Vagabond Dandy Repro

This guy makes some excellent hand made repro stuff and fantasy pieces. A fantaasy piece being something made from real era material and looks like it could very well have been something made at the time but wasn’t. Anyway, his special talent is in repro boonies and CISO packs. The CISO pack is an ultraContinue reading “Vagabond Dandy Repro”

Jump Boot Break In.

I bought these babies waaaaaaay back in 2001. I had bought a pair of the Corcoran Black Jump boots and when working at a gun store that was also a but of a sporting good store that would sell boots and hunting clothing. I stumbled across the black ones in the catalog of one ofContinue reading “Jump Boot Break In.”

M1 Helmet Myth

Going back to WW2 some how a myth got started that if you buckled your chin strap and an explosion went off close to you, the concussion would be caught under the helmet and like a parachute, it would catch it and break your neck or rip your head off. This myth last at leastContinue reading “M1 Helmet Myth”

BEOGAM Uniform Review

The day I have been waiting for arrived. The Beogam ( pronounced bell-gum) uniform from my friends at ARVNuniforms arrived last week. Beogam is the Viet word for Leopard. You can see the conclusion from the spot like pattern of the camo. Another term for this is ” duck hunter” camo. Since it is aContinue reading “BEOGAM Uniform Review”