Just realized old friend and I have been together for about 30 years... No brand just remember getting it in a military surplus store when I was still a kid.99available t1_itjp0kx wrote
Not real mil spec surplus but ok.
jankyj t1_itkgzab wrote
Weird flex, but ok.
99available t1_itofqbt wrote
>Ok I really don't understand. I worked 35 years with the military, I know mil spec and that is not. Gee I wasn't wishing eternal damnation on the guy. A comment is a comment and I commented, is that ok?
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>I know people who think anything you buy in a "military surplus" store is really military surplus or buy "genuine" USAF A-2s made in China.
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>Is BIFL a secret club of some sort?
jankyj t1_itov7ud wrote
It’s a bag this person bought at a “military surplus” store that they happen to like and be impressed with its longevity.
- your characterisation of the goods sold at military surplus stores not being real army spec is common knowledge.
- US air force is one military. There are 196 other counties with their own militaries and quality specs. Think outside your little narrow world.
- if you’re going to act like a know it all, then you should really know it all. You don’t.
99available t1_itsrrnp wrote
Oh sorry master, did not know you knew everything. I apologize as a US and NATO logistician for over 30 years that I should defer to smart asses. You learn something new on reddit every day.
I guess I just slept through those years supplying equipment to 40 plus NATO and other allied militaries. Oh Oh So sorry.
Is everyone on reddit an asshole, seems that way.
I support Ukraine what the fuck do you do?
chefkocher1 t1_iu3fgjx wrote
Even weirder flex but ok
99available t1_iu7cuuc wrote
This is part of the Cross Web Project which involves using Reddit as a Turing Test tool. If your score qualifies you will be notified.
99available t1_itsvo9u wrote
jankyj t1_itt7nvb wrote
Weird flex, but ok.
appleburger17 t1_itlpk8e wrote
I don't think anyone cares but ok.
99available t1_itofbyy wrote
Ok I really don't understand. I worked 35 years with the military, I know mil spec and that is not. Gee I wasn't wishing eternal damnation on the guy. A comment is a comment and I commented, is that ok?
I know people who think anything you buy in a "military surplus" store is really military surplus or buy "genuine" USAF A-2s made in China.
appleburger17 t1_itog04b wrote
Cool story. Nobody is talking about mil spec but you.
Faeglantina t1_itotby1 wrote
They just said they got it at a military surplus store and that it’s lasted a really long time. You don’t even seem to dispute that. It doesn’t look military, but OP’s not claiming it is.
99available t1_itssui3 wrote
You are being polite. My point was lots of people, yes lots of people, believe they are getting real military surplus when they get something from MilTec or Rothco in a "military surplus" store.
As I said if he's happy I am happy for him. I just know the extra work and expense that goes into real milspec grade equipment. Never cheap out when your life is at risk. If not, pay for pretty colors and reward workers in China.
And I know some countries like GB and France do get stuff from China, it's a free world for some.
Faeglantina t1_iu27vkm wrote
Buy it for life is about items that have proven or will likely prove their usability for an unusually long time relative to others of their type.
I have had my tea kettle for a very, very long time. Get a lot of use out of it. However, contrary to how I may feel some mornings, my life does not actually depend on its continued functioning. It is not a military spec tea kettle. It’s just far outlasted cuter tea kettles or ones with more novel electronic features. There’s a vast middle ground between having your life depend on something functioning in a very high stress/stakes environment and throwing $20 at a novelty Hello Kitty tea kettle that may slowly poison me with lead.
My tea kettle is French though. For all I know, their military may consider morning tea or coffee a matter of life or death.
99available t1_iu2a8d4 wrote
Ok so? The thing about the French is they are not wound too tight.
I have an Opinel knife I have carried for over fifty years. Bought it in a small town in the Massif Central so I could feed chunks of apple to a friendly French mule.
The French soldiers I know usually start their day with a swig of Calvados.
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