Remember when steel pots were nearly free?
Then they were really cheap?
Well, they've gone to really fucking expensive.
I just want one for a picture.
Do you have one gathering dust in your attic or garage?
Wanna give or loan it to me?
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I wish now that I had all the things that I used to play with when I was a kid. Steel pot with liner and winter liner, too. Web gear, canvas belt, bayonet and scabbard, shovel and holder, canteen and holder. Everything except the helmet was what we wore (along with regular clothing) when camping. A 7 year old, with shovel, canteen and bayonet. My dad was soooo cool.
ReplyDeleteWe camped in the family tent, a winter alpine model, which my oldest brother still has. In hot weather we camped under a parachute.
And my dad found his flight helmet in a surplus shop, too.
Still kicking myself for not spending money on cheap surplus rifles and gear. Dammit, sooo stupid. Forget killing Hitler or FDR, man, if I had a time machine, go back and buy pre-1968 war surplus. Crates of Garands and carbines, actual mortars and machine guns and cannons and fun stuff.
I'm stealing that mountain of WWI German Maxims I've seen several photos of.
DeleteYup. Everything pre-68, even pre-34. You know, fun stuff. And the ammo to feed it. Maybe build or time transport some of those ammo bunkers from depots onto 'my land' which I will conveniently acquire back in the days and make sure to keep paying taxes and such on. Same 'my land' which will have so much fun room on it.
DeleteThere used to be a lot of great military surplus out there for sale at very reasonable prices. Most of it is gone, replaced with 'military grade' which is commercial gear made to look like military. I don't think I need a steel or ballistic helmet (yet) but you never know what the future will bring. Walking onto a battlefield wearing a bike helmet would be funny though.
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