Can I ask everybody's opinion as to how common they think repro/faked burgonets are? I would think that given that munition-grade genuine burgonets remain relatively common offerings at auctions; that they remain relatively moderately priced (I emphasize the words "relatively moderately"; of course individual budgets vary), and that any modern day armourer with the skills to turn out a realistic looking repro burgonet would find it more profitable to turn out even an honestly described repro of an earlier closed visor-type helmet, what would be the motivation for making repro/fake burgonets? The only thing that makes sense to me is possible market demand for replacement cheekpieces to make a genuinely old burgonet look like it is complete, the cheekpieces being the only faked parts.
Eric
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