Hello, I have a tent, found in an old house, it should be an original from the end
War, what are your views please?
Hello, my torso ss dagger, I do not know if the blade is fake?Thank you for your views
Hello, is buckle real? If so in what year? Thank you for your views
Hello, vendor offers NPEA buckle, argues that the original. What are your opinions, thank you very much. Michael
Hi again everyone, here are the pictures of my Bren that I promised :)
In detail is shown a fault that the seller neglected to tell me about, the front tripod locking lever has snapped so that it no longer locks into the body. Not only is this annoying as it keeps dropping down, its pretty sharp as well, I've stabbed myself on it a few times. A glance round e-Bay shows someone selling a lever for the butt stock tripod bracket, and some pretty vague measurements show that it should fit in the front bracket as well, but does anyone have any idea about how to remove that front bracket? Theres a small screw on the inside but I've had showers of tiny pieces before......
P.S. Although not all of these were taken by me they are all of the same Bren :)
Greeting fellas
I found two rounds dated 1915 in a trench that I assume was used in both WW1 and WW2, because In it I also found german rounds, and because the older rounds had an extraction rim, not grove like the WW2 casings.
Specifically the ww1 head stamps read (from the 9 o'clock position clockwise) 19/XI/15/CR (superimposed) and the round themselves have those elongated neck bullets. Who is the manufacturer according to the superimposed CR letters? And am I right in my assumption of a trench seeing two world wars or was this trench perhaps captured from or seeized by WW2 Russian troops using 30 some year old ammo?
hi Guys ,i have ocasion to buy this tropical belt into my collection. But i'm not expert with tropical stuff. What your opinion about this belt?
regards Tomek
Hi, all. I am purchasing the HJ buckle below, which has been posted here previously. This purchase and a recent look at the restoration thread here brought up the consideration of "cleaning-up" buckles.
I realize this is often a contended issue amongst collectors in general and I assume buckle collectors are no exception. I am curious as I haven't heard a lot about "cleaning-up" or restoring within buckle collecting (mostly with daggers so far) and wanted to get a survey of opinions and information/suggestions.
I was thinking that some of my buckles (save the kriegsmetall and stamped zinc M5 buckle I recently picked up) might clean/polish up nicely (particularly steel and brass) but wasn't sure if most even do this to their pieces.
After looking at the restoration thread, I researched the products below and thought some of them might be appropriate were I to want to experiment in cleaning up this new steel HJ I just got.
The products are: Vulpex Liquid Soap, Rennaissance Metal Decorroder, Pre-Lim and of course, Renaissance Wax.
Does anyone have thoughts on or experience with these products with regard to your buckles? I'm taking pride in my growing collection and, as are most I assume, am interested in making them look as good as possible and protecting them, without doing damage or taking away value.
In addition to these possible products, I thought the necessary tools might just be a very soft, gently used toothbrush and a soft buffing/polishing cloth to apply the RenWax as the final step. What do you guys, think?
I really appreciate any and all opions and information...thanks!
Best,
Adam
