Tiger Stripes

Pretty sure these are real. Reversed-bias on waistline & pockets seemed unusual. Old-style tag, outside of waist (shredded beyond all reading).

Found near Ft. Meade, MD.

commercial Hunting camo ,sorry ..

Wow.. what's the giveaway? (I know about the bible that guy wrote on the subject-- but I obviously never read it).

The pattern and colors are post war , the fact they are ripstop is another dead giveaway , there is only one pattern that could have possibly made it to Vietnam in rip stop and the smooth cotton version did and has been documented , that would be the Thai Large pattern , the ripstop version seen below has not been officially document as far as I know , however a rip stop set named to a known individual was sold on ebay for big bucks along with other uniforms and items he owned , he was a Marine named Pope , I am sure owen knows more about it and be of more help then I .

Late war Thai pattern in rip stop , commercial hunting shirt made by Chief .



Below are some real Vietnam tiger prints .

Silver/Tadpole pattern



Gold/Adviser pattern



Japan/John Wayne pattern

I wasn't meaning to sound argumentative. Your reasoning is sound.

You see... I live in Spook Central. You find a lot of crazy stuff here-- much more than I ever did when I lived in L.A., BUT-- with that abundance comes the caveat that much of what you find is not what you thought it might be. As I am learning.

And I am learning

Thanks for the input. I am glad I joined this forum, despite the rather humbling start I've gotten off to.

Cheers!

No worries , I have bought many items that have turned out to be civilian stuff , some even on purpose LOL .

Steve, who makes the best JWD or gold copies ? If I can't get originals, then a set of good repro will have to do. Tigers are about the only uniform i would get a repro of. Maybe a decent reversible sumpftarn parka too .....

Dave

There are some nice ones that were made in Japan a few years back , the name escapes me , other then that , the Tiger Stripe Products version looks real nice , they made some early sets in the wartime cut without any logo in the pattern that look pretty decent , to be honest though , this is Kammomans era of expertise , you should ask him !!

Will do Steve. Thanks !

Hunting pattern pants for sure .


Moore militatia has a decent light weight pattern in bog boy sizes.

Ebay has some made in Hong kong that are not to bad .

owen

Thanks Owen

Not so keen on the Moore ones - from what i can see on their scabby quality photos ...... there is one China based seller seems to have some good ones for around £50 for a shirt. Looks like I'll go that way then.

Dave

There are some nice ones that were made in Japan a few years back , the name escapes me , other then that , the Tiger Stripe Products version looks real nice , they made some early sets in the wartime cut without any logo in the pattern that look pretty decent

I was also after a decent but if there is such a thing reasonable priced Tigers and have a couple of sets of early Tiger Stripe Products ones so if the opinion is that they are ok then can save some cash and keep what i have!!!

You are thinking of the MASH tigers .

Thanks Owen , MASH were the ones I was thinking of !

The MASH Gold & Silver pattern tiger stripes are the best that have ever been made.
Unfortunately, they have no plans on making any more. On thier website they have M-65 compass pouches made out of the left over material and early style USN / USMC flight helmet bags, also made out of this material.