Kilroy Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 Wow, very nice. A V42 has been on my wants and desires list for a while. I’ve seen a couple for sale at prices that are rivaling some M2 carbine machine guns. I can’t justify the price at that. I hope one day I get lucky. I just picked up an OSS stiletto. My secondary collecting habit is combat knives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffen Und Bier Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 I have a WW2 US and German fighting knife, but an original honest to goodness British fighting knive has always escaped me. Not collecting anymore, but a friend who was clearing out a friend's estate gave me this. 1976 NATO marked. And it matches my contemporary DPM jacket. One of my favorite years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffen Und Bier Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 Speaking of contemporary...and commandos...met these two gents late 1980's/early 1990's and they were kind enough to sign a poster which stayed in my office until I retired. Now it adorns my home pub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitfighter Posted October 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 Jim C - I probably should have posted in the photograhy section - TBH I wasn't familiar with that section. Kilroy - The OSS stiletto is a nice one, with spatula scabbard, a worthy piece for any collection - just be careful of that point it is fragile. Waffen und Bier - My personal preference is for wartime (WWII) FS - but the NATO marked knives are becoming collectable in their own right now. Great signed photo from the Iranian Embassy Siege, that's history there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim c 351 Posted October 31, 2020 Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 pitfighter,Its not to late.Jim C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted October 31, 2020 Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 (edited) Speaking of contemporary...and commandos...met these two gents late 1980's/early 1990's and they were kind enough to sign a poster which stayed in my office until I retired. Now it adorns my home pub. Between 1999 and 2001, I had the pleasure of working on the Haliburton security team in Algiers, during a period of high Islamic insurgency in Algeria and was one of two guys on that team, who were not SAS veterans. One of the team leaders participated in Operation Nimrod and he told us lot of tales, off the record, about that operation over the years, great guys and intersting times. In 2000, while working on that team, we were also responsible to the security of your former Vice President Dick Cheney, during a visit to Algiers, when he was still the CEO of Halliburton. That was just prior to the announcement that he was running with George W. Bush, as Vice President. Edited October 31, 2020 by rpbcps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffen Und Bier Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) Picked this up at a local militaria show this past weekend. It will display nicely with my SMLE, STEn and Thompson and soon a couple of 1940 Matchless bikes....and maybe someday a jeep. Edited January 14, 2021 by Waffen Und Bier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitfighter Posted January 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 WAFFEN - Nice find, great piece of history - has that LRDG vibe going. I had a '43 jeep that had been converted to LRDG style, loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndArmored Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 WAFFEN - Nice find, great piece of history - has that LRDG vibe going. I had a '43 jeep that had been converted to LRDG style, loved it. Daaaaaaad!!!!! We were playing hopscotch!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wv1928 Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 WOW ! AGREAT COLLECTION YOU HAVE. THANKS FOR SHARING IT WITH US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player_To_Be_Named Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 Speaking of contemporary...and commandos...met these two gents late 1980's/early 1990's and they were kind enough to sign a poster which stayed in my office until I retired. Now it adorns my home pub.LOVE it - I have an Operation Nimrod poster too - but not signed by Phil Singleton:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitfighter Posted January 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2021 WAFFEN - Nice find, great piece of history - has that LRDG vibe going. I had a '43 jeep that had been converted to LRDG style, loved it. Daaaaaaad!!!!! We were playing hopscotch!!!!! You know it!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffen Und Bier Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 Awesome jeep. Maybe someday for me. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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