post your mkVII's here!

Indiana Cromeens · Post by **Indiana Cromeens** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:50 pm

Alright let's see them boys, show us distressed dirty bags, here's mine
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a204/ ... ns/bag.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a204/ ... gun002.jpg

Indiana Williams · Post by **Indiana Williams** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:00 pm

heres mine, its not distressed but its a MkVII

its a WPG with a T.A.G strap.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/ ... CF0055.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/ ... CF0056.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/ ... CF0057.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/ ... CF0052.jpg
- Joe

IndianaRedmon · Post by **IndianaRedmon** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:16 pm

Here's mine with some of my other gear.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a214/ ... 0_0544.gif

HigHurtenflurst · Post by **HigHurtenflurst** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:14 pm

Here's my Todd's Costume's bag, (New "authentic" strap from Todd's shortly to arrive!) lovingly distressed with bleach and a great big hammer:

Indiana Cromeens · Post by **Indiana Cromeens** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:39 pm

I like the color you got on yours indiana redmon, yours too mr. hurtenflurst

IndianaRedmon · Post by **IndianaRedmon** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:47 pm

Thanks, the mark VII is a 1942 Whiteley's I got from SOF a few months back when they were selling some extremely dirty used bags. (It's got the black line) What you see is the results after two machine washings. It held up fine and travels with me everywhere now.

Don't Call Me Junior · Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:57 am

HigHurtenflurst-
I must say you did an AWESOME job distressing that bag. It looks more beat up than my original MkVII!

Texas Raider · Post by **Texas Raider** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:56 am

I'd have to agree on that one! I thought it was an original!

Good show!

have a nice day!

ob1al · Post by **ob1al** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:06 am

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:13 am

very nice leather strap ob1

Scandinavia Jones · Post by **Scandinavia Jones** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:26 am

Swindy should post a 13Gb thumbnail gallery of his bag collection soon... (checks watch)

While we wait for the King of Mk VII to show us his stuff, here are my modest contributions:

Mk VI

Mk VII

WPG and MK VI

Texas Raider · Post by **Texas Raider** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:21 am

Scandy, where'd ya get that peppered canvas MKVI? I used to have one like that, I sold it on ebay a long time ago.

have a nice day.

Post by **Ken** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:22 am

Ken

Floribama Steve · Post by **Floribama Steve** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:22 am

Here's mine. It's an authentic bag from WPG with a deluxe strap from Todd's Costumes.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b31/m ... G_1335.jpg

Scandinavia Jones · Post by **Scandinavia Jones** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:23 pm

Texas Raider wrote:Scandy, where'd ya get that peppered canvas MKVI? I used to have one like that, I sold it on ebay a long time ago.

I bought it last year on eBay, from a UK seller, IIRC.

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 5:54 am

My W&G MKVI now in bastoon's hands

My first MKVII (sold aswell)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/e ... ashed1.jpg

Curiously i don't have pics of my actual MKVII... mmh i should take some

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:01 pm

Scandinavia Jones wrote:Swindy should post a 13Gb thumbnail gallery of his bag collection soon... (checks watch)

They aren't that many, really. Though there are rumors of my gruesome near-death event under a pile of certain bag receipts...

Anyhow, here they are;
2 G. & S. Ltd. bags, one of them mint (the star of the pocket making tutorial) and the other one the first genuine Mk VII of mine... with a stripe on it.
LINK 1
LINK 2
*Edit - URL probably too long to make an image, links posted instead.

2 and 3 are Canadian bags, number 1 is the striped one mentioned earlier. (A friend of mine is now holding on to number 3.)

The final one is an R.M.A. 1942 bag with now fixed holes in the front. (Very thin fabric and the "floppiest" I've handled yet.)

A redyed WPG replica with snaps replaced, now in the hands of another friend of mine;

I also own a Mk VI with a busted, but fixed in a modern way, snap.

So.. That's 4 Mk VII bags that I currently have. Still looking for a mint one with Newey snaps, the desert version, an Australian one, and Indian one and... See, there's no end to it. I just haven't gotten around to it lately.

Regards,
Swindiana (Cheers to SJ for the nice comment)

Indiana Cromeens · Post by **Indiana Cromeens** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:32 am

i hearby declare swindiana the master of the mk VII. right on man!

Lukmas · Post by **Lukmas** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:41 pm

You call those distressed, you have not seen anything yet! I got my bag given to me and i love how it looks like it has been on many adventures!

Ill post a close up soon! (Camera currently busted!)

Regards
Luke

Scandinavia Jones · Post by **Scandinavia Jones** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:50 pm

Hey, Lukmas' last pic reminded me of my striped MkVII I got from SoF! I don't even know where it is right now... in order to get rid of that cursed stripe, did some heinous experiments involving a lot of chemicals... stripe disappeared and re-emerged in a mysterious, almost magical way.

Anyway, seeing that pic brought it all back... that old bag of mine looks just as cruddy - sorry, distressed - as Luke's prime specimen!

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:15 am

Indiana Cromeens wrote:i hearby declare swindiana the master of the mk VII. right on man!

Thanks buddy!

Regards,
Swindiana

FloatinJoe · Post by **FloatinJoe** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:30 am

ob1al,

That is a nice strap. Where did you get it?

Mike

Prof. Ed · Post by **Prof. Ed** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:13 pm

I have an original Mark vll from 1942. It say RMA inside. I purchased mine in 1971. I don't have the heart to remove the original canvas strap.
I purchased one from WPG and the leather strap smelled so bad, I had to immerse it in a bath of odor remover for 24 hours. It still smelled after all this.
It has been a year now and the strap has finally lost the horrorific odor. How do you rationalize removing the strap off a prized bag? I've had mine for over 30 years.

Post by **Michaelson** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:29 pm

You don't. You either retire it up or display it with your collection, then order a reproduction What Price Glory bag with leather strap and wear IT instead.

Regards! Michaelson

IllinoisJones · Post by **IllinoisJones** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:33 pm

Prof. Ed wrote:I have an original Mark vll from 1942. It say RMA inside. I purchases mine in 1971. I don't have the heart to remove the original canvas strap.
I purchased one from WPG and the leather strap smelled so bad, I had to immerse it in a bath of odor remover for 24 hours. It still smelled after all this.
It has been a year now and the strap has finally lost the horrorific odor. How do you rationalize removing the strap off a prized bag? I've had mine for over 30 years.

I can say I had this exact problem, and I sovled it by unstitching the strap so as not to destroy it. It made me feel better about doing th job. Illinois

elodiejones · Post by **elodiejones** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:50 pm

Here is mine, but I must take a better picture...
http://photobucket.com/albums/v18/India ... ap_277.jpg

Pandora · Post by **Pandora** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:33 pm

here is mine, it's a WPG-bag (replica), distressed with a TAG-strap. The snap fasteners have been changed (from those with patterns on to plain ones):

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/ ... 0_1125.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/ ... 0_1124.jpg

The cat is Aimee - she's no Indy-fan...

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:43 pm

I really like the distressing on that one, very natural. And it looks a whole lot better with the other snaps aswell I think.

Regards,
Swindiana

Gater · Post by **Gater** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:57 pm

Bufflehead needs to post pics of his distressed WPG bag, it's quite impressive

Pandora · Post by **Pandora** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:36 pm

thx swindi, I used DanClorix (liquid bleech), abrasive and a wire brush.

Prof. Ed · Post by **Prof. Ed** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:20 pm

elodiejones wrote:Here is mine, but I must take a better picture...
http://photobucket.com/albums/v18/India ... ap_277.jpg

I thought about doing this. You may have given me the inspiration that I needed to defile this thing!:)

Zendragon · Post by **Zendragon** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:56 pm

An old photo of mine, the strap is much darker now and the buckle is much close to the original

Kt Templar · Post by **Kt Templar** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:50 am

Here you go, click fot the big pics!

My Mkvii with a mahogany Lost Ark strap

My Wpg with a dark tan Lost Ark strap

And the 2 Lost Arks with the original WPG strap.

"Strappy does as Strappy-doo's"

elodiejones · Post by **elodiejones** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:00 pm

I make a better picture
http://photobucket.com/albums/v18/India ... ackVII.jpg

Prof. Ed · Post by **Prof. Ed** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:19 pm

Pandora wrote:here is mine, it's a WPG-bag (replica), distressed with a TAG-strap. The snap fasteners have been changed (from those with patterns on to plain ones):

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/ ... 0_1125.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/ ... 0_1124.jpg

The cat is Aimee - she's no Indy-fan...

Sorry, I can't get the link to work.

Ok, now they are working.

Very nice work.

Pitfall Harry · Post by **Pitfall Harry** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:18 am

Does anyone know how much the Mk.VII bags weigh? I odered one and I wanted to know how much it was going to cost me in shipping.

Kt Templar · Post by **Kt Templar** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:30 am

550-600 grams / 1.3lb or so.

I've just posted one! It's not some weird obsession "How much does your gear weigh!" sort of thing!

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:48 pm

Now THAT was something I didn't know!

*Adds to list in mind*

Regards,
Swindiana