Mil-Tec German WWII Style 3-Piece Mess Kit
August 8, 2017 - Comment
Three part mess tin has two small bowls and one large. One of the small bowls has a handle for cooking. 100% aluminum construction, military reproduction in an authentic German WWI/WWII military style. OD Green Powder Coated.
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do not expect German quality… It is what it is. very thin aluminum, low price, not well fitted, SOFT. however, I can fix it with hands and use it.
Luckily there is only a sticker on the bottom that betrays its origins and can be easily peeled off Made in China….is there anything else that needs to be said? Luckily there is only a sticker on the bottom that betrays its origins and can be easily peeled off. Also took this out on a backpacking trip. The paint burned off the bottom cooking surfaces after first use on the fire. The actual mess kit is well made out of a pretty thick gauge aluminum though and boiled water and heated my food well. I know most people would buy this as a collectors item so be warned its not an original but a…
I was slightly disappointed by the quality of reproduction in this mess kit I was slightly disappointed by the quality of reproduction in this mess kit. Of course it is made in China, which kind of speaks for itself, but I did at least hope the latch holding the contents of the mess kit together would function well enough to hold all the components together. Out of the box the mess kit latch was extremely loose, to the point where if the mess kit was gently swung around the latch would not hold. I bent the bottom part of the latch in order to create more of an angle…