Chris Boonzaier Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Hi, do these guys have some kind of Ersatz Tornister straps?
Chip Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Yes, they do. Canvas and leather, due to leather shortages of 1915. Chip
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 7, 2015 Author Posted January 7, 2015 Thanks, had never seen that before, although a friend has a Metal (!!!) Tornister made by the BING firm, and it has canvas straps...
Chip Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Chris, I've seen one of those Bing Tornisters. Quite unique. Photos with this type of pack shoulder braces are not uncommon. I have several showing them. Chip
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 7, 2015 Author Posted January 7, 2015 He keeps promising me the Bing... but cannot bring himself to part with it.... :-)
Chip Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 He got it cheaply too, off of the German Feldgrau forum. Chip
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 7, 2015 Author Posted January 7, 2015 Hi, different guy, my guy has had it for years, he is not online :-) Unfortunately one strap is missing...
Hoss Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Thanks, had never seen that before, although a friend has a Metal (!!!) Tornister made by the BING firm, and it has canvas straps... Chris I had one it was one of the first items I purchased here in the States out of shotgun news dated 1914 steel framed instead of wood, cloth straps (with blue stripes?) the eyelets were brass and had leather reinforcing. The painted rust coloured steel frame was inked but hard to make out the material was that lovely ochre denim. Eric
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 7, 2015 Author Posted January 7, 2015 Have not seen it for ages... must go and visit him again....
Hoss Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Chip Where did this leather shortage thing come from did all the cows take holidays or something?,,,stuck in the Bahamas and couldn't get back I guess. Eric
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 8, 2015 Author Posted January 8, 2015 Chip Where did this leather shortage thing come from ?. Eric They lost too many men getting the leather... http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-30703082
Les Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Pre-war a huge amount of Germany's deamd for leather came from Argentina in the form of dried cowhides. Once the RN blockade started those shipments stopped.
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