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What happened here?!
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:13 pm
by IndianaJames
Some sort of a hybrid MK VI / MK VII!! Either that or the woman stitching it got confused.
I J
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:14 pm
by Snakewhip_Sable
If you leave them in a pile, how can you expect them not to breed?!
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:17 pm
by IndyBlues
Maybe someone tried to make their MKVI "look" more like a MKVII, by attaching a lanyard ring to it.
'Blues
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:19 pm
by IndianaJames
Or this guy stole a metal disc from another gas mask bag and attached it to try and up the value of his bag!
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:00 pm
by Indiana Texas-girl
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.)
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:05 am
by IndianaJames
Nope its not just you, the metal disc is supposed to be on the left side of the bag!
I J
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:11 am
by Bogie1943
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.
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 1:05 am
by Kentucky Mason
That's odd...It looks fine in my mirror...
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 1:17 am
by Rob
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?
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 2:35 am
by Merrick
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?
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 3:24 am
by VP
Yes it was, check the URL.
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 4:03 am
by Swindiana
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
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 8:26 am
by binkmeisterRick
It's a lefty bag.
bink
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 10:00 am
by Swindiana
binkmeisterRick wrote:It's a lefty bag.
bink
Hmm... or Australian?
WAIT, I haven't looked into this yet. :idea:
Regards,
Swindy
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:55 pm
by IndianaJames
Im not sure I remember where I found this picture
lol
IJ
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:42 am
by Swindiana
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
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:05 pm
by IndianaJames
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
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:06 pm
by IndianaJames
Think I go find an S6 gas mask bag, take the disc and put it on a MK VI....WOW.
