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12-10-2005, 05:54 PM | #1 |
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Neat Navy Unit Photo...
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12-10-2005, 06:01 PM | #2 |
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Pretty neat photo, Fritz showed it to us a couple of days ago. I think it was put on, then pulled, then put on again?
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Pete, I think you are seeing reflection of light off the metal attaching irons on the Navy stocks.
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Herb is correct. This is the top of the stock. Interesting to note...even though the Sailors are sporting the Imperial Naval cutlass, no one seems to be wearing the cutlass scabbard. Jerry Burney
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Tom Armstrong was probably there that day, behind the camera, and bought all the scabbards...
Looks like the fellow lying on the ground on the left side of the photo might have his scabbard showing...???...and the fellow standing on the far right side of the photo may have his left hand down by his scabbard...??? |
12-11-2005, 12:22 AM | #6 |
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Pete Ebbink
[B]Tom Armstrong was probably there that day, Tom couldn't have been behind the camera. There are no toes in the photo! Jack Hiles Mesa, AZ |
12-11-2005, 09:56 AM | #7 |
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It looks like the guy sitting in the middle, and the guy standing far right are twins.
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and they all look happy as a lark too.
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Ed wouldn't you be happy too if you had a brand new Navy in yer hand.
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I must be crosseyed or something, how many fingers does the guy on the right in the middle have on his right hand?
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My toes would have been in those boots.
Re: scabbards. Boarding cutlasses were frequently stored in individual racks, both aboard smaller vessels and ashore, without the scabbard being present. This was likewise common in the USN and is a plausible explanation as to why as hard as it is to find a boarding cutless, it is even harder to find one with a scabbard. Tom "toes" A |
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