Rakkasan187 Posted March 18, 2016 Share #76 Posted March 18, 2016 Owen, A very impressive tour inside rag mills.. Thank you for sharing the pictures. This is quite interesting. Glad to see that you were able to find some nice treasures.. Leigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share #77 Posted March 18, 2016 Just pulled this out this this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share #78 Posted March 18, 2016 Lots of pretty patches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kammo-man Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share #80 Posted March 18, 2016 Just stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kammo-man Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share #84 Posted March 18, 2016 A nice mint 48 parka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kammo-man Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share #87 Posted March 18, 2016 Endless piles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BILL THE PATCH Posted March 18, 2016 Share #89 Posted March 18, 2016 I so green with envy I look like a freaking shamrock. I cannot believe your still pulling ww2 items from there. I would be like a kid in a never-ending candy store. Good for you. Please keep showing pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share #90 Posted March 18, 2016 pppo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sgt. BARney Posted March 18, 2016 Share #92 Posted March 18, 2016 Wow - just Wow! So for this newbie, where does this volume and variety of stuff come from, and how does it end up there? Government surplus auctions? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted March 18, 2016 Share #93 Posted March 18, 2016 Sorting through it all must be like a sweat shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintageproductions Posted March 19, 2016 Share #94 Posted March 19, 2016 Wow - just Wow! So for this newbie, where does this volume and variety of stuff come from, and how does it end up there? Government surplus auctions? Thanks! Thrift Shops selling in mass quantity, by the ton, to rag mills to process, sort and eventually shred to make industrial wiping cloths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted March 19, 2016 Share #95 Posted March 19, 2016 I cringed when I read shred. What a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_bish Posted March 19, 2016 Share #96 Posted March 19, 2016 nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. BARney Posted March 19, 2016 Share #97 Posted March 19, 2016 Thanks for the info vintagepro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintageproductions Posted March 19, 2016 Share #98 Posted March 19, 2016 I've seen many cool Vietnam pieces that had been shredded and were being sent off to process. If you can get in a bigger mill, be prepared to walk on egg shells and spend a lot of money on stuff you don't really want, just to get your foot in the door. I used to buy 10,000 pounds of military rag, every three weeks, We would then have to have it delivered to my warehouse and hope to hell no one had picked any of it. I can tell you glory stories about finding re-enforced jump sets, badged out tiger stripes and exposed button shirts, lots of rare foreign camo, WWII US & German items, etc. But I can also tell you horror stories of getting 9,000 pounds of dress uniforms, torn up blankets, roached out bdu's, etc. The worse was a small load, it was 3,390 pounds of military rag. It was all current USAF enlisted dress jackets, with all the buttons removed and the chevrons cut in half. We just took the fork lift and pushed it all into a dumpster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted March 19, 2016 Share #99 Posted March 19, 2016 I've seen many cool Vietnam pieces that had been shredded and were being sent off to process. If you can get in a bigger mill, be prepared to walk on egg shells and spend a lot of money on stuff you don't really want, just to get your foot in the door. I used to buy 10,000 pounds of military rag, every three weeks, We would then have to have it delivered to my warehouse and hope to hell no one had picked any of it. I can tell you glory stories about finding re-enforced jump sets, badged out tiger stripes and exposed button shirts, lots of rare foreign camo, WWII US & German items, etc. But I can also tell you horror stories of getting 9,000 pounds of dress uniforms, torn up blankets, roached out bdu's, etc. The worse was a small load, it was 3,390 pounds of military rag. It was all current USAF enlisted dress jackets, with all the buttons removed and the chevrons cut in half. We just took the fork lift and pushed it all into a dumpster. Call me crazy, but that sounds like it would be fun in a work your butt off to find the prize way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swmdo Posted March 19, 2016 Share #100 Posted March 19, 2016 These places sound mythical but it must be great just having that ability to get in there after building the working relationship. In the big scheme of things you prob save .000001% of what goes in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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