I was aware that the man loved War Dogs and was an expert in that area.    Any man that loved dogs as he did should have a blessed eternity.     Condolences to his family and friends.  

Im in the phoenix area so it would be a long drive, but might be able to

Hey all, to start, over the years I’ve tried to come up with many, many different ways to create an accurate Fiber liner. Or at least one that looks fairly close. Mainly for use in reenacting and displays, but still keeps the right look. I’ve tried making cardboard compression molds, I’ve tried paper mache, I’ve tried cardboard pulp, I’ve tried 3D printing, everything. But making it how everyone else makes it IE (using a post war high pressure mold and making a mock up). And today I finally gave up trying to make one how it should be and resorted to creating a mock up. So today I brainstormed the process and came up with a full proof plan. I got this post war Norwegian liner that is plastic with mostly accurate cotton webbing and I started fiddling with it. My idea for the brim was to cut a large electrical board and epoxy it to the brim which is what I started doing. After it’s firmly in place I plan to wrap the bin thickly in white masking tape to give I the paper look for when it inevitably wears down along the brim. After that I plan to find an accurate fabric and somehow get that completely confirmed with no fold to the liner from there I will tack in mock rivets above the old ones under the fabric since I don’t have money to buy the tools to take them out and remove them through the fabric. After that I will paint the inside to correct green and create an accurate fiber liner stamp for the side. Then for the weebizbh depending on what version I do I will bleach and dye the webbing to correct shade and create a mostly accurate sweat band from the existing one which is fairly close to the originals. Then I need to buy/ replicate a liner chinstaro and voila a semi accurate mostly working fiber liner. Here are some pictures below of the current prices. Stay tuned for more! 

This is absolutely shocking. Eric was a true asset to this forum, and I enjoyed many conversations with him related to USMC collectibles. I know he suffered the loss of his father about 6 years ago, who was a true pillar in the Marine Corps collecting community in his own right. I am deeply saddened to hear this news. RIP. 

That’s horrible I’m so sorry to hear this.  He was always a go to for WWI USMC discussions.  God bless him I’m so sorry to hear this.

I’m sad to hear this. Thank you Eric for your contributions to the hobby and to our dear four legged friends.  mikie

I just emailed with him fairly recently, this is shocking.   My thoughts and prayers are with his family.

Sad news indeed. He was a wealth of knowledge and Truley loved all things Marine dogs. RIP Ken

Sad to hear, never got to interact with him, but always enjoyed reading about the stuff he wrote about war dogs and there roles.

I recently picked up a 1943 Winchester M1 Carbine that appears to be all original save for the stock, the stock is a Springfield Armory potbelly stock, any ideas on the value or how a gun with complete internals got put in an after war stock without getting the other standard updates?