Quote Originally Posted by Mk VII View Post
Other people have reported having to bootpolish it black.
Our own guys of The Queen's Own Rifles had to webbo and boot polish their '51 pattern webbing until they were issued the "New" '64 pattern stuff. Then we were still issued the '37 pattern rifle slings through the '70s also until the C7 rifle issue mid '80s. The slings were black or tan or even blue toned...but we didn't care. I don't recall any special markings regarding this threads direction.