Very Short Version Part I: This is probably the best repro M-1916 Stahlhelm available, especially in an extra-large size.However ...Based upon my lukewarm-ish experience with IMA's size 70 (XL) M-35 Stahlhelm (steel shell is great; finish & detail work not so much), I was prepared to have similar issues with their M-1916.Sad to say that IMA did not fail to meet my expectations.Here's what I found.The Good:*The helmet shell is well executed with no dings, dents, hammer marks or thin spots; the rolled rim nicely finished with no sharp spots or jagged edges.*Bill correctly proportioned - many other M1916, M1917, & M1918 repro Stahlhelme have exaggerated, disproportionate, historically inaccurate 'duckbill'.*Good weight - 60.45 ounces (3.778 pounds) on the digital goose-weighing scale.*Leather liner and headband reasonably well done but not strictly accurate.The Less Good:*Liner and headband attached with M-31 aluminum split pins and washer instead of correct steel split pins with double thickness rear split pin to retain stirnpanzer strap.*Ventilator lugs are brazed to helmet shell and not peened over a reinforcing washer on the inside of the dome.*Leather headband does not have the half-moon cuts to clear the inside inlets for the ventilator lugs. Not a big deal to fix, but it's another 'attention to detail' issue that the end user shouldn't have to fix.The Infuriating, On-Going Even Lesser Good:*The PAINT! IMA makes a great big deal about how hard they worked to get the correct feldgrau color; however it doesn't matter how correct the color is if the paint scratches off down to the bare metal with your fingernail.And it's not just me and it's not just this particular helmet; had the same fragile paint issue with the M-35 Stahlhelm I purchased from IMA. Many, many other reviewers of their various model Stahlhelme also decry the non-durability of the paint.First photo shows where I initially scratched the paint with my fingernail; second photo shows where I scratched it some more just to show it up better.So - ordered a can of Hessen Antiques' (HA) Grey-Olive (feldgrau)spray enamel and correct WWI style steel split pins.HA's spray paint is great; looks good, goes on well.Third, fourth, fifth, and sixth photos show the helmet with correct steel split pins, several coats of HA's Grey-Olive, and dings, dents, scrapes and scratches and rusting of exposed steel.+++PLEASE NOTE: Bad experience with Hessen Antique+++ HA's split pins AND customer service are significantly less great; the last of the three split pins snapped off at the solder joint (and the joint looked different from the other two - it looked like a cold solder joint). Called Hessen Antiques and spoke to the owner. Her attitude was "Well, YOU broke it, so you can just BUY another set of three for $15.50. I'm NOT going to break up a set of three just to replace the one YOU broke! I'll look around and see if we have a loose one somewhere, and if we do maybe I'll send it to you, so have a nice day!"She didn't actually come right out and say "...and go fork yourself", but she might just as well have. And ... HA invalidated my log in information and locked me out of my account with them.I won't be doing business with them ever again, and suggest you go elsewhere for paint and helmet parts as well. 'WARHATS' in the UK also has Stahlhelm parts, and their split pins were better quality AND less expensive, even coming from the UK.+++Why You Want THIS Helmet Anyway Despite The 'Less Good' Issues - Especially If You're Hat Size 7-1/2 Or Larger:Amazon lists two different models of M-1916 Stahlhelm from IMA - one that's displayed on a Styrofoam head and this one that's displayed on a flat surface.*This one is larger. The size is not stamped into the shell, but it's at least a size 68 - maybe even a 70. The way you can tell that it is the larger of the two by just looking at the pictures is the diameter of the ventilation lugs. The lugs on this helmet are full diameter; the lugs on the other are stepped - full diameter against the shell, but rebated farther out.*With the three pads in place and the six fingers properly adjusted, this helmet fit my size 8 basketball-sized head quite comfortably. WHOO-Hoo! >>>NOTE<<< You'll have to wear it for a while to break in the leather liner and make the pads conform to your head. The process is surprisingly comfortable - I'm wearing it as I write this.*This model's $79.95; the other one's $84.95*The leather headband is more comfortable against your head than the aluminum liner band of the M-1917.*Provides more and better coverage than the WWII-style Stahlhelm (and most other combat helmets as well) as the skirt starts farther forward and extends lower. On me, when the helmet is squared up and properly adjusted, I can just see the bill when I roll my eyes to look up, and the start of the skirt is just visible in my peripheral vision.Bought this one through Amazon. Same price as on IMA's website, but Amazon's shipping was a couple of bucks less.Really a shame that this is a mild-steel dimensional substitute and not the heat-treated martensitic silicon/nickel steel as were the originals, because frankly, I'd prefer to have worn this M-1916 Stahlhelm rather than the USGI M-1 I started out with or the PASGT I finished up with.VERY SHORT VERSION, Part II: Some things are timeless classics. This is one of them. Despite the crap paint and other minor issues.