£500 for a pair of trousers?

[lostplanet]

I was having a search last night for some windproof over trousers and stumbled upon this listing on the Bay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-PAIR-GENUINE-1943-SAS-WINDPROOF-TROUSERS_W0QQitemZ170400423479 QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=15632369 2677&rvr_id=156323692677&cguid=4a146fac12b0a0aa17b5e475 ff6a26b5

I know silvermans can be a bit over priced but WTF.....And the cheek to want £5 for postage :yikes:

[Fizzy]

Damn, only 1 pair available. If they had 2 I'd be interested...


:rolleyes:

[bilmo-p5]

Not my size. :(

[southey]

HAha now i can see those going down well at the local discotech," whoop whoop, o no ive spilt me mochawhopachino down my 500 pound sas trus, mummy can i have another pair, no no little tarquine they were the only pair in the store, youll have to where your tweeds from now on, Tarquin didnt like this so he decided to ruin mummys date with the new vicar,"

What am i babaling about, sorry but ive typed it noe so it would be a shame to delete it, it all just came tumbling out of my head, strange,

[johnboy]

Rare collectors item = lots of cash..

[launditch1]

Nice...try and find another pair!

[rik_uk3]

Genuine WW2 Airborne smocks are fetching a couple of hundred quid now, if new they would fetch more. I can see a collector buying these no problem.

[johnboy]

Nice...try and find another pair!

Or try and find a pair and an unissued smock... I reckon that would be good for the best part of a grand..

Fortunately if you just want a pair of trousers with out the provenance...

http://www.whatpriceglory.com/uklist.htm

Far cheaper and probably better made.....

[launditch1]

This Denison is by Frankenstien:D
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Original-WW2-Airborne-Denison-Smock-Frankenstein-1942-/350404006338?pt=UK_Collectable s_Militaria_LE&hash=item5195b4d1c2#ht_500wt_1 156


Im going to find a 44 dated Denison at a carboot sale one day........

[rik_uk3]

My first anorak was a WW2 airborne smock and I remember it cost me 17/6, about 80p (it was almost two weeks pocket money) but that was back around 1966.

[launditch1]

Wow!You still got it?Sure beats my old snorkel parka with orange lining!

Ive recently read that British airborne troops had a denison sleeping bag type thing to keep warm while they were in the planes.
Reenactors used to cut them up to make a smock...these bags are now also very rare!

[Dougster]

This Denison is by Frankenstien:D
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Original-WW2-Airborne-Denison-Smock-Frankenstein-1942-/350404006338?pt=UK_Collectable s_Militaria_LE&hash=item5195b4d1c2#ht_500wt_1 156


Im going to find a 44 dated Denison at a carboot sale one day........

I sold one of those in mint condition in 1989 for £5........:eek:

[launditch1]

Stoppit!just stoppit you two!!*sob*

[garbo]

old enough to be back in fassion though,
40 waist, 31 leg, short fat S.A.S man needed
(but the label says 30 ins waist)

[The Lord Poncho]

I have one of the jackets that go with these (i lengthened it, and pit in a short zip at the neck opening). Don't panic though- its a reproduction!

Makes a good bushcraft/shooting/climbing smock that's a little different!

[tombear]

One of the reasons they are rare as into the 50s and after they were using them for adventure training, my old man had the set for canoeing and caving in Northern Irelandin the early 1960s. We flogged a load to the French who used them in Indochina were I think they called them "sausage skins", what ever that is in French.

I I remember right they were to be worn with up to 5 layers underneath, hence the 40" real waist on a supposed 30" waist garment. 5 layers may have been for the smock as I'm having trouble thinking of 5 layers on your legs..


Long socks and drawers, long johns, BD trousers, felt trousers, windproofs? Perhaps it was 5 layers in all?

ATB

Tom

[BorderReiver]

My first house cost me £200. Inflation is a right bugger eh?:rolleyes: