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But it is also the type/style of whistle use by the RAF for aircrew, that was the point that I was making.

The other style of whistle that you mention, the long thin round type, was used by just...

As I understand it not all military aircraft had any form of seat cushion for the pilot or copilot and all there was a metal seat frame with the pilot/copilot sitting on their parachutes which formed...

I wonder if the whistle is intended for aircrew? I know the RAF used similar whistles but I haven't seen anything to confirm that any RAF aircrew issued whistles were US made. Lots of items were made...

The problem will be, if Donald Trump is reelected, is if he "pulls the funding" for Ukraine and the supply of US weapons. This is because the UK, France and Germany will find it very difficult to...

It looks more like deep "turning marks" when it was "parted-off" or "faced-off" in the lathe during manufacture. Caused by an incorrectly set lathe tool or blunt lathe tool or incorrect spindle speed...

I don't know if anyone is interested to see these WW1 food rationing scheme cards which I don't believe that I've shown before online.

I assumed that he was referring to the Lanchester, SMG rather than the MP28, which only had the option of one large mag.

These spent case catchers came on the UK collectors market a couple of years ago and are said to be ex Royal Navy. A number of UK militaria dealers have/had them for sale. As can be seen the...

Because at the time there were a lot of companies in the UK that worked in leather and were equipped to work in leather.

It looks to be in excellent condition, the B29 Doc.

It was only when I tried putting a pair of WW2 headphones in it that I realised that it was "somewhat lacking in height". I then compared it to the other box that I have, pic 2, post 1, and realised...

Today I reduced the glued in wood plugs in the ends, taking them off level and I then sanded them off flush. I had a tiny amount of wood, around 1/16", to take off the bottom of the box to get the...

If memory serves me correctly WWA Ltd had a batch of them, the white webbing frogs, all in new, unissued condition and I believe that is where I got it from a few years ago.

Among the various frogs in my militaria collection I only appear to have 3 British examples in white, i.e. white from manufacture and not blancoed white. Only one of those is in webbing material,...

Just out of interest, what sort of speed did you run that keyway cutter at, post 43? It is good that you can machine the welds in the keyways with a "high speed steel" cutter rather than a carbide...

Yep, work isn't like a "custodial prison sentence" that you can't get out of, despite what some people appear to think. After finishing education one isn't "sentenced" to 45 to 50 years of WORK with...

People seem to want everything done as fast as possible nowadays regardless if a totally crap job is the result.

When I started work in the mid 1980's if you produced a totally crap job you were...

Was any form of ear protection common in WW2? I remember a WW2 gunner, long since passed, telling me that he didn't use any and he had very poor hearing later in life as a result.

It could have worked but the reality was that it didn't.

I believe that an uncle of my mother was one of the British soldiers who served at Gallipoli and survived only to be seriously wounded on...

I have abseiled a vertical cliff myself many years ago but I couldn't quite work out what was going on here. If the photo has been flipped over it helps explain it.

One does hear of it regarding couples who have been together for a long time.

But are they attached to the rope with some sort of harness and something like a Carabiner?

I've not shown these items online before but considering their rarity I thought that some forum members here may be interested to see them. These items formed part of my grandfather's gas...

You could melt it down, allow it to cool and then, perhaps, have some justification in calling it a "billet of steel".

You need to be sure to stay the right side of the law both in the US and the UK in this situation.