What exactly is that smell?

[Aragorn243]

Got your attention I see.

What is it about military stuff that simply stinks? It seems to be unique to military stuff also. With canvas, it's that slightly off mold smell and with metal it's.......well.....hard to describe but you recognize it immediately even after not smelling it for years, decades even and it doesn't come off your hands. I'm speculating either the paint or lubricants even though the item I was messing with was dry as a bone. I've washed my hands three times now and can still smell it after only messing with a training mine for about 20 minutes.

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