VorpelSword
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Oh yes, and then there are regrets over other might-have-beens:
As a teenager in the mid 1960s, there was a huge amount of WW-II and Korean War surplus available through th4e mail without any com plications. As a kid, I drooled over ads in Gun World and Guns and Ammo for Egyptian surplus Remington Rolling Block rifles and various Martinis. My folks would have none of it and my income from odd jobs nd such was basically lunch money.
Years later, I saw tree of my dream Rolling Blocks welded together into a standing lamp (nearly cried).
What I could swing though was a knife or two. Got a few and they were nervously tolerated by those who then defined the parameters of my life. Among them was a long WW-I bayonet (M-1909?) and several
GI issue fighting knives, Navy Mk-2 and a shorter bayonet. A bit later came an Airforce Pilots Survival knife as Viet Nam heated up.
Life happens and those knives are long gone. Wish I'd have bought more and kept 'em. Wish I'd been able to pick up a few of the now collectable guns. Who knew? Anyway, back then I couldn't get a loan either. By the time I had matured into a productive adult with a steady job, all that was pretty much over. My life choices had risen to the level of get a Camero or buy a washer and dryer? I still don't have a Camero.
As a teenager in the mid 1960s, there was a huge amount of WW-II and Korean War surplus available through th4e mail without any com plications. As a kid, I drooled over ads in Gun World and Guns and Ammo for Egyptian surplus Remington Rolling Block rifles and various Martinis. My folks would have none of it and my income from odd jobs nd such was basically lunch money.
Years later, I saw tree of my dream Rolling Blocks welded together into a standing lamp (nearly cried).
What I could swing though was a knife or two. Got a few and they were nervously tolerated by those who then defined the parameters of my life. Among them was a long WW-I bayonet (M-1909?) and several
GI issue fighting knives, Navy Mk-2 and a shorter bayonet. A bit later came an Airforce Pilots Survival knife as Viet Nam heated up.
Life happens and those knives are long gone. Wish I'd have bought more and kept 'em. Wish I'd been able to pick up a few of the now collectable guns. Who knew? Anyway, back then I couldn't get a loan either. By the time I had matured into a productive adult with a steady job, all that was pretty much over. My life choices had risen to the level of get a Camero or buy a washer and dryer? I still don't have a Camero.
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