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Post by horsesoldier176 on Jul 14, 2010 11:41:28 GMT -5
True enough comrade Sgt.! However, the down side is that we cannot wear it properly as a blanket roll. Yuri S. Hence the reason you just roll up a blanket for that visual purpose. Besides, most troops just carried their shinel (if it was still serviceable) in the platoon wagon, along with the goulash kannon. Boridin |
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Post by dixieflyer on Jul 14, 2010 15:50:17 GMT -5
Nyet. In our little group I want to be able to wear it correctly as a blanket roll. That's just me.
Yuri S.
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Post by horsesoldier176 on Jul 15, 2010 11:59:52 GMT -5
Well, then take a more modern shinel, and use it as a pattern. go to your local fabric store, and find the closest wool to what you want, and make a shinel of the thinner fabric, and then you will have what you want.
Boridin
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Post by dixieflyer on Jul 17, 2010 20:32:11 GMT -5
Ahhh Comrade, but I have no one to sew for me anymore.
Yuri S.
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Post by horsesoldier176 on Jul 19, 2010 14:49:21 GMT -5
Ahhh Comrade, but I have no one to sew for me anymore. Yuri S. Tovarisch; Are your fingers all broken? Like any good soldier, sew for yourself! I do almost all of my own sewing, including on sewing machines. I repair my troop tents, repair saddles, saddle bags, map cases, Cavalryman's valise's, etc, etc. It is good experience for every soldier to make running repairs, and "internal economy" for his equipment. Boridin, Serzhant Otryada |
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Post by dixieflyer on Jul 19, 2010 15:31:59 GMT -5
Very true comrade sgt., but some of us have talents in some areas, and not others. That is not one I have, nor do I have the time.
Yuri S.
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Post by horsesoldier176 on Jul 20, 2010 12:12:05 GMT -5
Very true comrade sgt., but some of us have talents in some areas, and not others. That is not one I have, nor do I have the time. Yuri S. OK, ya got me there! I am reasonably "talented" with horses, and accouterments, but not so good with dealing with people. Boridin |
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Post by dixieflyer on Jul 20, 2010 12:26:59 GMT -5
It seems I am very talented lately at being misunderstood and upsetting people.  My attempts at sewing in the past have led to a lot of frustration on my part and blue clouds of language about the dacha.  Yuri S. |
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Post by horsesoldier176 on Jul 21, 2010 12:58:45 GMT -5
It seems I am very talented lately at being misunderstood and upsetting people. My attempts at sewing in the past have led to a lot of frustration on my part and blue clouds of language about the dacha. Yuri S. No biggie! My mom started teaching me to sew, when I was a cub scout, and the Army just re-enforced the need to be able to do it myself. So I have been at it for many years. Boridin |
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My attempts at sewing in the past have led to a lot of frustration on my part and blue clouds of language about the dacha. 