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The antique shops I hit are mostly co-ops meaning they have hundreds of different dealers in the building so finding the actual seller at any given time to make a deal is difficult. Not saying it...

Closest I've been is Saudi Arabia. Not my favorite place.

It does, older machete style. But the lettering in parallel is what makes it post Vietnam. It's a nice piece, I may end up getting it anyway but then again, if it isn't military issue, not...

Probably China and North Korea for some time now. Russia was broke for a long period.

The good news with this is that they supposedly shot down 99% of the attack. Makes you wonder why the Russians are having so much difficulty. It seems apparent that their technology is NOT as good...

Flea market offered a couple of items this morning. 1945 dated 1936 musette bag, US. made by "THE WER" MFG CO which is the best I can come up with from what I can see wet or dry. Issued to...

I spotted this knife at an antique shop this morning and my first inclination was to just buy it but looking at Ontario's website, the asking price is about what they want for new items of this type...

Second wave hit an Israeli airbase in the Negev desert. No word on casualties but heavy damage to the base. Israel vows to reply in kind. Not looking good.

First wave has apparently hit with minimal damage. Drones could take 9 hours to get there. The US and Jordan have already been identified as shooting down drones. Israels Iron Dome taking out...

Massive drone swarm with cruise missiles supposedly on it's way from Iran to Israel. Drones have proven to be rather difficult to deal with, at least by the Russians. Will our tech do any better?
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While most everyone knows what the Ruptured Duck is, an honorable discharge pin for WWII service, this served the same purpose for US Navy Reserve personnel. First one I've ever seen, found in a box...

I have heard of them. Thought about getting one a couple of times but never have. I have several boxes of Czech flares somewhere. I just realized I have no idea where they are but suspect they are...

Newest addition to my flare gun collection. These were used by the USAAF and may have been used by the British as well. I've seen some comments to that effect but have no actual proof. They...

Fun Fact: That Collins and Co Hartford logo was made with the same dies they used during the Civil War to stamp swords. They sat in storage for all the years in between and were used on these...

eBay purchase. I've seen a few of these come up before but never this cheap and they say they go for hundreds, so I watched it and sniped it for $135.

Big heavy blade similar in thickness to the...

Got an answer back from Naval and Military Press this morning. They apologized for sending the wrong book, initially sent me a link to send the wrong one back but soon realized I'm in the US and...

Antique shops today and a true surplus store. Ingersoll Products canteen cup made between 1965 and 1967 as these were the three years they were contracted for and there is no date stamp. Picked...

LOL, it is a giant ruptured duck and I never made the connection before you said that. To explain what this is for non-US members, in the US, veterans have flags placed on their graves and these are...

Nothing military today but a few military related items I couldn't pass up. The first is a Marx Toy helmet, likely from the 30's. They apparently made these as early as WWI time frame but the...

I have been organizing the three rooms that contain the majority of my books and was just thinking the other evening how nice it would be to sit down and actually read some of them. I just got two...

Bright light is a symptom of both the virtuous and retinal detachment. I have it sometimes to the extreme right of my right eye. Just started with the rest of this mess. I can see to do things...

Had a bit of a medial scare yesterday and today. After we ate our Easter dinner, I was getting ready to take some things to the recycling center and I noticed a "hair" above and to the right of my...

It looks Soviet. Look for ink stamped markings on the inside. Locations vary so look carefully all over. Usually a square or rectangle with dates and things inside. They are sometimes hard to...

I have proven myself to be wrong and forgetful. After yesterday's purchase of the large medical chests, I spent part of the afternoon taking things out of large plastic storage bins and putting them...

I have never seen them. I've seen ashtrays made out of the cut down bases of shells and have two of those but never seen a cap before. Possibly because our ammunition was different from yours?