing that they were actually recycled Stahlhelms
Cooking with some pots used to be on a dead person head,how’s the feeling ?
Yum yum
Jolly and interesting work for German workers...
Can someone tell me the name of the song in the first half?
Dont all them holes make ot difficult to hold the water?
people from 2022 watching as a helmet valued at more than 2000 dollars is destroyed
Not destroyed, transformed, a plate to eat is worthy more than any Gold for those who need
0:35 my mother has the exact same pan!
💀
Me too, i watched until i wanted my mom to see it, she was confused, but she know we have that also.
Got to respect the German people. Talk about taking lemons and making lemonade.
As soon as WWII came upon them, rather than sit on the ruins of their doorsteps in front of the rubble that once was their home, they cleaned up the rubble, salvaged what could be of use and rebuilt their nation
Not like some Americans who just laze about bemoaning their lot in life and sit around drinking cheap beer and singing the blues.
The folk shown here demonstrate how Germany came back from devastation and are now doing well. These folk passed on to their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren a work ethic and never say quit attitude. A strong reason Putin won't entertain ideas of invading a unified Germany.
as a person ho has spent my life trying to get one of these im crying in a corner
i don't wanna tell you guys what they did with the planes...
What did they do?
Scrap metal
@@epicwwiistuff6863 A lot went to places like Israel or to some second/third war militia.
@@epicwwiistuff6863 a lot went to scrap, some valuables like ME 262s were sent back home for evaluation and testing, but a lot too were given to other countries for their own air forces
Good, those planes were useless anyways
From the fires of the east to the fires of your stove.
And now the value of dose helmets are high
Me wearing a pot as a helmet at age 5. 🥲🥲
Fun fact, this Video Shows the "Emaillierwerk" in Fulda, my small hometown.
It's now a Shopping mall 🙃
I bet there was quite a few helmets they didn't need to punch holes into 😂
Good idea for the German people but what are they going to cook in them after the war
Look how they massacred my boys
Nazis died, thats good. Also, why are you sad that nazi helmets are turned into pots?
Hey when your putting krauts in the dirt you still need a full plate when your home
That lowkey it's a catchy frace
In 2022 they turned 5000 pots into helmets and give it to Ukraine
This would make a much more practical chopper- helmet for the summer.
Holes for ventilation and the handle makes it easier to remove when you want to salute a lady! 😉🇬🇧
Thing you guys need to realise, there was a shortage of metal and the german military was being reduced,
For some reason, the USSR, the USA, and Britain did not turn their helmets into flower pots after the war...🤔
Cuz they had to mantain their army? What's the point
@@tanaziolopez1936 Yes, after the war Germany did not have the means to maintain its army, this is its misfortune.
“Yeah this is my metal pot,Quite high quality of it being made in 1945”
Making Kitchen tool from helmet ??
So you’re saying that my grandma possibly made soup in a Nazi helmet..
Each shell worth today 250 euros.... 😵😵😵😵😵😵
Who else ran to there kitchen to find the same exact pot 😂😂😂
Couldn't believe this was 8 years ago
While yes they could have thought of better uses for these this is what they chose to do and People cannot change That.
today the pots are cheaper than helmets 🤣
The pot really said “ßáuñßķřêßț”
Ich hab noch einen erhaltenen. Gebe ich aber nicht her 😅
And this is why original stahlhelms are so expensive 😠😤
Wehraboos do inflate prices, like, You can find Even rarer helmets for Half the price of a ww2 era Stahlhelm
"nutzlos gewordene Stahlhelme" - nice way to put it. :D
Germans be having thicker pots and pants than are Russians having helmets
Jodhpurs breech pants
Mir ist jetzt erst aufgefallen dass meine Oma über 5 stahlhelme im Küchenschrank stehen hat
Imagine our pots those we use when cook it made from used helmet😳
Imagine about death soldier helmet.... Recycle into haunted pot
A geranium pot with ss helmet...funny.
this hurts to see. there are so many stahlhelms and nowadays you can't find them from anywhere.
This is so saddening to watch!!! Depressing 😥
Well, Germany had to recover after ww2, so thats normal I guess
turning brain buckets into bean bowls
Good not wasting touchest things which is now very rare and costly.
Swords to plowshares
Would be kinda cool to find one of them pots lol
This is painful I just spent 3 hours looking for german helmets on eBay but it's too expensive and these guys are making pots out of them
East germany surplus is cheaper, Thats why post ww2 germany surplus is superior
I didn't know I need a helmet pot until now
I'm pretty sure my Grandma has one of those sieves
Bullet proof pot does not exist it cannot hurt you
Bullet proof pot:
I had one for 50 years. Finally sold it to pay my taxes on my home!
The reanactors are going to be pissed after watching this video
id kill for a helmet pot ngl
For you Helmut, ze war iz over
This video is a dark web content ((
Sometimes is sad that we call progress..now that helmets are jewels
Wonder were they are today
What they are doing to the German helmets is not just respect for the History of Germany
Those helmets suck anyway
Straining the water from my pasta wondering how many 20 year olds died in it
lolz those helmets would be worth good money now as is...
Yeah, but in 1946 people didn't need just that. They also needed food and a place to live in.
Not too long before this video the narrator did voiceovers for propaganda movies with a similar delivery. "Heroic Stukas unleash hell upon the coward enemy." Now: "Heroic colanders will be separating potatoes from the cooking water:"
"And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
Isaiah 2:4 KJV.
So this means if you have an old pan or pot from Germany 1946, there's a chance that it was once a nazi helmet
Ollas y coladores que pesaban más de un kilo y medio de acero balistico,gran despilfarro de recursos en nombre de la paz.
NOOOOOO
Based.
Супер!!Не видел чтобы из шлема делали дуршлаг...для промывки макарон!
Actually, thats a strainer.
That’s helmet lot is like 1m+ today