Wladek hit the nail on the head. There's quite a difference between the risk of getting hit in the lower face at an open day versus an organised ww2 e...

Well I'll hopefully be able to make it and will prob be 101st.

Fixed all the broken stitching on my para gloves and did the metalwork on my Garand.

It is sounding interesting and I still have several months to acquire tentage.

Hatfield, Hertfordshire/ London, Regents park

In December I should be in the Hatfield, Herts area.

Depending on whether I can get there I'd be up for being on the U.S. side.

Assembled my Garand finally. Still needs a bit of fiddling to get the wood to stop splitting but it's looking presentable. next step make some magazin...

I too have extremely long hair (down to my arse!) and I tie it back and hide it down the back of my clothing. To hide the length of hair from the back...

Very very nice... So Garands are like busses... They don't arrive when advertised?

Looking nice! I got a brit tommy wood kit a while back and it had a cross-hatching on the front hand guard that looked hand done.