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Another newbie with questions
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Sarge.
I think I only have one thing from Desert Storm and the Liberation of Kuwait, but it is a rather nice green water bottle with its carry straps. On the television I saw many of the side of the highway at that place where all the cars, trucks, and tanks were abandoned and set on fire. It was given to me by a guy who was in the Pathfinder Regiment, part of the UK Paratroopers. He gave me lot of stuff including United States issue mosquito repellant in a small green tube. He said it was good stuff!
I think I only have one thing from Desert Storm and the Liberation of Kuwait, but it is a rather nice green water bottle with its carry straps. On the television I saw many of the side of the highway at that place where all the cars, trucks, and tanks were abandoned and set on fire. It was given to me by a guy who was in the Pathfinder Regiment, part of the UK Paratroopers. He gave me lot of stuff including United States issue mosquito repellant in a small green tube. He said it was good stuff!
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Steve Poll said:
I have 3 kukris, one is a gift from a major in the Ghurkas who carried it in French Indo-China during WW11, one is a very old silver hilted kuk of really good quality and one is brand new of good quality. They are all in store, and I can't wait to see if the newest one is an HI kuk. It was purchased by the major on a trip to Nepal and given to the major's gardener. I purchased it from him. That kuk is shown in picture 1. The Japanese surrender Katana is from the major, as it the rusty scabbard officers sword standing up on the left of picture two. I have the major's fathers sword too and authentication paperwork from Wilkinson Sword. His father was awarded the V.C. Since then, I have a HI kuk by Bura and a karda purchased via Bladeforums.
Some of my collection is shown here below, but I kept the good stuff upstairs away from the wall which attracted moisture when the tumble dryer was running. There is quite a bit of stuff behind the television. The wall is 3 feet thick and a watermill at my Inn in Cornwall, UK. It lent itself well for display. Apart from that, there was stuff in drawers, in my office and all over the place. Getting it in all one place to document, clean and wrap was interesting.
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Dear Andrew Taylor,
Thank you for sharing your collection with all. It's always nice to see what others collect. I am a brand new collector. I started at my wifes suggestion in late April of this year. I'm up to 71 blades,but I still have no direction. I have 20 something folders,20 something fixed blades, a few custom made,a few neckers and a host of automatics. I don't know yet what I really want to focus on.
I bought a HI Kukkuri on E-Bay from a Fomumite last month, my first.
I was and still am amazed that this beauty was once the leaf spring on some ratty broken down truck in Nepal.
This is a gorgeous piece of work by Kami Amtrak. I am afraid to ues it as it was intended though. It's so beautiful I don't want to scratch the mirror finish,or God forbid chip it somehow. So it sits in a lighted cabinet and I walk by it and smile a couple times a day.I hope I find my direction soon. I vasalate so much I even bother myself. Thanks again Andrew. Very nice to see.
Peace. http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j157/daddy_juggalo/ my mess.
Thank you for sharing your collection with all. It's always nice to see what others collect. I am a brand new collector. I started at my wifes suggestion in late April of this year. I'm up to 71 blades,but I still have no direction. I have 20 something folders,20 something fixed blades, a few custom made,a few neckers and a host of automatics. I don't know yet what I really want to focus on.
I bought a HI Kukkuri on E-Bay from a Fomumite last month, my first.
I was and still am amazed that this beauty was once the leaf spring on some ratty broken down truck in Nepal.
This is a gorgeous piece of work by Kami Amtrak. I am afraid to ues it as it was intended though. It's so beautiful I don't want to scratch the mirror finish,or God forbid chip it somehow. So it sits in a lighted cabinet and I walk by it and smile a couple times a day.I hope I find my direction soon. I vasalate so much I even bother myself. Thanks again Andrew. Very nice to see.
Peace. http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j157/daddy_juggalo/ my mess.
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Welcome PoP,
Run. Run away. Flee, flee, get thee elsewhere....go now before you fall ....
oh dear. It may be too late.
Khuks is to be used. Read the safety thread first, then take that sucker out and womp on some branches, brush, and bits of board. You will fall in love. Steel is harder than wood. You can clean it up.
Have fun.
Run. Run away. Flee, flee, get thee elsewhere....go now before you fall ....
oh dear. It may be too late.
Khuks is to be used. Read the safety thread first, then take that sucker out and womp on some branches, brush, and bits of board. You will fall in love. Steel is harder than wood. You can clean it up.
Have fun.
I was and still am amazed that this beauty was once the leaf spring on some ratty broken down truck in Nepal. I am afraid to ues it as it was intended though. It's so beautiful I don't want to scratch the mirror finish,or God forbid chip it somehow. So it sits in a lighted cabinet and I walk by it and smile a couple times a day.I hope I find my direction soon.>>>>>>>> Prince of Peace
You know, that leaf spring may have been on the much loved tangerine orange porsche too....
I do think once you use it you'll know the blade better and have a lot of
F U N
Welcome,
munk
You know, that leaf spring may have been on the much loved tangerine orange porsche too....
I do think once you use it you'll know the blade better and have a lot of
F U N
Welcome,
munk
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Prince of Peace
You have a nice collection that is really nicely displayed. Thank you for posting the pictures.
You have a nice collection that is really nicely displayed. Thank you for posting the pictures.
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I have one bayonet as well, Munk.
An M5-1 Garand bayonet made by J&D Tool Co. It has been owned by my Dad for as long as I can remember and desprately needs a rebuild. I aquired an M14 hilt from a demill that lets me see what pins go where and will provide needed parts and grips. I just need to find someone compatent to redo it. Repin and solder for the hilt. No refinish is planned at all.
I'd sharpen that Khuk and see what it can do. It might surprise you.
An M5-1 Garand bayonet made by J&D Tool Co. It has been owned by my Dad for as long as I can remember and desprately needs a rebuild. I aquired an M14 hilt from a demill that lets me see what pins go where and will provide needed parts and grips. I just need to find someone compatent to redo it. Repin and solder for the hilt. No refinish is planned at all.
I'd sharpen that Khuk and see what it can do. It might surprise you.
PZ93C,
My M14 bayonet was advertised as being an extra from the military contract to the US government. It was from a prestigious German outfit. When it arrived the only thing on it identifying it from the firm was the cellophane wrapper it came in. I have a geniune Eikhorn bag. When I put it on my M1A, it rattled at the end of the barrel. Hey, look at me, I'm a-wiggling all over the battlefield. I wrote the company and asked if this amount of loose fit, about a 1/4" if I remember right, was normal. They never even wrote back. I noticed almost all their stuff was restricted to LE or the military. I'm talking about a bracket made to hold the M16 attached to a vehicle could not be sold to us civilians. Our M16's are doomed to ride lose in the Cab, I guess.
Anyway, I cut a piece of leather, put in the trench type slot of the bayonet and that tightened it up. The way the blade was put together, I think they used the same part for several different bayonets and if the M14 was loose so what?
When I dress the rifle up, I mean with the bayonet, 20 rd mag, 'official telescoping bipod', and even the side scope mount if I want, it looks pretty formidable. That is my only complete rig.
munk
My M14 bayonet was advertised as being an extra from the military contract to the US government. It was from a prestigious German outfit. When it arrived the only thing on it identifying it from the firm was the cellophane wrapper it came in. I have a geniune Eikhorn bag. When I put it on my M1A, it rattled at the end of the barrel. Hey, look at me, I'm a-wiggling all over the battlefield. I wrote the company and asked if this amount of loose fit, about a 1/4" if I remember right, was normal. They never even wrote back. I noticed almost all their stuff was restricted to LE or the military. I'm talking about a bracket made to hold the M16 attached to a vehicle could not be sold to us civilians. Our M16's are doomed to ride lose in the Cab, I guess.
Anyway, I cut a piece of leather, put in the trench type slot of the bayonet and that tightened it up. The way the blade was put together, I think they used the same part for several different bayonets and if the M14 was loose so what?
When I dress the rifle up, I mean with the bayonet, 20 rd mag, 'official telescoping bipod', and even the side scope mount if I want, it looks pretty formidable. That is my only complete rig.
munk
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Steve Poll said:
No Steve, but I did bid on a beauty from ebay when I was in England. It even had a tassle of hair and beads on the hilt. I think it went for the equivalent of about $500. The closest I have is a brass hilted Kris with a wavy damacus blade. It is in a wooden sheath which is sewn with thread and has a woven dyed jute belt. In this picture, if you follow the electric wire down from the wall outlet, it is the first sword the wire touches. Incidentally, for anyone interested in really old stuff, the little clay oil lamp on the shelf is 6th century A.D. and is Roman. The blue jug is Wedgewood and circa 1850. For those interested in miltaria, the binocular case lying on the carpet are artillery rangefinder binoculars which have graduated reticules when you look through them and have a second world war date.