I picked these up last summer at an antique store. Not sure, but they sort of have that military look for packaging with tarpaper, so assume they were a surplus item.
In 52 they should have a DSA number on the nomenclature tag. Probably not military..
thebionicman, post: 404990, member: 8136 wrote: In 52 they should have a DSA number on the nomenclature tag. Probably not military..
No cosmoline (United States Military Standard MIL-C-11796C Class 3) either...;)
I have a set EXACTLY like that (bought at a "surplus" store many moons ago).
Loyal
awesome find
those look exactly like the sets we had in our 82C survey chest- I'm pretty sure they were listed on the inventory and hand receipt as Arrows, blah, blah, blah....[SARCASM] I guess ours had A Few more coats of paint on them....[/SARCASM]
Back in my pipeline days we slope chained with a 200 foot Babbit tape. A set of six chaining pins was used. Pipeline stationing is by the thousands. One mile and twenty feet down the line would be station 5 + 300.
I picked up a similar set in a Nebraska antique store for $15, labeled as "tent stakes".
KScott, post: 405080, member: 1455 wrote: I picked up a similar set in a Nebraska antique store for $15, labeled as "tent stakes".
That's interesting, when I bought my set, they too were labeled "tent stakes."
Actually, they would be a LOT BETTER than the dinky ones that came with my "backpacking tent."
Loyal
My tent stakes are 80dpole barn nails heated with a torch and bent into a hook on the head end, then painted orange. Flagging might be better than paint, though.
And if someone needs chaining pins, perhaps for an old-fashioned measuring contest, they could make them out of the nails.
But when I get out the rag tape, I use screwdrivers with orange handles. Cheapies from the bargain bin at a big box store.