What kind of leather do you have?

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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Permalink Reply by Bruce Mack on September 6, 2008 at 8:52pm

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.

Permalink Reply by joe on September 14, 2008 at 7:19pm

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 .

Permalink Reply by llpoteat on September 16, 2008 at 11:54am

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!

Permalink Reply by Tristan on September 18, 2008 at 11:38pm

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!

Permalink Reply by Todd Colitti on September 29, 2008 at 5:02pm

I have a Sam Houston that is about 15 years old, just looking to finally replace it.

Permalink Reply by Teddy on October 9, 2008 at 9:09am

Sam Houston = the prized possession of my gear

Permalink Reply by ryan on October 12, 2008 at 10:50am

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.

Permalink Reply by Ron Ayotte on October 12, 2008 at 8:10pm

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.

Permalink Reply by Ed Jackson on October 13, 2008 at 9:01pm

sam houston. whis i would have spent the $ yrs ago

Permalink Reply by Shareef Abdu Nur on October 15, 2008 at 2:15pm

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.

Permalink Reply by Joel C Kelley on October 15, 2008 at 3:56pm

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.

Permalink Reply by Josh Guevara on October 16, 2008 at 10:57pm