The woodstove in the Russian pic is the same as mine which I have always understood to be Swedish: Link The woodstove/oven in the Brit pic looks a little homemade. I can't see any Sgt Major allowing hole spacing like that. Interesting to see a modern volcano kettle behind the oven (too shiny and dent free to be an old Sirram, probably a Kelly).
It might well be a Swedish stove that the lads thought looked the part?! I dont think they are to bothered about authenticity when it comes to getting some hot food. Interesting though.
Yes yes, but has no one thought about the dreadful waste of frying bacon then NOT eating it just because it was fried on a shovel? Just decretely sand the upper of the trenching tool beforehand so you have a nice clean surface to work with. Bacon should NEVER be wasted! Nice '42, there is a scene in Enemy At The Gates when the Russians are charging the german lines and from memory there are 2 different MG's firing at the poor buggers. One goes chuggachugga, the other sounds like run away rivet gun. I'm guessing '34 and '42? Norinco offer a .22 replica of the Kar'98, I thought hard about getting one, but being cack handed as I am, I opted for the semi instead.
NZMike, nice! I miss my Mauser 8mms! I had to let them go a couple of years ago, along with my Swiss K31's
If that norinco is anywhere near as accurate as the original models i'd dang sure like to have one. I had a friend who had an original Mauser .22 from the Spandau factory. That rifle would drive tacks at 150 yards. I watched him write his name with it at 100 yds. lance
That has occurred to me and it does distress me. However, not being too sure of the contents of the paint of the shovel has me a little nervous. And telling my employer that I'm sick for eating bacon I cooked off the back of a shovel when I wasn't starving, lost, or in any other dire circumstance might be kinda strange . . .
I believe that the Irish labourers that worked on the canals and railways in Britain in the 1800's used to use their shovels to cook on, so what you need is a shovel that is well used IE all of the paint removed and then polished up with sand or like as though it was used all day every day then you will be fine.
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Good pic! The startup flames always look wicked in still pics. At least, I hope that was a startup flame.LOL! Love the red/brown jump boots. Do you use Kiwi Cordovan on them? Mike
Can anyone tell if the eyebrows are still there? If I recall correctly this has the same style burner as my AGMco 523. I find it far less cantankerous and temperamental than my M1950. Are those arms at you feet a Tommy gun, M1 Garand and Browning 30cal? Sweet! Looks like you had a great weekend! AR
AR, if it's not a Coleman, it's an M1942 2 burner. Kinda like the Milspec lanterns are only 252s if Coleman made em. Just sayin. Are you preheating them? Some folks(not me) just go with it. It'll eventually settle down regardless. I think they just like the fire show. A good preheat does WONDERS. Mike
Yeah, it was the startup and eyebrows are still in place! On the jump boots: it's funny, but I'm in a discussion on another forum about the right polish for boots actually. I'm finding that "Army brown" is more of a russet than your standard Kiwi brown so what I've been doing lately is a coat or two of brown polish and then one of cordovan and it gives a fairly convincing russet look. AR: Good spot! Between the three of us that weekend we had 2 M1 rifles, 1 M1A1 carbine, 1 M1A1 Thompson, 1 1911 pistol, 1 1919 Browning light machine gun, and a bazooka. And then there's the paratrooper switchblades and trench knives. Lots of fun toys besides the stove.
Up until a just few years ago at least, they were still selling cordovan at the Army Clothing Sales store. Some of those cans were OLD. With the military going to suede boots, I wouldn't invest in any shoe polish companies. Mike
