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I used to go out with a really nice girl called Jean Strong in the early 70's or so and was at her house in Southampton chattering away to her dad one summer evening and saw in his garage/shed a whole shelf full of these No8 boxes. I'm not joking, about 30 of them............ All khaki painted and most stripped of the internals. I told him I recognised them and he told me that he worked at Bellings and they all used them for their odds and sods at home. His were full of nuts, bolts, screws etc etc.......................
Jeeeeees, what price are they?
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DPL,
I sold one today for 300 pounds: How many did you say there were in that garage!?!?
ATB
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So, anyone know where to get a carry strap for this thing?
Cheers!
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Go to your local saddler. The buckle is a standard horse-harness offering.
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Carrying Strap
What are the correct dimensiones (length) for the strap?
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there is a reproduction one for sale on ebay.co.uk
i have dealt with this saddler before and his work is top notch!
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Moore Leather
jon Moore's stuff is top notch - been abusing mine for 8 years now - still as strong as leather :)
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The question regarding the scope box straps was interesting because when I was writing the little sniper rifle book, I went to see Cooke and Perkins and learned that they had been contracted to make the eye caps and scope box slings......... which they were unable to do but out sourced the operation. Due to difficulty in finding the required length of sling (I told them that we just cut them short anyway, but contracts are contracts.......) they obtained a relaxation in standards and were permitted to supply a two part sling sewn together. There were pages of conditions as you can imagine. They also made other precision parts such as cell housings.
One of the ladies doing the work, an ex Shadwell out-worker/piece worker, provided and was paid for, some exact specification requirement leather in the form of 1" wide lengths of leather of the exact thickness to fit the telescope box loops. This they used. 3 lengths (?) to make two new, acceptable and to spec box slings. During my visit I took a few of the slings and have had them ever since.
The question is this. Can anyone identify exactly what the 'slings' were originally used for. The ende are pretty well clearly shown but........ They are all between 42 and 43" long, 1" wide and approx .125" thick. Anyone out there identify the 'slings' Your sewn two-part sling was very probably made from these!
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Thank you Peter for this helpful info.
The strap should be a two piece construction and the total length about 84 to 86". Is the buckle blued or white?
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Now I'm confused. The photos Peter posted don't bear any resemblance to the reproduction scope tin straps at the link Colonel Blimp provided.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...tinstrap-1.jpg