MAUSER K98 SLING INSTALL CODE
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As a bonus, many vendors save a few more rupees and use urine tanned hides which make your man cave smell like the bathroom at a rest area on I-65. Most are too narrow (18-20mm), have horrible hardware coated in thick black paint, and the leather is painted rather than dyed. The quality of the tanning varies wildly, and sneaking defective leather into customer's orders appears to be a national sport. The vast majority are made in India or Pakistan where the available leather comes from water buffalo rather than cows. The other slings: Most reproduction K98 slings sell for around $20. Do not fill a can with oil and soak leather anything for hours- most people seem to know this, but there are those special few. Apply it with a rag, work it into the leather and then wipe off the excess occasionally. Moreover, sometimes we 'experience' a drip or run when we dress the edges of the slings.Д¬are: Just use mink or neetsfoot oil. The paint gives a more even appearance- with dye, the color may vary, streak a bit and some areas will be darker or lighter than others. I urge you all to stick to the cheap slings, not these. Normally one is lucky to even be able to see where the stamps once were, much less be able to read them.ДЇlaws & Blemishes: Some people are very discriminating, and cannot bear to use a sling or holster with the slightest imperfection. One of the hardest things to find in collecting is an original WWII K98, MP40 or MG sling with nice, legible markings. It's simply a characteristic of the leather- not a mistake. Once the sling is used very much, they will largely become even more faint. However, just like on originals, the markings can be difficult to see- they are stamped on the flesh side of the leather.

Markings: We stamp these with 'fuq 44', a WA, and inspection marks.

MAUSER K98 SLING INSTALL PLUS

This leather darkened rapidly, even without them being oiled- the sweat, dirt and oil from the soldiers' hands, plus sunlight, makes this happen. Period slings in unused condition are insanely difficult to find. But 75 years ago, when they were new, they were light tan, sometimes referred to as 'blond' by collectors. These are unmarked like the one used my original sling.ДЄll parts are then saddle stitched by hand with linen cord, just like the ones in WWII.ДЇinally, we cut the ends, punch the tear drop shaped holes for the stopper, and apply the markings.ДЇit: These are made for and fit: K98, G/K43, Mkb42, MP43/44/STG rifles.Д¬olor: Yes, the majority of originals one sees today are very dark brown, nearly black. The slides are also entirely new, being made from an original, and plated in a gray phosphate finish.

We then run the straps through our specially made roller embosser to imprint the correct cross-hatched design. German WWII leather gear, when new, is most often a golden tan color- not normally red brown.ДЄfter being dyed and finished, we cut the hides into strips 24mm wide (the spacers also had to be custom made) and reinspect them for cuts and nicks.

First, we spray the hides with light tan dye from Fiebings- this color was custom made for us after we tried literally every version of browns and tans available and found them all too red. To make these slings, we start out with 3-3.5mm thick veg tanned hides from Hermann Oak.

MAUSER K98 SLING INSTALL CODE

My original sling of this type is made by Curt Vogel Lederwarenfabrik in Cottbus, who used the maker code 'fuq'. Towards the end of WWII, the factories began using slides plated with gray phosphate instead of the blackened finishes utilized prior. American made reproduction of the late War German Karabinerriemen.

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