Original K-rations are expensive, especially if you want a full set of three boxes. Good quality reproductions are widely available, but on display with original ration items, they don’t look quite as good anymore. Here’s how to ‘age’ your repro … Continue reading →
Just got this Griswold jump bag from SOF Military. They have been announcing it since their no.? re-enactor catalog, along with some other new paratrooper items, but the release date was pushed back several times. Given that an original first … Continue reading →
After drooling on it for months, I decided to finally buy this reproduction T5 parachute. Jump-master44, an eBay seller in France sells them exclusively and you can choose between a harness in white or OD green webbing. I got the … Continue reading →
I added a Taylor new in the box, the post-war Superior Magnetos, a Waltham wrist compass and the repro compass on the paratrooper mannequin newly added to the WWII hall of the Army Museum in Brussels. Full article…
Continue reading →I now own several different leg straps for the scabbard of the M3 knife (either M6 of M8 types). The shortest one in this picture is a replica for certain. The two other ones are supposed to be authentic. They … Continue reading →