Recent content by curlycarroll

Hi Ron, I doubt if I'll find a good 1918 sling for it but I have a few new WW2 dated examples which are the same (save for the date...) the earliest dated sling I have is from 1936 and that will do. Funnily enough, I bought a superb 1907 patt. bayonet for the rifle over seven years ago on eBay...

Hi Ronny, very nice rifles and I'm sure the wings are 100% correct and genuine. It's a funny thing but it has taken me over seven years to find an all-matching WW1 period SMLE in the kind of condition that I wanted. Sure there are still hundreds of mismatched and beaten up examples with oil...

Hi Ronny, superb photos, thanks for the gen. on how to post photos too. I love your Gew98, they are hard to find in good condition now, is your No.4 British or Canadian? It looks very nice indeed. Apart from the the odd pickelhaube the only thing I collect now are Enfields but I have almost...

Yes, that's quite true, there is a saying over here: "When I die, never let my wife sell my collection for how much she thinks I paid for it!" I'm not 100% certain how to post photos on this site so here is a link to some of my collections past and present, including a couple of shots of the...

Hi Ronny, I found the collecting of WW2 RAF flying gear very addictive (like all collecting I suppose) however, I was lucky enough to start collecting it when it was still fairly easy to find and generally inexpensive, not the case now. I started when I was a kid back in the late 1960's, in...

Hi Ronny, Sorry for the delayed reply, I only check this site every now and again, I know so little about pickelhaubes I don't dare to post anything about those (although, like you I have a couple of examples that I am very proud of, including a Prussian Beamte helmet like yours and a Bavarian...

These look fine to me, I've had a few pairs in the same if not better condition. Curly