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CapnMac said:
Some decent KABAR/USN Mk II in thre, and the hilt of at least on USN Mk I that I can see.
USN Mk I in leather are going for $40-60 on eBay; the Mk II with leather sheaths vary; KBAR still brings the best price. Call it $60-75 each. (Yeah, yeah, I know, I know, no time for anything else BTDT)
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Here’s a closeup of the knives in the box.
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The KBAR on the left is an old friend that traveled the world with me and a trusted friend in combat.
The one in the middle came from a Vietnam Vet. The one on the right I picked up at a Pawn Shop without a sheath. The sheath is a USMC surplus.
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The M1 Carbine bayonet is a repro. Knife in the middle is a KABAR, and a S&W on the end.
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These were hand made in a small village in the Philippines near Red Beach. Traded a blue bath towel for them in 1983. 12B33F56-EB41-49CD-B153-5D39E4F97993.jpeg
 
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Gunny, you're absolutely cracking me up now ... I've never shared my internet gunboard stuff with my current wife, but I'm gonna show her this thread so she cannot EVER again keep nagging me about the state of my "man-cave," my garage and my shop ... You are fast becoming my hero!
 
I didn’t get any cleaning done after work today, but I did finish trimming out the top of the front wall. I just used some old weathered wood. I may hang a rifle or two up there one day.
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GunnyUSMC said:
Good answer, but wrong. It’s for a Mannlicher Schoenauer.
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Glad to be in the ball park at least as the Berthier does use a variant of the Mannlicher clip feeding system.

I have never seen a true 1903 Greek Mannlicher Schoenauer milsurp in person other than the later really expensive sporter Mannlicher actions in the display cases at high end gunshops. Have seen a few odd stripped actions here and there but not the same and darned difficult to get parts to restore.

What do I get as a consolation prize for playing?
 
boom boom said:
Glad to be in the ball park at least as the Berthier does use a variant of the Mannlicher clip feeding system.

I have never seen a true 1903 Greek Mannlicher Schoenauer milsurp in person other than the later really expensive sporter Mannlicher actions in the display cases at high end gunshops. Have seen a few odd stripped actions here and there but not the same and darned difficult to get parts to restore.

What do I get as a consolation prize for playing?
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Just pick out any item you see and I will send you some sawdust.
 
I used to be into model railroading and had to clean out the house of a friend that passed away. He was into it from 1935 through 1990. I loaded up boxes, took them home, and sorted the stuff there. I found an old glass Skippy peanut butter jar full of dead bees. I never found out why.........
 
Guitarmike said:
I used to be into model railroading and had to clean out the house of a friend that passed away. He was into it from 1935 through 1990. I loaded up boxes, took them home, and sorted the stuff there. I found an old glass Skippy peanut butter jar full of dead bees. I never found out why.........
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If you have a bee trap such as for carpenter bees, you need dead bees to seed it initially. Could also have been from capturing dead bees in such a trap--a lot of the home made ones used things like peanut butter jars to capture them and it never got tossed.
 
NIGHTLORD40K said:
No snark buuuuuuut.....the 1903 M/S used a rotary mag.
So maybe a "Participant" ribbon anyway, lol!
:neener::rofl::thumbup:
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It is better to have competed and lost and received sawdust than to have never.. . . .aw shucks. Can't spin this one.
Gunny and Nightlord40k, best make my ribbon award out as "special" participant. :(
 
MachIVshooter said:
everything has it's place, all machines are cleaned after use (maybe the next morning if it was a really late night). I can tell you exactly where any tool or part is, and I've had many people jokingly ask if I actually fix or make anything in there.

Takes far less time to put things away as you're done with them than to have to search through piles of other things when you need it later.
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Sounds familiar.
 
Guitarmike said:
I used to be into model railroading and had to clean out the house of a friend that passed away. He was into it from 1935 through 1990. I loaded up boxes, took them home, and sorted the stuff there. I found an old glass Skippy peanut butter jar full of dead bees. I never found out why.........
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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

I haven't laughed this hard while reading a thread for quite awhile!
GunnyUSMC said:
This is what happens when there are no women living in a house for 14 years.
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Funny thing is my home was neat and organized UNTIL I met a woman.

She leaves a path of destruction everywhere she goes. It's unbelievable.

I tell her to stay away from my gun room unless I go with her. :thumbup:
 
I started today when I got home from work. Found a box on the floor by my reloading bench full of ammo. Had about 200 rounds of old duty ammo, 9mm Gold Dot. There was also some 40, 45, 380, 38 spl, 32 S&W, 5.56, 7.62x39, all in ziplock bags. I was sorting it when my son came home and had to stop to help him with something.
I guess I’ll try to get back at it tomorrow.
 
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