C tip sling on Ebay

[Harlan (Deceased)]

Sorry about that John. You'll just have to make due with a sling that looks like it's been around for along, long time and won't be able to get a minty new one to attach to your 60 year old carbines.

The stockpile of the rare, WWII vintage slings "just discovered in like new condition in a warehouse" with the original and even more rare 'Made in China' labels will sell out now before you can buy one.
"China was our ally in WWII so they must have been a subcontractor for these slings"

Kidding and jokes aside, there was an eBay seller not long ago who was selling many really bad C-tip slings from a crate of slings he'd procured from China or some other country. He'd convinced himself and many buyers that these new condition 'Vintage' slings were from a WWII contract from an Asian country who was an ally during WWII and helping production!

They were actually 'Vintage early reproductions' and were the worst I had ever seen.
Heck, he may still be selling them on eBay - I need to search a bit to see if he's still selling them.

I think I remember Bill Ricca tried to tell this eBay seller they were poor fakes at the same time I was trying to sincerely tell him history etc of C-tip slings.
The seller told me didn't know what we were talking about.