Royal Engineers Officer's cloth beret badge. Damn it's beautiful! 1917 dated officer's Sam Browne belt. Again beautiful.... I've been looking for rea...

Damn right... !

You're not the first person to do that!

A bloody good night. Well done Dave! A shame we couldn't have had more people there, but those that did turn up had a hell of a party!

This is truly 'stitch counter' i'm afraid and i really hope I've got this wrong.... but... which way do you polar bears face on your insig. The bears...

Yeah, get yourself some braces... it'll improve the look no end. As per usual Sabre probably have some. The postwar elasticated ones are ideal, but m...

He arrived just after the war had finished in Cyprus so didn't see any action. He said the belt was all he was allowed to keep.

awesome!

All interesting... Since we're on the subject. My father-in-law finally found his belt from when he did his national service also in the 50s and in Cy...

...polished and polished and polished... and when I thought I'd done it all I realized I also needed to do some ironing. I need a batman.

If playing as japs is anything like playing NVA in a nam event then they certainly will have a lot more fun. BTW, the LARP samurai sword is an excell...

Royal Engineers shoulder titles and officer pips.

ooo sounds painful... I bet it was fun explaining to the doctor how it happened.. heh!

Oh That's a shame!

Looking good there matey... Be warned though, when I nearly chopped off my finger with a chisel making my SMLE, I was using a workbench that looks ju...

Actually, that's not bad at all. It's by no means perfect, but should work. I think you made the right choice with using the fabric you used.