Ebay "Para Bellum" Splinter B smock

[Jaws]

Gentlemen, while having a peek through ebay, I spotted this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sacco-da-lancio-F ... 35a417e982

Comments? Has anyone on here dealt with this ebayer?

The pattern looks a little too erratic to me. The colours... what do you think?
I've never seen any original smocks, only pictures.

Your advice will be appreciated. (I was thinking of getting a Spearhead smock, one of the newer one's he released last year.)

Best regards,

Gary.

[Stigroadie]

The camo print follows that of Spearheads version but the cloth and the pattern of the smock differs from Spearhead.

[Hans Gowert]

stig,

cloth looks exactly the same as a spearhead one

id stay away from this, if you want a cheapish one, get spearhead 2nd run smocks

[Stigroadie]

Not the one I looked at it doesn't. The base colour is not the same, do they have more than one print?
Some of the details of the manufacture are not the same as far as I can tell from the posted pictures. Almost certainly the smock is chinese.

[Hans Gowert]

yeah,

it looks the same as the first run of spearhead smocks , they do 2 different versions

[Stigroadie]

So, help the lad out Tom. Whilst accepting that neither is probably totally correct, which is the better of the two?

[Hans Gowert]

stig,

cloth looks exactly the same as a spearhead one

id stay away from this, if you want a cheapish one, get spearhead 2nd run smocks

re-read stig already said get a 2nd run spearhead smock !

[Ardennes]

Is that even Splinter B?

I would say that if you are hoping to go on the cheap, get one of the spearhead new releases (as mentioned previously). I think he has made 3 or 4 different ones and has gradually been improving them. Make sure you ask him for the newest one - and don't get a "vintage" one, just wear it into the field and you'll get the look you want.

check ebay Item number: 170394915021

[Hans Gowert]

as ardennes said, dont get a vintage one as the durability has been degraded so wont last aslong as a new one as everything on the smock has been weakened.

Tom