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t1_ithu459 wrote

Duck canvas is a work horse and should last forever if not frayed out. If you brush away any dirt and wax it, itll last another 50yrs.

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OP t1_ithyxfe wrote

Dude!! TIL you can wax canvas, something I sure as hell haven't done to my bag ever. Will do that asap just so I'll be buried with it. Thanks!!

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t1_itj578g wrote

Do you put a hot hair dryer to the wax?

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t1_itlpfnq wrote

Thats how I do it. Rub a bar of wax on the fabric then melt it in with a hair dryer.

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t1_itj5r5l wrote

You could, or a scentsy pot might work to melt the wax in a jar

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t1_itkjml1 wrote

To clarify: get the wax melters like they have at Walmart, not the actual Scentsy MLM pyramid scheme shit.

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t1_itj6nib wrote

I saw something online for canvas jackets that one runs the wax on, then melts it into the fabric with a hairdryer. Waterproofing.

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t1_iu41q2i wrote

I'm heartbroken. I had a favorited canvass military messenger bag in highschool that gave up the ghost after a couple years. If only I knew to wax it.

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t1_itikf2s wrote

I have that same bag! Mine is only 10 years old but still looks great. If I remember correctly it was called “tank tool bag” or something? I use it for hand tools and it’s great!

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t1_itip2q3 wrote

Army surplus is great stuff

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t1_itkjqf7 wrote

Here in MN we had Mills Fleet Farm and they had a pretty decent milsurp selection. The got bought out by the hedge fund KKR and that was the first thing they took out.

Now all we have left is shitty strip mall stores 🤬

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t1_itiq913 wrote

Was just thinking it looks like a dusted out Filson bag ! Giver a wax 100%

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t1_itkbfw6 wrote

You had a good taste as a kid. This bag looks quite classy

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t1_itjp0kx wrote

Not real mil spec surplus but ok.

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t1_itkgzab wrote

Weird flex, but ok.

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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?

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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.

  1. your characterisation of the goods sold at military surplus stores not being real army spec is common knowledge.
  2. US air force is one military. There are 196 other counties with their own militaries and quality specs. Think outside your little narrow world.
  3. if you’re going to act like a know it all, then you should really know it all. You don’t.
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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?

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t1_iu3fgjx wrote

Even weirder flex but ok

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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.

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t1_itlpk8e wrote

I don't think anyone cares but ok.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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