Whatmdo you think of this SOE/OSS Tyre Ripper* ?

[banksy]

Hello

I this and through it might be fake as all the others I've seen have been disguised
As coins and other objects ? Also he says he had more than one ?


http://www.dugup.co.uk/ww2/ww2stock/2.7106.a.01.jpg
http://www.dugup.co.uk/ww2/ww2stock/2.7106.a.02.jpg

I had several of these from the same collection a few years ago.
I kept this one but have since found one in better condition so will let this one go.
It is made from tempered steel unlike the mild steel copies.

[banksy]

no one ? =( ...

[spotter]

there were always things like this when i worked in factorys for cutting/ripping open packaging etc

Theres a photo of one here scroll down the page to see it ,if the provenance with this one is correct note the differences between the one you are thinking of buying E & E

[jimpy]

These, and similar items to the ones posted in both the original and at #3 above, were also still being manufactured well into the 1980's at least and being sold by at least one company that I know of. (Survival Aids as was. Dont know if the company is still going or was bought out/went under or what)
Not saying that this is the case with the original posting, just raising an observation guys.

Regards etc

Ian D

AKA: Jimpy