Smoke Showing©
High Quality Leather Firefighter Helmets Repairs and Refurbishing

Now also repairing Cairns and Morning Pride modern and traditional helmets!

Overview

Bob Snavely is an independent service provider and skilled craftsman with experience in repairing and refurbishing leather fire helmets. As a career and volunteer firefighter, he knows what you do – a helmet is more than just gear. It’s a personal symbol of pride and needs to be maintained properly.

About Smoke Showing 

Smoke Showing leather helmet repair started out as a hobby in 1996. I started refurbishing a few of my own leather helmets and then a few for local volunteer fire stations. I worked out of my basement and my father’s garage. I always received complements, so my wife decided a website would be a good idea. Well as the say, the rest is history. Today, Smoke Showing helmet repair refurbs approx. 75 leather helmets for customers and 30 or so that are bought by the business and refurbed and sold per year. We also do smaller repairs like liners, front holders, etc.  I now work out of a larger shop with storage and the latest equipment and tools. I also became certified by Cairns as a repair technician.  As you can see we keep plenty busy. All this is done part time as my regular full time job is a career fireman. My wife, son and father help me out from time to time. My wife does the accounting/book keeping. My son helps with packaging and misc. My father does some of the painting from time to time. I do the disassembly, stripping, repair, cleaning, painting, reflective striping, assembly, emails, and shipping.

I enjoy collecting fire memorabilia, pump primers, baseball, football, hockey, hunting, fishing, camping, country music, rodeos, and most of all my family. Been married to my beautiful and supportive wife for over 13 years. We have a teenage son and a toddler daughter. I have been a volunteer firefighter since 1992 and became a career firefighter in 2004.

Bob Snavely- Owner of Smoke Showing helmet repair

Dirty/worn exterior
Worn/torn helmet liner
Blistering/peeling paint
Damaged leather
Broken and/or missing parts

Replacing bourkes, goggles and faceshields
Replace/clean helmet liners
Replace tetrahedrons
Repair/Replace ratchets
Replace helmet hangers
Replace helmet front holders

For an estimate, please contact us at smokeshowing1@comcast.net.

At Smoke Showing, we are dedicated to providing only the highest quality leather helmet repairs and refurbishing. We use only factory approved materials. All repairs are completed within the guidelines set forth for field repair in NFPA 1851: Standard on Selection, Care and Maintenance of Structural Firefighting Protective Ensembles.

Buying? Selling? We Are!
To sell a helmet, email us a picture and some helmet info and we'll let you know if we are interested. To buy a helmet, please email us with the make/model, size, color and options wanted. Our stock changes often and a list is not currently available.