Advice for beginner !

hi pat, i bought a pair from sof 4 years ago and iam still wearing them.

riz

thanks Riz for your post.

SOF M43 Buckle Boots ordered ! Hope they will fit...

Received the boots today and they fit ! Now have to dub them. the only thing I found at the supermarket is a Kiwi stuff for sport shoes (but not for nubbuck as mentioned on the tin). It's clear colored. Should that be ok or do I have to find something else ?

thanks again for your help !

PS : busy reading field manuals to act a bit as a GI for fort Amherst...

Pat, you really want to try and get some Dubbin. I seem to remember Stock Ardennes in Belgium had a lot of this stuff available, but it was almost like a chocolate mousse consistency. Try here:
http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/shop/outdoor-footwear/footwear-accessories/dubbin-50ml-390204.html

Cheers,
Ben.

Thanks ! Will get 2 tins of Grafters dubbin (neutral).

cheers
Pat

Edit : dubbin is not expensive but £14 for shipping is outragous... will have to find another solution. I'll try to find some in France.

hi pat, the boots i got were fairly light colour and first i covered them in brown boot polish which darkened them up, ive seen later sof boots which are darker and may just need dubbing.

riz

Yeah, that's a good point actually Riz! You might want to use some polish on them first, Pat. Of course you could always go with the stuff the GIs used; axle grease!

Cheers,
Ben.

Pat wrote:Received the boots today and they fit ! Now have to dub them. the only thing I found at the supermarket is a Kiwi stuff for sport shoes (but not for nubbuck as mentioned on the tin). It's clear colored. Should that be ok or do I have to find something else ?

thanks again for your help !

PS : busy reading field manuals to act a bit as a GI for fort Amherst...

Pat I use the KIWI dubbin for football boots and its fine, darkens the boots up no problem. AND its cheap....

Plus if worst comes to worst just wait until you get here and we can dubbin your boots at the event, sort of a FNG thing...

Opening up this post again for Andy and anyone else looking to join up with GI 44-45 in the new year, it's a good example of where to start with your impression etc.

I made it a sticky..

Thanks Paul.

By the way, can someone advice me on where to get a good 82nd AB patch ?

Cheers

Pat

Pat wrote:Thanks Paul.

By the way, can someone advice me on where to get a good 82nd AB patch ?

Cheers

Pat

I think Service of Supply do them?

Any other advice ? Service of supply don't seem to sell them; I find SOF ones like good (although I've never seen an original one)

In fairness I think the SOF ones are pretty good, they should be as I think they are selling for £8 or so.

The best 82d patches I've seen were from Andrew Butler in Sainte-Mere:
http://www.6thjune1944.com/

Thanks,
Ben.

Thanks for your answers mates, I think I'm going to go for an A. Butler repro : it seems to be more accurate and from better fabric although a bit more expensive than others (but better to go first for quality).

Cheers

Pat

Pat wrote:Thanks for your answers mates, I think I'm going to go for an A. Butler repro : it seems to be more accurate and from better fabric although a bit more expensive than others (but better to go first for quality).

Cheers

Pat

Quality saves you money in the long run Pat!

Glad I could help, Pat

Pat wrote:Thanks for your answers mates, I think I'm going to go for an A. Butler repro : it seems to be more accurate and from better fabric although a bit more expensive than others (but better to go first for quality).

Cheers

Pat

whilst you are there pick me up another empty 10 in 1 crate with outer sleave. They are only about 90 euros....






















..........kidding

hahaha

look at what Paratroopers has just brought in :

http://www.paratrooper.fr/fr/pages/catalogue.aspx?cf=82&p=2

Pages 1 to 4 (and the others of course !!)

Cheers

Pat

Nice items, but some of his prices never fail to amaze me!

Cheers,
Ben.

yeah most of his stuff is really tooo expensive although theses crates seem in really good shape (specially for cardboard) for their age.

Cheers

Pat link does not seem to work...

Fixed it !
sorry (after a day spent in front of a screen, i do weird things sometimes lol !!)