Originally Posted by
Joe Minton
My first 'helmet' was a 1962 Kucharick (sp?). It consisted of leather tubes stuffed with Kapok and, from what I know now, was completely useless as a head-protection device. We didn't know any better at the time.
Joe
Joe, week at least it would float! Remember those horrible kapok filled life jackets, bulky, to forever to dry out, smelly...
Hadn't seen or thought of that word in decades.
This touches on flotation devices too, look how much better they are, but i guess this goes for most stuff over the last 20, 30 years.