Finnish Defence Forces Surplus Stores

[Twodogs]

Martti make some space in your in box

 

[Martti]

Excellent pair of winter trousers, although there were not many sizes to choose from. These were developed and used by the Finnish Air Force from the 1970s onwards. The insulation is polyester wadding inside nylon-cotton blend covering.

Field shirts by the dozens.

 

[Martti]

Bought some new-old stock traditional hats made out of wool and faux fur from an auction, simply because they were available. Don't know yet what I will do with them, maybe you do?

 

[Martti]

Noticed bizarre amount of antique French and German projector lenses from one of the auctions.

 

[Gcckoka]

Excellent pair of winter trousers, although there were not many sizes to choose from. These were developed and used by the Finnish Air Force from the 1970s onwards. The insulation is polyester wadding inside nylon-cotton blend covering.

Field shirts by the dozens.

Where can I buy this shirts ?

 

[Martti]

Where can I buy this shirts ?

These and other products shown are being sold in Finnish Defence Forces surplus stores. However, they do not sell products through the Internet, but only in situ.

 

[Gcckoka]

These and other products shown are being sold in Finnish Defence Forces surplus stores. However, they do not sell products through the Internet, but only in situ.

Too bad
What does situ mean ?

 

[Steve27752]

You have to be there.

 

[Train]

Thanks for the links Martii

 

[Martti]

I am searching for links to Finnish (FDF or SAKO) type Surplus Stores and maybe even links to forums related to military surplussed gear or collectables from the 80's and early 90's.

Apart from the local eBay equivalent (www.tori.fi and www.huuto.net), there are three online surplus stores in Finland:

www.swat.fi
www.supernova.fi
www.varusteleka.fi

 

[Train]

thanks for the links

 

[Train]

Apart from the local eBay equivalent (www.tori.fi and www.huuto.net), there are three online surplus stores in Finland:

www.swat.fi
www.supernova.fi
www.varusteleka.fi

Another question Martii,

Any Finnish sites that are strictly (or mostly) Firearm/militaria related (or Trader) "Forums" with members (with a setup like this one that may consists of primarily Fin members or a .fi site) that you know of? I found one forum, but I do not think it is as active as I expected. This forum is great for some things I am interested in but would like to find some Fin or German forums of the nature I mentioned above aswell.

Also, what percentage of folks in Finland speak English would you say? Is it similar to Germany where most folks know English VERY well and is mandatory to learn in school, or would I be better of getting my text translated to Finnish on Forums?

Being the firearm laws are relaxed there, I assume there are alot of forums (or atleast a few well known ones or maybe even ebay-like firearm auction sites I would assume).

Any and all info would be appreciated, the other links were great and I greatly appreciate them, I had been to all of them already, except for 2, yet still no luck.

Feel free to PM me aswell if needed.

Bests,

-Tony

 

[Martti]

Any Finnish sites that are strictly (or mostly) Firearm/militaria related (or Trader) "Forums" with members (with a setup like this one that may consists of primarily Fin members or a .fi site) that you know of?

The Arms Historic Society of Finland does firearm and militaria auction twice a year.

Also, what percentage of folks in Finland speak English would you say? Is it similar to Germany where most folks know English VERY well and is mandatory to learn in school, or would I be better of getting my text translated to Finnish on Forums?

According to Statistics Finland, over 80 % of the Finnish people between ages 18 and 64 claim to know English.

 

[Martti]

If anyone is interested, Finnish Defence Forces is selling their stocks of used leather gloves (with wool lining) made by a Swedish company.