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05-11-12, 05:27
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What gives with canadian webbing?
This is about the 6th belt in the last few months go for crazy prices.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/130792404465...84.m1423.l2649 Tempted to list a bunch but are they that hard to get? 
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05-11-12, 13:16
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I can make a fortune with the crap that (was) in my basement.. f
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06-11-12, 06:56
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C Broad arrow belts
Harry,
I was at the Calgary gun show looking at webbing a guy was selling and he had a C Broad arrow marked belt with a price of $260.00 on it.At first I walked away thinking he was crazy but my curiosity got the better of me and on my next walk around I asked him why he was asking so much for the belt and he told me any Canadian marked belt was going for that price.I still didn't believe it and wrote it off but since then,every Canadian belt I see on ebay now I put it in my watch list,including this one to see what it sells for and they have all been sold for over $200.00.I haven't taken note what the sizes were so maybe it is the larger sizes that fetch more money.I will have to take note what size the next one is I watch to see if the smaller sizes get the same money.I sure wouldn't want to try and put a set of Canadian 37 Pattern webbing nowadays! Derk.
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06-11-12, 09:29
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37 pattern Web Belts
Similar problem down under with large Australian 37 Pat. belts. Had a chap join our Military Heritage/Ceremonial group and he was and still is on the "large" side. It took a month but eventually one came up on ebay which I purchased for around the AUD130 mark from memory. $200+ is a bit steep but as they say, "supply and demand" etc. Rod
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07-11-12, 20:39
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The average WWII British soldier was a skinny little guy; excepting colonials and Americans who were slightly larger based on better childhood nutrition - so I've been told. Accordingly, clothing and kit came in larger sizes. Skip ahead 70 years, and adults alive today are larger. Some more than others.
In 2003 I drew a set of tall battledress for a ceremonial parade, and our fixer observed the donor must have been a very impressive Paymaster. Even then, the pants were short, and I am not the tallest guy in a room. So maybe the remark about Canadian kit having a higher value is misrepresenting the fact that larger reenactors and guys-who-like-to-wear-what-they-buy, are pushing up the prices?
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Terry Warner - 74-????? M151A2 - 70-08876 M38A1 - 53-71233 M100CDN trailer Beware! The Green Disease walks among us!
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