I have a number of totes in my basement now as I help a friend deal with his brother's estate, which included items of web and other surplus gear from a few different countries (I'll be posting questions on a couple of other sub-forums here about some other stuff).
The Canadian P37 gear that is in the totes I'm familiar with, less so the Pattern 1951. Mr. Summers "Tangled Web" has been very helpful but I'm hoping to draw upon those more knowledgeable here. Here are some photos of the kit laid out in two batches. Pardon the oblique angle on a couple of them, but it was either that or a bunch of it hidden in my shadow.
Is this indeed all P51 gear, as best you can tell? I'm mostly wondering about the entrenching tool and the canteen, as the former is not illustrated outside the case in the Summers book, and the canteen, though it and the billy are U.S. manufactured, has a Canadian soldier's regimental number on it. I can provide additional info and photos if that would help. Thanks for any information.
The Canadian P37 gear that is in the totes I'm familiar with, less so the Pattern 1951. Mr. Summers "Tangled Web" has been very helpful but I'm hoping to draw upon those more knowledgeable here. Here are some photos of the kit laid out in two batches. Pardon the oblique angle on a couple of them, but it was either that or a bunch of it hidden in my shadow.
Is this indeed all P51 gear, as best you can tell? I'm mostly wondering about the entrenching tool and the canteen, as the former is not illustrated outside the case in the Summers book, and the canteen, though it and the billy are U.S. manufactured, has a Canadian soldier's regimental number on it. I can provide additional info and photos if that would help. Thanks for any information.