What brand of leather helmet do you run? Mine is an '02 Cairns Sam Houston N6A. I actually bought it off eBay for $270. Got it and looked it up, the helmet is a deluxe version..its sells for about $500 or so brand new. Not a bad deal..

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I wear an N5A New Yorker, I actually have 3 of them one from my time as a firefighter before becoming an officer, my white chiefs helmet and the guys bought me a new black on when i went back to being a firemen.
nice to all of you. i have 3 leathers and love then all , i got my first on thats black and now hangs on the wall of flames in my house, the second one o got is a sam houston n6a that is white when i got in as a officer and a the 3rd is a yellow when i got out of being a officer it is also a n6a. would trade then for anything .
N6A bought about a year ago and I love it. One dept lets me wear leather my Career dept. does not YET! I love my leather!
I have two N6A's: A red 2007, which is semi-retired (until I find a place where I can use it!) and a Black 2008 N6A for my new career department. I simply can't go back to 1010s!
I have a Sam Houston that is about 15 years old, just looking to finally replace it.
Sam Houston = the prized possession of my gear
i currently wear a cairns n5a cant beat a leather! this is my 2nd one, i toasted my 1st leather in a burn room. i about cried! (a expsensive oops!)so for now on i wear my morning pride ben 2 for live burn training.
I have two lwather lids.. a Cairns N6A and a pre-MSA N5A that is my current lid.. I had it painted white when I got promoted to Deputy Chief.
sam houston. whis i would have spent the $ yrs ago
are there any major differences between a new yorker and a sam houston and also, where can I get a leather front holder custom made to my design specs? I got some really good ideas and i want to get one made.
Yes, there are major differences. The N5a New Yorker has a different impact liner that wile lighter, is not NFPA compliant. The N6a has beefed up the impact liner to be compliant, but has made a considerably heavier helmet. Best to go to:

http://www.msanorthamerica.com/catalog/catalog555.html

There you can study up on the difference between the two.

As for helmet fronts, I had mine made by Paul Conway, www.paulconwayshields.com. They do very good work and it is not very expensive. If you are looking at a custom shield with an art type design involving leather tooling and painting, go to the "Show us your lid" forum and search through the posts on it to find a couple of leather workers who might be able to do what you want. Might also be in the leatherheads forum.
i've got the American Heritage. Love it

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