Hey all you WWII types

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:20 pm

I might be in the market for 1, 2 or maybe even three of the following (any combination)

leather Henry Martini British .303 bandolier
leather Lee Metford (Boer War era) British .303 bandolier
leather Lee Enfield British .303 bandolier 1903

or patterns for any of the above
I do not need them in perfect condition
in fact used/weathered is preferred

Again, I'm just looking right now but I figured with so many of you lot here on the AA it might be the best place to start looking.

Pipe up if you might be able to assist!

Thanks!

AlvarGuerrero · Post by **AlvarGuerrero** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:34 pm

Jawa?

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:36 pm

Tusken

nakos · Post by **nakos** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:41 pm

Halvgrimr,

Try hitting the Calonlist and ask Angus. He does WWI but he might still be able to help you.

Nakos

Primvs Pavlvs · Post by **Primvs Pavlvs** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:30 pm

Star wars nerds have really driven the price up on these in the past few years. Checkout www.whatpriceglory.com

Klaus the Red · Post by **Klaus the Red** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:47 pm

Let me bounce this over to my friend the Enfield collector and see if he has any extras he'd be willing to part with.

PartsAndTechnical · Post by **PartsAndTechnical** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:56 pm

Primvs Pavlvs wrote:Star wars nerds have really driven the price up on these in the past few years. Checkout www.whatpriceglory.com

We make high end repro star wars costumes, yet prefer avoid destroying original antiques; an accurate reproduction is just as good. Yet many costuming fans with more appreciation for sci fi

and less appreciation for historic preservation have destroyed a lot of the surviving vintage antiques. Shame.

PartsAndTechnical · Post by **PartsAndTechnical** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:02 pm

http://www.tk1336.com/jawa.html

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:40 pm

Thanks Paul

Parts, yeah Id rather have the patterns to make my own anyway (like Paul said, the prices I have found are pretty pricey for a kit I might wear a few days a year anyway)

Out of curiosity Parts, what would you charge to repro a set?

CT03 · Post by **CT03** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:18 am

http://onlinemilitaria.net/shopdisplayp ... t=WWI+LIST

Primvs Pavlvs · Post by **Primvs Pavlvs** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 8:47 am

CT03 thats What Price Glory :wink:

Robb,

I am going to a WW1 event next weekend; I will keep my eyes out for what you need. We could always make a pattern from a cheap original.

About 8 years ago, I stumbled across a stash of the bandoliers in the UK. I bought them for around $15 or $20 bucks. I threw them up on Ebay as Star Wars bandoliers, I tripled, and even quadrupled my investment. The same thing with the British gasmask bags...used to buy them for less than $10 and sell them as Indiana Jones musettes. I have had them sell for over $100 to dorks.

If you look at the saddlebags on the creatures the Sandpeople are riding, they are Model-34 German tornisters. In the scene in The New Hope, where the irritating kid is racing around the track, and the Sandpeople are shooting and yelling at him.....my friend looks over at me and says...Earnhart Fans LOL!

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 8:56 am

Primvs Pavlvs wrote:CT03 thats What Price Glory

Robb,

I am going to a WW1 event next weekend; I will keep my eyes out for what you need. We could always make a pattern from a cheap original.

Yeah, looking at it all last night I am fairly sure I can repro them with no trouble really but if I can find them cheap enough (I have found one for $9 and am watching it) I will buy them to save the time:)

About 8 years ago, I stumbled across a stash of the bandoliers in the UK. I bought them for around $15 or $20 bucks. I threw them up on Ebay as Star Wars bandoliers, I tripled, and even quadrupled my investment.

Yeah, except for the real cheap one I haven't found any for less than about $90

The same thing with the British gasmask bags...used to buy them for less than $10 and sell them as Indiana Jones musettes. I have had them sell for over $100 to dorks.

What the hell is a musette?

In the scene in The New Hope, where the irritating kid is racing around the track, and the Sandpeople are shooting and yelling at him.....my friend looks over at me and says...Earnhart Fans LOL!

Hehe, just last night I got all excited and started a Tusken Raider (Sand People) rifle replica:)

Klaus the Red · Post by **Klaus the Red** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:07 am

In the scene in The New Hope, where the irritating kid is racing around the track, and the Sandpeople are shooting and yelling at him

That's "The Phantom Menace," the one that started the ruination of the saga. "A New Hope" is the retitled original film.

Klaus, lapsed nerd

Primvs Pavlvs · Post by **Primvs Pavlvs** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:30 am

Klaus the Red wrote:
In the scene in The New Hope, where the irritating kid is racing around the track, and the Sandpeople are shooting and yelling at him

That's "The Phantom Menace," the one that started the ruination of the saga. "A New Hope" is the retitled original film.

Klaus, lapsed nerd

Oppss! Sorry, I have never been a big Star Wars fan.

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:56 pm

Also, if any of you have one of these and would just be willing to give me some measurements I would be just as grateful.

PartsAndTechnical · Post by **PartsAndTechnical** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 6:40 pm

Halvgrimr wrote:Thanks Paul

Parts, yeah Id rather have the patterns to make my own anyway (like Paul said, the prices I have found are pretty pricey for a kit I might wear a few days a year anyway)

Out of curiosity Parts, what would you charge to repro a set?

We are really trying to keep to Darth Vader, Boba Fett and Jango Fett oriented parts. Some talk of a superior clone trooper suit, beyond that basic leather found items are not something we can compete with really. Only the custom things like Solo or Fett holsters, Vader belts and such.

Biggest problem with SW or sci-fi costumes is that they are so detail-demanding that it can also be very time consuming; moreso than historical pieces that allow for some latitude in accuracy.

Klaus the Red · Post by **Klaus the Red** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 2:33 pm

My buddy recommended the following site:

http://www.ima-usa.com/index.php/cPath/ ... 7fd0770905

Scroll down the list for original and repro pattern-03 bandoliers. They also do a repro Boer War bandolier:

http://www.ima-usa.com/product_info.php ... ucts_id/89

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:54 am

I got started on my repro last week

As of last night this is where the build stands

Original

I cut out the leather using a shoulder of light brown leather I had laying around

I traced out the pattern, cut them out, riveted them together, soaked the pouches for a few hours, stuffed them with old Wal-Mart bags, and am letting them dry out

They are still a bit damp but have hardened a little and darkened alot.

As soon as they are completely dry I plan to redo the entire process a couple times.

I also plan to 'weather' them a bit between each cycle
I am thinking that since the originals seem alot flatter than mine (so far) that I might cut out some pine wedges and let them dry around them next time instead of just the packed in plastic bags.