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does anyone know if heer splinter smocks were made only in hbt camo cloth...or also in smooth cotton?
thanks in advance.
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From what I have read and the few I have seen the majority were made of HBT, there are a lot of poor repros about, although Richard Underwood sold a very good one about 5 years ago on HBT fabric.

Just as the hooded smock in Marsh pattern was only made in smooth cotton.

Obviously there were exceptions.
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cheers, olly.
who currently makes the best repro splinter smocks? ;^)
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Panther-store.cz does if you ask me, unfortunately almost nobody makes them in the proper HBT cloth.
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Sheikh Al Stranghi wrote:Panther-store.cz does if you ask me, unfortunately almost nobody makes them in the proper HBT cloth.
thanks ;^)
if youve got one-i guess you might-can you take some nice pics and post them here? thanks in advance
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The splinter smocks made by ZIB are nice - very nice rough drillich cloth, correct print, not "Asia fantasy splinter". These smocks are not 100% like the original, but ok - and not very expensive.

http://www.zib-militaria.de/epages/6143 ... D=29463901
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thanks fritz. have not seen better hbt splinter as this. could it be a bit thicker though?
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I'm sorry, I do not have a camera. But I am impressed, even after several years of looking for a proper smock, they are even waterproof!
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Those ZIB smocks look excellent! I would definitely recommend those going by the photographs! Just like originals!
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fieldgrey wrote:thanks fritz. have not seen better hbt splinter as this. could it be a bit thicker though?
Yes, the fabric is a bit too thin.
And you should NEVER wash them - only brush them off...
The smocks (like ZIBs tan and water drillich stuff) are not really colour-fast - but they are working on it...
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Not a bad effort with the splinter smock, I'd still really like to know where Richard Underwood got his from a few years ago.

Shame abouts Zibs sumph smocks being on HBT material.
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Were the original smocks color-fast treated? I believe that they were not. If this is in fact the case, it would then be most accurate to have a repro that is also not treated.
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Fritz wrote: correct print, not "Asia fantasy splinter".
Are we sure about this? I can see one flaw in the print and suspect there is another but it's hard to tell from the website photos.
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They may well be from China, I'm sure I've seen a far east ebay store with them recently. They are also the one's Richard Underwood currently stocks along with the HBT sumph tarn smocks.
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If Richard U has them I'll check them out at Stoneleigh.
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