Neat Navy Unit Photo...

Pete Ebbink · 12-10-2005, 05:54 PM

This one is/was running on e-Bay...nice to see the rare cutlass...let alone four of them...

Cannot be sure...but do the two guys on each end have an extra long luger barrel sticking out the bottoms of their leather holsters...???

Edward Tinker · 12-10-2005, 06:01 PM

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?

ED

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...ighlight=PHOTO

drbuster · 12-10-2005, 06:49 PM

Pete, I think you are seeing reflection of light off the metal attaching irons on the Navy stocks.

lugerholsterrepair · 12-10-2005, 11:14 PM

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

Pete Ebbink · 12-10-2005, 11:38 PM

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...???

hqbmw · 12-11-2005, 12:22 AM

[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

Ida-Alp · 12-11-2005, 09:56 AM

It looks like the guy sitting in the middle, and the guy standing far right are twins.

Edward Tinker · 12-11-2005, 10:07 AM

and they all look happy as a lark too.

Curly1 · 12-11-2005, 10:26 AM

Ed wouldn't you be happy too if you had a brand new Navy in yer hand.

Rod WMG · 12-11-2005, 11:00 AM

I must be crosseyed or something, how many fingers does the guy on the right in the middle have on his right hand?

Edward Tinker · 12-11-2005, 02:03 PM

I think it is the handle we are seeing Rod, as, at first appears to be 5 or 6!

and the guy on the other side;

Navy · 12-12-2005, 07:38 AM

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

12-10-2005, 05:54 PM	#1
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Neat Navy Unit Photo... This one is/was running on e-Bay...nice to see the rare cutlass...let alone four of them... Cannot be sure...but do the two guys on each end have an extra long luger barrel sticking out the bottoms of their leather holsters...???

12-10-2005, 06:01 PM	#2
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,911 Thanks: 1,987 Thanked 4,502 Times in 2,077 Posts	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? ED http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...ighlight=PHOTO __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

12-10-2005, 11:14 PM	#4
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,761 Thanks: 4,852 Thanked 3,101 Times in 1,427 Posts	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 __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

12-11-2005, 10:07 AM	#8
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,911 Thanks: 1,987 Thanked 4,502 Times in 2,077 Posts	and they all look happy as a lark too. __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

12-11-2005, 10:26 AM	#9
Curly1 User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1,229 Thanks: 111 Thanked 702 Times in 364 Posts	Ed wouldn't you be happy too if you had a brand new Navy in yer hand. __________________ Laugh hard and often. Gary

12-10-2005, 06:49 PM	#3
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	Pete, I think you are seeing reflection of light off the metal attaching irons on the Navy stocks.

12-10-2005, 11:38 PM	#5
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	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
hqbmw User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mesa AZ Posts: 228 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	[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
Ida-Alp Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Nampa ID Posts: 116 Thanks: 81 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	It looks like the guy sitting in the middle, and the guy standing far right are twins.

12-11-2005, 11:00 AM	#10
Rod WMG User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Edge of Texas Posts: 514 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I must be crosseyed or something, how many fingers does the guy on the right in the middle have on his right hand?

12-11-2005, 02:03 PM	#11
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,911 Thanks: 1,987 Thanked 4,502 Times in 2,077 Posts	I think it is the handle we are seeing Rod, as, at first appears to be 5 or 6! and the guy on the other side;

12-12-2005, 07:38 AM	#12
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	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