Sabre 45

[CampingSmurf]

Hi All, sorry if this is in the wrong section, forums still confuse me to death. I'm just getting into wild camping and going through some old stuff, new stuff and gifted stuff. I was gifted a karrimor sabre 45 in M81 us woodland camo. The chap who gave it to me said it was a prototype the British army was making. It was a 1 off and he had the honour of testing it. It never came off he told me. Its not got any side pockets I've tried to search for this camo pattern but no joy. 1 is he telling porkies about it being a prototype (looking at pictures I can't find any the same as mine) 2 if they do do the pattern is there a good place to find them. Other wise looks like OD will do. Cheers chris

 

[Decacraft]

Show us some pictures- does it have any attachments for side pockets? Molle or zips? If you want any customisations on it there's some folk on here who may help, otherwise take a look on jayjay brecon for some rough ideas of prices that seems reasonable work.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Are you sure it isn't DPM ?

 

[ONE]

If it is a prototype you're unlikely to find matched pockets. I've never personally seen one in US Woodland, but that doesn't mean they don't exist!

If it's got the side zips it ought to take British DPM side pockets which while not a match, won't look entirely 'foreign' either.

 

[Mesquite]

Why not contact Karrimor directly (with pictures) and ask them if there were ever any side pockets made for your pack.

Being it's an US pattern camo it might be it was made for the US market.

 

[ADz-1983]

Why not contact Karrimor directly (with pictures) and ask them if there were ever any side pockets made for your pack.

Being it's an US pattern camo it might be it was made for the US market.

As far as I know the Karrmor that made Sabres does not exist any more. Todays Karrimor is just brand name that was sold on.

 

[SCOMAN]

You're right partly. You need to look up Karrimor SF

 

[Lean'n'mean]

As far as I know the Karrmor that made Sabres does not exist any more. Todays Karrimor is just brand name that was sold on.

True, Karrimor went bust in the early 90s & the name was bought by 'Sport's Direct' who now make crap rucks using that brand but there is a separate 'Karrimor' branch, (SF =special forces ) distributed by PRI which has been making military grade rucksacks for quite some time now.

 

[Jared]

Kryptek mandrake set for £30 atm

Karrimor SF Sabre Side Pockets PLCE - Rucksacks, Backpacks for Military, Police & Explorers

Karrimor SF Sabre Side Pockets are designed to be compatible with current UK military issue equipment, PLCE Bergens or Rucksacks.

policeresourcesinternational.co.uk

 

[Karrimor SF]

Hi Chris,

We did produce some of our products using Kryptek & Pencott fabrics. They were for general sale and not a prototype for the British MoD. The only Camo we use now is MultiCam.
PRI Ltd is our UK Distributor and may be able to help. Please drop them an email.
Many thanks....

Karrimor SF.

 

[Mesquite]

Well, that's the definitive answer to OP's question

Good customer service from Karrimor SF

 

[walker]

All company's that supply the mod will do one off or a ltd production run in order to show what they can supply , I have a pair of lowa mountain boots in green which was part of a ltd run for the mod before they went with brown . It's quite possible that it's siblings have all been lost or binned at the end of there trial

 

[Ozmundo]

I used to work in defence rehab centre and had a cupboard of boots in some interesting patterns. I think a lot were forwarded from trials. No pairs as we were giving them out to chaps who only needed one.