Looks great! The salty shell and band really help bring it to life!

Post WWII knife and sheath Ken . 

My dad told me the ramp weight of the A7 was about 19,000 pounds and it could carry its own weight - about 19,000 pounds in Ordnance.  Compare that to a B17 in 1942 that carried less!

Thanks, OD! 

Hello,   please any thoughts from you about this C-1 Emergency Vest?  Aside for the striking look of contrasting colours, pockets vs. vest's body, could there be anything uncorrect (or strangely modified) in this specimen? Label reading 33038-AC-5415 gives the maker Aircraft Appliance Corp. a contract-winning date of October 1944, when the two main breast pockets were strictly in slanted position (and with a single large button for closure), yet this specimen looks like having the original ones getting removed and replaced by the later ones.   The very strong contrast of colours also is so much evident but, I cannot speak more not having much competence. The very light hue of vest's body could speak for much fading?, yet if so the AAF emblem should show much more fading as well instead of an usually dark blue. Anyway just speculations, thanx very much in advance for any tips.  Franco.   https://www.dandbmilitaria.com/ww2-us-airforce-type-c-1-emergency-sustenance-vest-117-uf

Wow!  That is really nice!  Well done!   OD

The early seamless tubing that the magazines were made from was used up by April 1912 and Colt could not obtain the same material to make them. The new material proved difficult to manufacture because of a higher carbon content steel with cracks starting in the corners at the rear of the lips. After much experimentation, it was found that a hole could be punched and a saw cut made to allow the lips to flex just enough to prevent cracks from developing.  This same material was subsequently discontinued in 1913.       Steve

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If I encounter an authentic VN-era1st Mar Div lighter in my travels on and offline I can message you via the USMF. Are you after a Zippo or a Japanese-made example? There are two Korean War 1st Mar Div Japanese-made lighters currently on Ebay. Way overpriced in the $700.-$800. range. 

> As specifically and repeatedly articulated in the Declaration and Constitution, in this democratic republic it was and is the states to decide all non-federal matters. Slavery remained a state matter since federal authorities could not abolish it. The Virginian Lee family had long been prominently influential in establishing what became the Union. When Virginia decided to withdraw from it, so did Lee, who (btw) earlier on had been sent to Harper's Ferry by the federal government to lead their forces in successfully  putting down the John Brown insurrection. America still struggles with balancing what the Constitution actually says, versus what people want it to say. A General like Grant could not have lost our 2nd civil war, and one like Lee could not have won it. They both knew this all along.