Real military surplus

[DeathGrip]

Where's a good place to find good surplus items?

I tried to find a belt at my local Army/Navy but all Surplus Sam had was thin military knock offs from the pacific rim. The crud they sell there is thinner and doesn't lock in to the buckle.

Any thing to rip off the public and save a penny seems to be the way these days.

Just looking for a uniform style belt.

 

[Llando88]

I miss good old surplus stores.

As a kid in Germany, my dad would take me to the local places sometimes around K Town.

I still remember using that Army tent and sleeping bag I had in Scouts - but ugh - the smell lol.

Plus K rations (or were they C rations?) with that little can opener thingy. I never got the hang of that thing.

 

[DeathGrip]

I miss good old surplus stores.

As a kid in Germany, my dad would take me to the local places sometimes around K Town.

I still remember using that Army tent and sleeping bag I had in Scouts - but ugh - the smell lol.

Plus K rations (or were they C rations?) with that little can opener thingy. I never got the hang of that thing.

That smell you remember now smells like Chinese junk.

That old army tent of Dads sure smelled for sure.

C rations required a p 38 to open. If you had a K-Bar you didn't need a P 38.

 

[Mydogmax]

Lost my P-38 many years ago, still have my K-Bar.

 

[tops]

Lost my P-38 many years ago, still have my K-Bar.

When I was a kid (50s) I had a knife that looked kinda like that but the sheath was plastic and the belt loop was webbing. I remember falling one day and cracked the sheath. I don't have any idea what happened to it. Larry

 

[Frank46]

Still have a couple P38's from my navy days. And always keep one in my wallet. You just never know. Frank

 

[rwsmith]

Green

Green canvas and green steel. Rubberized material. Ultra heavy-duty. Stencil lettering. Drilled out artillery shells. And that smell.

 

[rwsmith]

All true survivalists

Still have a couple P38's from my navy days. And always keep one in my wallet. You just never know. Frank

All true survivalists have a P-38 or two.

 

[the ringo kid]

Lost my P-38 many years ago, still have my K-Bar.

My Dad had some kind of a Marines? issued fighting or trench knife he somehow got in WWII. Im guessing he either traded for it or won it in a gambling game (craps?) he started in the Latrine. I remember we used that sucker for all kinds of stuff. One of my older brothers lost it somewhere.

I was given a P-38 about a year ago. Never have used one before--I tried it on a large can of Bushs baked beans--and ruined it. It was made of cheap metal.

PS, by the way, that game he started in the latrine--allegedly lasted a week.

 

[Mydogmax]

If you look real close, you can see it strapped on my left side.

 

[bgrone]

Milsurp

Mills Fleet Farm has a milsurp section here.

Jim in Iowa

 

[bobelk99]

Lost my P-38 many years ago, still have my K-Bar.

Wanna sell the Kabar? My son would love it.

[Serious question.]

 

[Mydogmax]

Wanna sell the Kabar? My son would love it.

[Serious question.]

Thanks, but no. It's the only thing I brought home, other than myself.

 

[bobelk99]

Thanks, but no. It's the only thing I brought home, other than myself.

Thanks for going!

Lost my dad's in a fire. In addition to the sentimental value, his knife would hold an edge as well as anything this side of a Randall.

 

[DeathGrip]

Mills Fleet Farm has a milsurp section here.

Jim in Iowa

Huh? Where? Gotta link?

Thanks,

Edit to add......Found it, They don't have what I need but plenty I want.

 

[tomf52]

Canal St in NYC in the mid fifties. Wall to wall mil surpplus. Boought tons of stuff there.

 

[BearBio]

Might try advertising 0on the CMP forum

 

[Knigge]

You can find some surplus here
Clothing - Military Surplus and New - Keepshooting®

 

[DeathGrip]

You can find some surplus here
Clothing - Military Surplus and New - Keepshooting®

I just might order that Italian Army belt. It looks like it hasn't been thinned like the junk they sell at Surplus Sams.

Thanks,

 

[THE PILGRIM]

You only get a lot of real military surplus when the military goes through a rapid expansion and then a reduction.
Or- just join up and bring some home. I still have the aircrew saw back knife that I flew with in SEA.