Just wonder if anyone is going tomorrow, I finish early so will be there around 1030 till closing, depending on the weather, but looks ok so far.
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Just wonder if anyone is going tomorrow, I finish early so will be there around 1030 till closing, depending on the weather, but looks ok so far.
I'm with you in spirit.
Will get there about 11am along with Dave T.
ATB
If you want to meet up for a pint, give me a bell 07966493625Quote:
Originally Posted by Roger Payne
Got there around 1045, seemed quiet compared to the last time but it was the frist day, bumped into Roger and Dave, for a quick chat, (you have to be quick) you just dont have enough time to explore all the stands, I covered most but its the litle ones that can have the most treasures.
There was a few bargins to be had, bought a few things to trade.
some of the prices below that stuck out.
Bren mags (new) £3.50
Repro No32 scopes (seen a few) cheapest I seen was £380, and scope pads £32 a set.
1907 bayonets, a Vickers £100 and a Mole £85 the bayonets would of cleaned up but they needed the correct scabbards.
World wide arms had some nice Lewis Guns, think they were £3450 bit out of my price range:lol:
I seen the best looking Wilkinson 1907 bayonet I have ever seen, it had the wrong scabbard but the bayonet was mint, price was way over the top, Even though I,m reducing my collection to unit marked only, I was still tempted but resisted in the end.
The rain was just starting around 1500 and most stalls started to put the rain sheets over, so I decided to call it a day and headed off to get the bus to the station. I had to leave as I was meeting up with Wheaty for a Pint in London.
(good to see you again Wheaty, next time I,ll have a pram with me)
Thanks Geoff,
It was nice to see you. There was certainly plenty of stuff there. If you wanted to make up a repro No4 T there was everything there apart from the rifle. Dave is pretty handy with woodworking & he was impressed with the repro No15 chests at 175 pounds. I deliberated over a nice hooked quillon SMLE bayonet for 250. It wasn't outrageous but I passed in the end as I was only looking to buy to sell on & I thought it may be difficult to make anything much on it. One thing I was pleased to find was a nice RSA No53 for 60 quid. So there's another No32 Mk2 or 3 saved from oblivion. Oddly enough I bought it off a friend who now lives in France in one of our neghbouring villages on The Somme. Small world......
We just about got round it all by 5.15 & then retired for a pint & a steak before a long & tedious journey back up the motorway to Brum.
ATB
I spent the week there "working" with one of the traders, (The one with the No15 chests), there did not apear to be as many enfield/bren colectors this year,and alot less fools!!!!!! (the trader I was staying with still had a pucker L42 magazine at the end of the show and nobody had shown any interest).
I managed to sell things I had been carrying for a few years (WW1 browning ammo boxes, and a modern American vehicle night sight)
there were many many bren magazines at low low prices walking past one stall I saw a Mk1 mag on top of a pile covered in thick grease... that one cost me £3.00 but there were no more in that box...
I also found a couple of L1A1 slr arctic slings, and on sunday as I was walking to my car I talked myself into 2 sets of repo pads and mounts for the No4 (t) that cost me £210
all in all a good show (apart from the ablutions) as both a seller and a buyer
Not a vintage Beltring this year as I was only there for one day and in a bit of rush. But I did get the following:
Early DPM Sniper Smock: £45
Unissued P1944 right hand pouch: £10
Unissued P1958 left and right pouches + grade 1 belt: £15
Israeli copy Mills No.36 grenade: £15
Dug relic WWI Stokes mortar bomb: £25 (restoration project)
Desert DPM Boonie hat: £7 (present for son)
Pair of unissued size long P1937 cross-straps: £5
Unissued 1940 dated P1937 Bren supplementary pouches and strap set: £6
Unusually no gun stuff for me. I have a long term aim to put together complete sets of P37, P44 and P58 webbing.
I guess I did OK !!! I got a small cache of scope box slings, all new and unused, as well as some cadet sights for 12 quid each (assorted target). A L42 mag, a RARE Browning belt loader and a couple of Vickers funnels and sight as well as some other exotic bits and bobs that I would have probably missed but not for a chum who spied them and has NO interest in them at all. Also got some 32 mount parts handed to me, so that was a real plus.....
Must try and remember what else, but it was a GOOD trip.