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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

^^You were right on point about the water damaging the mask. The discoloration that can also be seen on that mask (such as the nose) was also by accident, as the special effects team tried to cover up scuffs and marks from the previous film with white paint that didn't quite match up. While it didn't do a good job covering up those scuffs, the off colored paint did give the mask a really unique, to hell and back, beat up look.

Fun fact about the mask from Part 4, it received a rather large crack on the eye just below the axe wound from the scene in which Trish hits Jason in the face with the hammer as he is trying to grab Tommy. While it's never been confirmed, it's possible that the mask broke during the scene and was re-glued back together, as the crack is very noticeable during the outtakes/deleted scenes in which Jason's mask is knocked from his face to the floor in the final battle.

Because of the immense damage this one and only mask took during the filming, it ended up being recasted from the original mold for Jason's brief hallucination scenes in part 5. Because it was a cast though of the original mask, it was missing the cheek buttons/snaps. The recast of that mask was also imperfect, but it laid the foundation for what would become Jason's iconic part 6 mask, as it featured the full triangle chevron in the center, no cheek chevrons, no cheek buttons, and a flatter and more broad surface. The straps were also riveted from the inside, not the outside, with screws instead of buttons, giving the mask a different, more armored, look.

The original stunt mask from parts 3, and 4, (which was recast for part 5) somehow ended up in the personal collection of Dick Warlock, a stuntman most famous for playing Michael Myers in Halloween 2, who was also a stunt co-coordinator in part 5. The mask was later sold by Warlock to a fan, where the fan has locked it away in a vault ever since. Thankfully, the mold for it still exists, and was picked up and recast by a number of different professional hockey mask makers for fans to purchase and create their own takes on it.

So cool! Yeah I read up on this a little bit. Dick Warlock is the man! I like his Halloween appearances a little better though.
The mold you are referring to is offered on Frightstuff.com I believe. I actually have one of those masks, which are signed on the inside. My brother custom painted it for me in the part 3 look and gave me one for my birthday years ago. Such a cool mask, and very light weight.
Thanks for the great info dude!