Club Obi Wan

i hope you will like these pics







sorry for forgetting the hat

In the immortal words of Belloq: "Its beautiful..." Great bag, now all you need is a strap to go with it. :junior: -IJ

Looks good, I hope you like it.

Awesome.

IndianaJones wrote:In the immortal words of Belloq: "Its beautiful..." Great bag, now all you need is a strap to go with it. :junior: -IJ

Eheh thank you very much, yes i really need a strap... but an cheap one, i dont want to spend 20 bucks (+shipping) for a strap eheh, i'm a bit tight ### LOL

jpenman wrote: Looks good, I hope you like it.

Oh i like it two bits i'm nut for these bags

Great bag u got there!

Pagey wrote:Wonderful bag! I love those Newey snaps!!
Personally, I like the webbing strap - it's comfortable and fits in well with the other Indy gear. Plus you can wear it OVER your jacket if you want to..without looking daft.

Any maker's stamps in your bag?

I love the webbing strap too... it's very comfortable, i can bring heavy things in my bag for hours without getting sore shoulder.
Inside the flap is writtend G&S LTD 1942 MKVII.
Once i put pics of that in another topic but i think they are no more available, sorry.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY folks!

Pagey wrote:

Excuse me, what sort of hat you have in your avatar? is it a AB? and if it is.... what kind? raven bar, cairo streets or whatelse?

thanks

PS does anyone know what the little rope on the side of the bag is useful for?

Actually, if you're referring to the length of string on one side of the bag, that was used to secure the bag when it was carried in the "Ready Alert" position (if I recall correctly) on the chest by Commonwealth soldiers. The bag was positioned high on the chest with the strap around your neck. Then the string was passed under the arms and across the back and through the shoulder strap (pulling it down between the shoulder blades in a V shape). The end of the string was then fastened to the other side of the bag by looping it several times around the metal disc mounted on that side of the bag. Then, if the respirator was needed, one only had to pull open the top flap and pull out and don the facepiece, leaving the filter canister inside the bag in it's assigned pocket with the hose connecting the two parts moving as freely as necessary to prevent kinking and allow the soldier freedom of movement.

Cheers!

Dang Baggers, you beat me to it!

Thats one sweet bag, erri_wan!

erri_wan wrote:Excuse me, what sort of hat you have in your avatar? is it a AB?

I think its a Herbert Johnson, but I might be wrong.

Thanks for the full explanation Baggers

Indiana Wayne wrote:Dang Baggers, you beat me to it!

What can I say? Once in a great while I get lucky!

Cheers!

Pagey wrote:

erri_wan wrote:Excuse me, what sort of hat you have in your avatar? is it a AB?

Yes

What sort of AB is it? It looks like a Raven Bar type

Pagey wrote:I think the string was also used if the bag was worn over the shounder - just tied around the waist to stop it flapping around when running.

I suppose it could have been used that way, but every picture I've ever seen has shown the bag on the chest. Besides, I don't think the hose was long enough to enable a waist or under the shoulder carry. And I think in that position it would have gotten in the way of the rest of the webbing equipment. The first respirator adopted by the British Army that could have been used in an over the shoulder carry was the "light" gas respirator, introduced at mid war, which had it's filter mounted on the side of the facepiece. But the case used to hold it had brass hooks on the back so that it could primarily be mounted on the web belt towards the back on the left side, just behind the bayonet frog.

Cheers!

Nice bag, erri_wan. I can't believe you forgot your AB though.

Cryptid~Explorer wrote:Nice bag, erri_wan. I can't believe you forgot your AB though.

Ehm... AB... i still dont have it, but soon i will
Right now i have a Stetson.. you can see pics of my hat here viewtopic.php?p=158892#158892

When i get my AB i will post pics for sure

Pagey wrote:I was thinking of pictures I'd seen of the Blitz and of the Home Guard where the bag was worn over the shoulder. But you're right, these were without any other webbing.

I'd really like to know what the shorter string inside the small pouch inside the bag is for!?!?!

Oh, that wasn't to say that troops and other personnel who were issued the respirator couldn't sling it over their shoulders if they were just "walking out" without the rest of their combat kit. In fact, during the Blitz, everyone -- civilians and military -- had to have their issued masks with them at all times, as they feared that Hitler would use gas against civilian population centers.

As for the short string inside the bag, all soldiers were issued a set of compressed fibre indentity discs with their name, number and religious affliation impressed on them. The set consisted of one octagonal green disc and two red circular ones. The green disc along with one of the red ones were worn around the neck. The second red disc was attached to the inside of the respirator case -- probably to that short string.

Cheers!

Pagey wrote:Never knew that - thanks!

Also, if you mean the small pocket inside made to fit a little round box, that is where the anti dimming cream case would sit. The lid of the small tin had a loop where you could attach the lanyard, either to the small string loop as seen on some bags, or an eylet on the pocket as seen on the bag in LC.


Regards,
Swindiana

It was used to prevent fogging of the lenses.

I found some instructions HERE in case you'd ever need them.

Instructions for use: Clean eyepiece with cloth provided. Breathe on eyepiece and apply a little compound evenly with the finger. Breathe on eyepiece again and polish VERY lightly with the cloth so that a thin, even film of the compound remains.

Regards,
Swindiana

Pagey wrote:

erri_wan wrote:

Pagey wrote:

erri_wan wrote:Excuse me, what sort of hat you have in your avatar? is it a AB?

Yes

What sort of AB is it? It looks like a Raven Bar type

It's a "that's how I styled it" hat

LOL ok... very good job anyway, truth it's one of the best hat seen.

Sweet bag and some great outdoor pics. I love that texture on the brass buttons that some of the MkVIIs have.

Cyber Jones wrote:Sweet bag and some great outdoor pics. I love that texture on the brass buttons that some of the MkVIIs have.

Well yes the texture on the buttons are pretty nice, the pics were taken near Florence (Italy), country place.
I didnt have my jacket because it was too hot

PS hey very nice avatar you chosen!

Thanks! I think it's one of the few pics of HF before the chin scar.

Cyber Jones wrote:Thanks! I think it's one of the few pics of HF before the chin scar.

Yeah i see... have a look to my new avatar, i would like to introduce uncle Ben