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Grren smocks

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Whos making good green smocks these days. I understand the HK Kieth used to make a reasonable one. Looks like Sturm have them on thier web iste. Any one else???
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Sturm smocks have a decent colour ''Gruenen Teuffel' but the cut is wrong.
HK keith made decent smocks, but the colours were always to dark ,
GMAX make a good custom M38/40 smock but again, the colour is wrong but the cut is very good.

Lost battalions i must say, makes the best M40 step in smock. Good colour, excellent cut but are $350, get what you pay for really.
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Lost Battalions!!As Tom says you get what you pay for!! I think they might be on sale at mo!!
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dagda wrote:Lost Battalions!!As Tom says you get what you pay for!! I think they might be on sale at mo!!

dont think they are, if they were i would of bought one :P
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Mickey's on commission!! :lol: :lol:
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Re: Grren smocks

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Hi

There is, out of the box, no correct green smock available :(

The LB one is cut correctly following the 1940 model but the cloth does not have the right color nor feel.

The GMX one are cut very good as well, again the cloth is wrong

The Chinese ones are cheap...wrong cloth and wrong internal construction

The Sturm one is the only one in the correct grün meliert but the cloth is too soft. The overall construction is good but they made a big mistake by having the pocket covers of the breast pockets reaching all the way up into the shoulder seem. The zippers are of a cheap quality. The overall pattern follows the 1938 model with added pockets, a common modification of the once pocket less early smocks.

The Sturm smock can be altered by opening the shoulder seam, removing the pocket covers and reconstructing them to the correct design. I have done it and it's a pain...but you have a decent grün meliert for cheap money

I am tempted to have GMAX make my a second model in splinter B (they have the best material right now) but using my LB 1940 as a pattern...

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