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What do I have?

Got a mask from my aunt after my uncle, a firefighter, passed away. Not quite sure what it is.

u/BassBlast96 — 3 hours ago
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Gas mask collection being sold for 3k usd in Iran

Some of his masks are really rare in iran and for 2 past years that i started collecting i have never encountered them but that just wouldn't explain the price

u/Confident_Falcon_754 — 11 hours ago
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My collection so far

My collection has been growing well over the past year or so and I'm proud of it

u/hbobgaming — 24 hours ago
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What do you guys use to protect your hair for latex masks?

Maybe an age old question, but I'm very afraid of alopecia, so I've been trying a few alternatives. I have the ShM-62u and been looking into getting a swiss SM-64.

I tried using a balaclava but probably because it doesn’t give me a full seal on my face, it makes the lenses fogging worse, but its great for covering my hair.

Don't suggest shaving it, I've been already thinking of that :(

EDIT: Okay I think I found a way! Since I do already own a full face spandex balaclava, all I do is pull the chin (of the balaclava) down so my face is uncovered while keeping all my hair inside it, and put it on like a swim cap, from the top. That way I managed to get a full face seal (and no fogging!) and keep my hair protected. I put it on like 10 minutes ago and so far it's working nicely! If anyone needs pictures or examples I'm happy to provide

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u/xX_kauffee_Xx — 22 hours ago
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Custom PAPR advice

I have a a parcil nb100 with the specs kit coming. I also stumbled upon this msa blower and hose for their OptimAir line. I'm sure you can see where I'm going with this. Any advice on combining my disparate pieces of this PPE pipedream would be greatly appreciated.

u/t33jums — 1 day ago
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ID and cleaning

Wanting to clean some masks to look nice and smell better, found these specks that might be.. spider eggs? I'm really not sure. For cleaning, many people suggest light soap and water, would disinfectant wipes also work?

u/SpacedOut404 — 1 day ago
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mogged

ive noticed a lot of european and communist equipment here lately, so on the eve of our 250th i figured it might be nice to gaze upon some superior American equipment.

Shown is an American WW2 Permeable Protective Ensemble, featuring the MIA2-IXAI-IV Army service mask and the M9 Chemical Agents detector kit.

God bless America, and heres to another 250 🤞

u/feeteryeeterpeeter — 2 days ago
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WW1 German M1917 Gas mask (Repo)

I got one of these WW1 M1917 Reproduction masks and was curious as to how accurate it might be? The shown pictures on google are dark and what I assume to be leather?

u/SpacedOut404 — 2 days ago
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Found this in a car i was cleaning out

as the title says, i found this gasmask in a car i cleaned out at my work (we get to keep anything we find in them since they’re scrap cars). Any insight on it, could i sell it?

u/24k_1128 — 4 days ago
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Newest addition and first US mask, a beautiful condition US IV naval mask. Oddly it's 1945 dated

The face form has some damage on the edges and filter slightly beaten but nothing major. the actual rubber of the mask is incredibly good condition looks as if it may as well be new internally.

The valve as shown is 1942 era but the many body of the mask seems to have a 45 dating if I'm reading it correctly, thought they stopped producing in 44 but that's just from the wiki

Got an absolute steal at £87 quid after postage costs. Believe that's a good US price let alone UK pricings

u/titanfall-boi — 4 days ago
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"IP-5" ?

I've stumbled across a lot of Gasmasks, while I could identify most of them, those two examples caught my eye, the first image gave me the name "IP-5" through Google reversed image search, the second one looks self-made to me

u/RavenMcAulay — 5 days ago