Unboxing A Wolseley Sun Helmet
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- In this video I unbox the famous pith helmet of the British Empire in the first half of the 20th Century, that is none other than the Wolseley Pattern Cork Sun Helmet, made famous by the British Tommy and explorer alike! So join me, as I have the joy of unboxing this beautiful old girl from 1942!
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In this video I talk about the helmet that was confiscated by a UK shipping agent, you can find that video here! ruclips.net/video/leggvC6T1JM/видео.html
No Wolseley sun helmets were harmed in the making of this video.
No, not in this video, just by a UK shipping agents gross incompetence
@@TheFarOffStation he probably agreed with the Instagram influencer who thinks teaching WWII history is harmful to the brain
Two uploads in a week? You're spoiling us, Jonathan.
Meanwhile I haven't uploaded anything in over a month. Heh.
I was competent one week, of one year, hardly makes up for my gross incompetence the other 51 weeks 🤣
WHERE’S MY CHRIS THE REDCOAT VIDEO, WHERE IS IT, TELL ME, I HAVE TO KNOW
Looks like a really nice helmet! And it must have been quite something to unexpectedly get 1940 news paper!
It’s a beautiful old girl, really quite happy with it! The 1940 dated newspaper was a most pleasant surprise!
Wait, is this hat Jesus because after 3 days of being dead it rose
If it truly were the same helmet it would be Jesus indeed! Sadly that isn't the case...top ten disappointments
@@TheFarOffStation So your helmet is not a manifestation of god. Then what military equipment is a prophet?
Easy, a .55 calibre Boys Anti Tank Rifle
@@TheFarOffStation It speaks the lord’s words
@@CivilWarWeekByWeek nothing quite speaks the lord's words sweeter than a Boys round going through a Japanese Type 95 light tank at 2,400 feet per second
If the news paper is after September 1940. You be ordering a beer thusly Ein Beir Bitter
It’s dated 6-11-40, so November of 1940, so “Ein Beir Bitter”
@@TheFarOffStation Ya Vol Vielen Dank!!
0:35 How dare you doubt my desire to sit through extended RUclips videos on niche topics!
I'm sorry my dear friend, I should not have assumed 😂😂😂
"Fifteen minutes"?!? How about an HOUR and fifteen minutes, please!!
Awesome video. I'd love to see more Pith content - terribly underrated hats! I have quite a few - a white Wolesley and khaki "French" from VHC, a vintage "Bombay Bowler", and a "Salonga" by Stetson. I'd love one of Lock & Co's helmets, but they are rather pricey.
I wear a VHC "French" regularly when wilderness hiking or just gardening on a hot day. They genuinely do keep your head cool and comfortable. I'm planning to field test my Wolesley later this summer on a 2 week trek through Reunion Island's volcanic rainforests!
Thanks, mate! If you haven't done so already, check out some of my other videos on piths! Fret not, more pith content is in the pipeline! My dream is to have a Khaki Sola Pith, but unfortunately, they seem impossible to find...
I do hope you you have a jolly time at Reunion Island with your pith! You'll be heralding into a different age!
I once purchased a Felt Slouch Hat from an Australian seller on eBay. When I received the parcel, I found that three sides of the box were glued with low value 1980s Australian stamps and I was totally shocked...
Wow, that’s pretty cool! The things people will use for packaging!
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You took so long to open the box!
That box was sealed well, the chap who packed it knew what he was doing!
I kind of want to see that newspaper
Hopefully in the future I can say more, I need to take a closer look at it myself, it was quite surprising to pull that out!
Would recommend exacto knife next time in application of unboxing technique.
Sorry, I don’t have a 1930s dated X-Acto, wouldn’t want someone to get confused, at least we know the rusty children’s scissors aren’t period 🤣🤣🤣
Nice video. Like the style
Thanks, mate! More in the works, if I can get my act together!
Great Video
Many thanks!
But why do you think number 4 bayonet is garbage?
It’s crude, unappealing, and a literal tent stake, but it does impale people just fine, so it’s got that.
Great stuff as usual. You ever thought of visiting the uk for a extended holiday or something?
Thank you, Reice! I certainly have considered something like that, it be quite splendid, but logistically now, I don’t think it feasible, hopefully in the future! I generally prefer to stay with people whom I know when I travel, because I like to be with mates, I’m not a big fan of languishing in a hotel, I want someone from the local to be like “let’s go see this obscure thing”. There are of course exceptions to my statement, but that’s just it generally speaking!
@@TheFarOffStation yes well hopefully once the situation changes it could become a possibility. You guys do have some amazing historical British attractions and such but within a square mile of home there is something of interest. Though that would be obvious actually being Britain itself 😆 It would take a few lifetimes to see it all
@@reicethornhill2627 yes, I do hope as well, 2021 might not be a complete break to freedom, but it'll certainly be a start! Britain has more British sites per square mile than anywhere else, who would have thought, radical notion 😂😂😂
@@TheFarOffStation yes definitely gonna be a swell year 2021 but who really knows. Yes I pondered for some time over a tea and came to that realisation 😆 joking but yer I mean the prison I work is isn't that old for the uk and its probably as old as the United states 😆 its bloody old but shame theres not a lot of people that appreciate it
@@reicethornhill2627 wow, that’s a real shame, I don’t quite understand why certain places just go so unappreciated. Hey, it’s older than most of the states in Europe, so that’s not bad! When in the 18th Century is it from?
French newspapers start fires the best, hands DOWN... Oh, you meant...
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Makin me want to do a Far East impression
Perhaps you should, they're great for the summer season! Should you need a hand, just let me know!
@@TheFarOffStation I actually might take you up on that offer
@@reedlaverty3489 here whenever! Probably going to create some social media stuff in the near future to streamline stuff.
You must always keep your helmet on in the sun, as you will certainly go blind within 30 seconds if you take it off. 😉
#fact
I have had similar issues with ebay I completely understand
It's unfortunately not an uncommon one.
I hope you kept every last corner of that newspaper
Oh I am! It's actually still in the place where I took it out of the box, I kind of need to figure out what to do with it for safe keeping...
The Far Off Station is framing it a possibility?
@@kinggeorgeiii7515 hmmm, that actually sounds like an interesting idea, I may do that with the largest piece if I can get it to look alright. Thank you for the suggestion!
The Far Off Station Napoleon is always here to help
What online shop do you prefer to use when procuring historical kit?
Reproductions or originals?
@@TheFarOffStation both
@@Havermeyer7908 for repro, it really depends upon what kind of item I’m trying to buy, different kinds of things I go to different places. For original, I almost always use eBay, it has the largest selection, and new things come on relatively frequently. There are definitely other sites, but they can be hard to find, and have small selections.
I have a wolseley hat like that to but I buyed from international military anquies
Do you have an original or a reproduction?
@@TheFarOffStation Repro
@@lennonhookway very nice!
Thanks i am going to use it to make a 2/19th London Impression in the middle east from 1917-20.
@@lennonhookway that's going to be awesome! I always love to hear of someone building a warm weather British impression!
The number four bayonet is shit endless you want to stab someone and then it's great.
Least it can do that alright
"Worlds shittiest bayonet" - Uses bayonet as a knife to open a box. I assure you if you fixed that to a No.4 and skewered that box, it would go right through ;)
Oh it would most certainly would go through! I think my biggest issues with it, is that it can only ever be used as a bayonet, you carry around this chunk of metal, just to hardly use it, and you can’t use it for anything else...wait, that’s not true...you could use it as a tent stake, so it’s got that going for it
@@TheFarOffStation no joke, I was told that they used to be sold at Canadian Tire hardware stores for next to nothing, to be used as tent pegs.
@@JohnnyH1982 something like that honestly doesn't surprise me, in the 50s and 60s loads of surplus was sold at average hardware stores, so that seems par for the course!
@@TheFarOffStation Also, I was sad to hear of the ill fated Wolseley. The fact something like that could get flagged as ITAR by eBay is shameful and certainly has influenced how I'll make sure to contact the seller when militaria from the website in the future.
I have found "Historical Memorabilia" or "Museum Props/Costumes" has worked in the past in avoiding other unwanted attention on completely benign items. I had $350 CAD in Duty charges on top of taxes for WWI SDs and accoutrements that were marked as "clothing". This was not an eBay sale. The above descriptions saved my buddies similar troubles.
@@JohnnyH1982 definitely contact the seller if you think there might be an issue, after this, I can't emphasize it enough! No one should have to feel like they have to be so scrupulous with things to make sure things get through, but considering that the people who run these entity's can't get their act together, it's a necessity!
Just this year, I ordered my repro SD, and it was labeled as "costume", so that way it doesn't trigger anything. It's unbelievable, even though you're within the laws and regulations with an item, you still have to be careful because of how inept authorities can be.
02:38 A sharp knife would help, wouldn't it?
Wouldn’t that defeat the meme potential?
@@TheFarOffStation Well, indeed!
Half of the video opening the Fing box??? REALLY???
Yes.
Worst bayonet ever, confirmed, sword bayonet >>>>