# Animal skull leather helmet: Gak! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-skull-leather-helmet-gak/169979 "2003-04-21T05:06:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kallisti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@Kallisti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallisti)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-skull-leather-helmet-gak/169979/1 "2003-04-21T05:06:55Z")
[http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2171062190&category=1340](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2171062190&category=1340) Ok, first I want to know what kind of animal(s) those bones are from and how they got out of the animal(s). Secondly, where, aside from the prom and bar mitzvahs, would I wear such a thing? Thirdly, what unspeakable, miasmic, and arcane powers or curse doth it bequeath the wearer?šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![brdrcolle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ebca7d/32.png) [@brdrcolle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brdrcolle)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-skull-leather-helmet-gak/169979/2 "2003-04-21T05:33:33Z")
No worse than an old fashioned football helmet. The kind they wore before plastic was invented. Of course the teeth were just for parade day, not the actual game. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![wdcsmwscaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbce88/32.png) [@wdcsmwscaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wdcsmwscaa)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-skull-leather-helmet-gak/169979/3 "2003-04-21T08:05:07Z")
I want this. Hoooboy do I want this. Looks like, er, cat skulls. I think a 'possum or raccoon has a longer snout thatā€™s tapered, and that would be the only other same sized alternative. [Hereā€™s](http://www.zoobotanica.plus.com/GIF%20files/Zoological/catskull.gif) a picture. The skeleton might be cat too, I know of a few places that sell all sorts of skulls/skeletons. I dunno. You could be a Ren-faire god/dess, or just wear it about town when youā€™re in a more kill-and-conquer sort of mood. It probablu just gives you the power of freaking everyone within a 50 foot radius the hell out. I want it. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-skull-leather-helmet-gak/169979/4 "2003-04-21T10:03:46Z")
Should I be ashamed to admit that I think thatā€™s pretty badass? Just a little too rodent-like though. Definitely not intimidating. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-skull-leather-helmet-gak/169979/5 "2003-04-21T12:27:50Z")
The really great thing is itā€™s _handmade._ None of those mass-produced animal-skull helmets here! No sirree Bob! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-skull-leather-helmet-gak/169979/6 "2003-04-21T12:28:42Z")
You know? I never liked Rue Royale. Too many shops selling overpriced stuff. ā€œBuy it nowā€ for two-and-a-half kilobucks? I think Iā€™ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-skull-leather-helmet-gak/169979/7 "2003-04-21T13:47:31Z")
Man, that thing is cool looking. Iā€™d wear it. ---
**Author:** ![Kallisti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@Kallisti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallisti)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-skull-leather-helmet-gak/169979/8 "2003-04-21T17:19:01Z")
ā€œHelmet of the Wrathful Petaā€ Causes all animal rights activists within visual range to attack the wearer. +5 vs turning door-to-door evangelists. Aside from the bones issue, it is fine craftsmanship and leather work. ---
**Author:** ![Copper\_moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@Copper\_moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Copper_moon)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-skull-leather-helmet-gak/169979/9 "2003-04-21T17:47:50Z")
This is soooooo cool!! I want it. Even if I only wear it to the grocery store. I bet no one, and I mean NO ONE will say anything when I jump into the express lane with so many items that I canā€™t count. Oh and I can put it on when Iā€™m in a pissy mood at home. The kids and the hubby can stay the hell back. My only problem with the helmet is that the three headed rodent thingy looks like itā€™s humping the head of the helmet wearer. ---
**Author:** ![Zenham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@Zenham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenham)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-skull-leather-helmet-gak/169979/10 "2003-04-21T20:48:35Z")
This reminds me of one of my favorite sites, [http://www.whowouldbuythat.com](http://www.whowouldbuythat.com) ā€¦collected, the worst of auction sites world 'round. ---
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-skull-leather-helmet-gak/169979/11 "2003-04-21T21:05:56Z")
The snouts look too long for cat skulls. Skunk? ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-skull-leather-helmet-gak/169979/12 "2003-04-21T23:36:44Z")
Too bad I have no money with which to buy that thing. Iā€™d like to wear it with a pair of goggles, a fluorescent cape, maybe a bow tie, tight leather pants, and shoes with spurs (or maybe even tassels :p). Too bad I would drown after the ground under my feet melted from my sheer radiant sexiness.