Brig Posted August 7, 2011 Share #1 Posted August 7, 2011 Can someone explain to me why these brought 504 bucks on eBay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted August 7, 2011 Author Share #2 Posted August 7, 2011 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted August 7, 2011 Share #3 Posted August 7, 2011 The USMC Nylon 1970 Buttpack is very rare, and this one is mint. About the same price the last mint one sold for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted August 7, 2011 Share #4 Posted August 7, 2011 The nylon version is super rare and brings that type price. Before you head out to buy all of the nylon butt packs you see be aware of exactly what this one looks like. The later Training Pack in nylon is a copy of this one but not exact and with a much later date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted August 7, 2011 Share #5 Posted August 7, 2011 Yeah Brig... Call it crazy, insane, madness... but VN dated nylon buttpacks are incredibly rare and always fetch that area of price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share #6 Posted August 8, 2011 not much of a follower of Vietnam stuff...wow, learn something new everyday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted August 8, 2011 Share #7 Posted August 8, 2011 not much of a follower of Vietnam stuff...wow, learn something new everyday There's also a set of nylon suspenders out there that will run $500 or so if you can find them. :w00t: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted August 8, 2011 Share #8 Posted August 8, 2011 I have 2 sets of the suspenders in new condition. I was offered $750 for a set of those a couple of years ago. I was in a store when a case of those suspenders were opened back in the late 70's. There were about 500 sets in the box. I only bought 2 sets because they were priced about $18 a set which was high at the time. If I had only had vision I would have bought the whole box. The store was the Marine Shop at Quantico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchangelDM Posted August 8, 2011 Share #9 Posted August 8, 2011 Wow just goes to show there are still some very rare pieces still available. Still shocked at the butt pack price wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X_redcatcher Posted August 8, 2011 Share #10 Posted August 8, 2011 m67 first aid pouch with a plastic snap is also a little hard to get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevelUK Posted August 8, 2011 Share #11 Posted August 8, 2011 And can I find a 1980s nylon butt pack with a mint liner? Unless any of you guys can help? Or for that matter a v.good OD 1980s Parka Wet Weather? Brig - which suspenders? Do you mean the nylon version of the M1956? I picked up a set still tied with string for less than £10 in the UK last year and I saw another set for around the same price this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted August 8, 2011 Share #12 Posted August 8, 2011 The rare suspenders is the M1967 USMC version. They vary from the Army M1967 suspenders. The only M1956 nylon suspenders I have seen are repros. All the ones I have seen were made n Korea. Here is the USMC version we are discussing, Note the quick release buckles on both sides. This is what they look like attached to the USMC lower M67 pack with the sleep gear carrier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted August 8, 2011 Share #13 Posted August 8, 2011 This is the USMC M1967 upper pack with the suspenders attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted August 8, 2011 Share #14 Posted August 8, 2011 You can read through these threadsto see more on the USMC M1967 gear or you can do a search just using M1967 and find many more threads that cover both Army and USMC versions. Also do a search for XM1964 to see the experimental USMC version that lead to their final M1967 version. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...23&hl=M1967 http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...56&hl=M1967 http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...25&hl=M1967 http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...96&hl=M1967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtmonroe Posted August 8, 2011 Share #15 Posted August 8, 2011 Here is an image I posted to a different thread showing a Marine using the FY1970 contract M-1967 field pack in Norway in 1989. It is immediately distinguishable from the later "training" field packs by the attachment eyelets (instead of the later D-rings on the "training" field packs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted August 8, 2011 Share #16 Posted August 8, 2011 There's also a set of nylon suspenders out there that will run $500 or so if you can find them. :w00t: USMC or Army nylon H suspenders go for that price ? I must have somewhere the USMC version and they are ready to go to a better home for $500 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted August 8, 2011 Share #17 Posted August 8, 2011 USMC or Army nylon H suspenders go for that price ? I must have somewhere the USMC version and they are ready to go to a better home for $500 ! They're the ones in post #12 I've only seen 2 sets, one of the 2 is in post #12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkdriver Posted August 8, 2011 Share #18 Posted August 8, 2011 I have the butt back, back pack, just missing the suspenders. I'm thinking that I'm going to have to hold off on the $700 price for suspenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted August 8, 2011 Share #19 Posted August 8, 2011 They're the ones in post #12 I've only seen 2 sets, one of the 2 is in post #12 Justin, is the other set you saw the ones on Vietnam.com? If so then you have only seen one set because those are my pics too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted August 9, 2011 Share #20 Posted August 9, 2011 Justin, is the other set you saw the ones on Vietnam.com? If so then you have only seen one set because those are my pics too. No, a few years ago there was a set on eBay they sold for over $500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborne1968 Posted August 14, 2011 Share #21 Posted August 14, 2011 Justin, is the other set you saw the ones on Vietnam.com? If so then you have only seen one set because those are my pics too. I have a set of the suspenders with the quick release on the front. I always wondered about them. I picked them up in Puerto Rico in 2000. They were being sold at a road side "flea market" forlack of a better word. I thought they were just a variant of the M1967 nylon suspenders with the hooks on the shoulders. BTW, I also have the pack (sold three of these in the past), the elusive butt pack (sol 1 in the past that was really beat up), and the plastic snap first aid ( Had 2 at one time) and a lot of canteen covers. I have more of the canteen covers. I'll pull them out and post pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted August 14, 2011 Share #22 Posted August 14, 2011 The plastic snap nylon canteen covers are easy to find. The plasic snap nylon first aid pouches aren't that hard to find either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborne1968 Posted August 15, 2011 Share #23 Posted August 15, 2011 I beg to differ on the plastic snap first aid pouches. I have literally looked at 10,000 pouches and have only found 3 of these pouches. When they are selling at $50 a pouch that means they re not that easy to find. I agree on the plastic canteen covers, they are easy to find and I pass on them all the time. It explains why they sell for about $10 on a good day. So, here are the elusive quick release suspenders. I thought I had sold them about 4 years ago when I was debating on whether or not to keep them. They are in better shape than I remembered. I also found my nylon M41 (aka M67) pack. It's funny because I've been looking for an inexpensive canvas one for a long time but found this one right away. more to follow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborne1968 Posted August 15, 2011 Share #24 Posted August 15, 2011 I also found a nylon duffle bag also 68 dated. I thought this was one of those Chinese bags but then I noticed the stamp on the inside. I found this one at a flea market in Hawaii. Is this part of the M67 gear or more for the USMC gear? I can only assume it couldn't support the weight of items like a canvas duffle bag could and it was not adapted for mass use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborne1968 Posted August 15, 2011 Share #25 Posted August 15, 2011 Before I get carried away. Here is the pack and the field pack (aka butt pack; a little beat up but much better than the other one that I have with holes and burn marks that sold for $55 in 2001) for the quick release suspenders. When I was in Ft Lewis a lot of this M67 gear was coming out of the CIF and many of the Soldiers in my platoon had it until they began issuing MOLLE to replace the MLCE gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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