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    Moon and Balls half pup tent/ bivvy shelter/ Poncho

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    Post by Antarmike Wed May 03, 2017 5:16 am

    Latest ABL stuff to arrive

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    Not sure how many pegs there should be More than the three I have?
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    German manufacture 1956
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    Poncho hood removes to make storage bag for poncho. with belt loops.
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    Tent half is spotted with white specks at the moment, but these are powder and will scape off clean with a finger nail.  (I have an hour or two of scraping ahead I can see.
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    Post by Wolverine Wed May 03, 2017 11:05 am

    Nice shelter half Mike - somehow it seems that a lot of these 1950s moons and balls shelter kits have survived without showing any use. I have a pair of them identical to yours, and made by the same manufacturer - any of these that I have seen are made in Germany.
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    Post by Antarmike Wed May 03, 2017 11:35 am

    Bag contain 4 pole sections and three pegs? Am I short of a few pegs? How many are there for each of your half tent?
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    Post by CollectinSteve Wed May 03, 2017 1:12 pm

    Hi Mike,

    Hmmm... mine are all buried so I can't check. I think there were 4 pegs, definitely 4 pole sections. The idea was for each guy to have exactly half of what was needed. IIRC it's two pegs on each side, one peg for each "door", for a total of 6. One pole on each end with a tension rope going out to a peg spaced a meter or so away from where the "door" ends. I pitched the Jigsaw version and slept a night in it many years ago. Kinda fun, despite the musty smell!

    As far as I know all of the M&B, Brush, and maybe even the Jigsaw shelter halves were made in Germany by (IIRC) two firms, both located on Lake Konstanz.

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    Post by Antarmike Wed May 03, 2017 1:52 pm

    CollectinSteve wrote:Hi Mike,

    Hmmm... mine are all buried so I can't check.  I think there were 4 pegs, definitely 4 pole sections.  The idea was for each guy to have exactly half of what was needed.  IIRC it's two pegs on each side, one peg for each "door", for a total of 6.  One pole on each end with a tension rope going out to a peg spaced a meter or so away from where the "door" ends.  I pitched the Jigsaw version and slept a night in it many years ago.  Kinda fun, despite the musty smell!

    As far as I know all of the M&B, Brush, and maybe even the Jigsaw shelter halves were made in Germany by (IIRC) two firms, both located on Lake Konstanz.

    Steve

    I must be missing the tension ropes too. I hadn't twigged I haven't seen them until you said......
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    Post by belgium_one Thu May 04, 2017 1:59 pm

    -Moon and Balls half pup tent/ bivvy shelter/ Poncho 28832321799bad5a3b514f096e69bbc4a7896cd9

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    Post by Wolverine Thu May 04, 2017 2:58 pm

    Antarmike wrote:
    CollectinSteve wrote:Hi Mike,

    Hmmm... mine are all buried so I can't check.  I think there were 4 pegs, definitely 4 pole sections.  The idea was for each guy to have exactly half of what was needed.  IIRC it's two pegs on each side, one peg for each "door", for a total of 6.  One pole on each end with a tension rope going out to a peg spaced a meter or so away from where the "door" ends.  I pitched the Jigsaw version and slept a night in it many years ago.  Kinda fun, despite the musty smell!

    As far as I know all of the M&B, Brush, and maybe even the Jigsaw shelter halves were made in Germany by (IIRC) two firms, both located on Lake Konstanz.

    Steve

    I must be missing the tension ropes too.  I hadn't twigged I haven't seen them until you said......

    Each accessory pouch should have 4 poles, 5 pegs, and one length of cord - at least that is what my various sets have each contained.
    I didn't realize that these halves were made in brushstroke as well.
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    Post by Wolverine Thu May 04, 2017 2:58 pm

    belgium_one wrote:-Moon and Balls half pup tent/ bivvy shelter/ Poncho 28832321799bad5a3b514f096e69bbc4a7896cd9

    Moon and Balls half pup tent/ bivvy shelter/ Poncho 832456CherchyeMauriceafb19661967013

    Excellent photos!
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    Post by CollectinSteve Thu May 04, 2017 3:47 pm

    Wolverine wrote:
    Each accessory pouch should have 4 poles, 5 pegs, and one length of cord - at least that is what my various sets have each contained.

    Thanks for the confirmation!  The 5th peg might be be for mid point side?

    I didn't realize that these halves were made in brushstroke as well.

    Brainfart on my part.  M&B only.  I put on my miner's helmet and dug through to where my Belgian shelter halves are and all I have are 2x M&B and 2x Jigsaw.  I should think that if there were made in Brush I'd have at least one.

    As penance, here's another picture of 'em in use Very Happy

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    Post by Wolverine Thu May 04, 2017 7:33 pm

    Nice image Steve.
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    Post by Antarmike Fri May 05, 2017 4:28 am

    Thanks all,  I guess one half may be rigged as a simple Bivvy, and that might alter the number of pegs used, depending on how you imrovise the shelter?



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