What happened here?!

IndianaJames · Post by **IndianaJames** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:13 pm

Some sort of a hybrid MK VI / MK VII!! Either that or the woman stitching it got confused.

I J

Snakewhip_Sable · Post by **Snakewhip_Sable** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:14 pm

If you leave them in a pile, how can you expect them not to breed?!

IndyBlues · Post by **IndyBlues** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:17 pm

Maybe someone tried to make their MKVI "look" more like a MKVII, by attaching a lanyard ring to it.

'Blues

IndianaJames · Post by **IndianaJames** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:19 pm

Or this guy stole a metal disc from another gas mask bag and attached it to try and up the value of his bag!

Indiana Texas-girl · Post by **Indiana Texas-girl** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:00 pm

Is it me or is the disk on the wrong side of the bag? (Sorry I'm too lazy to go dig mine out of my closet.)

IndianaJames · Post by **IndianaJames** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:05 am

Nope its not just you, the metal disc is supposed to be on the left side of the bag!

I J

Bogie1943 · Post by **Bogie1943** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:11 am

OK, very strange, some one must have been a little tipsy. Having owned over 20 bags I have never seen anything like that before, odd indeed.

Kentucky Mason · Post by **Kentucky Mason** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 1:05 am

That's odd...It looks fine in my mirror...

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 1:17 am

Bogie1943 wrote:OK, very strange, some one must have been a little tipsy. Having owned over 20 bags I have never seen anything like that before, odd indeed.

Why would you own over 20 bags? What do you do with them all?

Merrick · Post by **Merrick** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 2:35 am

Definitely a MkVI, but that disc is just wrong. I reckon I've seen this pic before, it wasn't on the unamed site was it IJ?

VP · Post by VP » Tue Dec 07, 2004 3:24 am

Yes it was, check the URL.

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 4:03 am

Too bad there aren't any interior shots of the lanyard disc attachment... My guess is, like suggested, that this is just a trick to make the price go up. Or maybe, some soldier realised that a disc is more effective and he attached it himself? Or maybe it is one of the first prototypes for the next generation of bags, being the Mk VII? Hopefully a board member will win it.

Funnily enough, I made a joke about this on April fools day

:

http://www.indygear.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7527

EDIT: The guy has an email waiting.

Regards,
Swindiana

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 8:26 am

It's a lefty bag.

bink

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 10:00 am

binkmeisterRick wrote:It's a lefty bag.

bink

Hmm... or Australian?

WAIT, I haven't looked into this yet. :idea:

Regards,
Swindy

IndianaJames · Post by **IndianaJames** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:55 pm

Im not sure I remember where I found this picture

lol

IJ

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:42 am

Well... The first answer I got he told me 'thank you for correcting my typo, I'll fix it right away'.

I then sent her another one, asking for some more info on it.

Lars, I extended the listing and have taken more pictures. This bag has been in my fathers military collection for 30 years before I obtained it. He gave it to me because of the Indiana Jones Movies. Hope this clears things up. Thanks Suzy

From the looks of it, it is a Mk VI, only with the disc added later. So... A prototype Mk VII feauture or a soldier wanting a bag like his buddies? I guess we'll never know. One thing though... The disk is totally smooth with no patterns on it (dots or ridges), something I haven't seen on a Mk VII yet...

Regards,
Swindiana

IndianaJames · Post by **IndianaJames** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:05 pm

Someone informed me this fake MK VII sold for around $120!!
Isnt it obvious that the owner simply slapped a disc on here to make it look like a MK VII, but didnt do his research and put the disc on the wrong side?

Jimmony Christmas.

I J

IndianaJames · Post by **IndianaJames** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:06 pm

Think I go find an S6 gas mask bag, take the disc and put it on a MK VI....WOW.