Join me as I explore my local army surplus store

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  • @BLACKIETHOMAS
    @BLACKIETHOMAS  Рік тому +5

    thanks for all the support more videos on surplus gear coming soon

  • @Bill23799
    @Bill23799 Рік тому +6

    Blackie you forgot to mention one thing. The smell . All big Military Surplus stores have that same
    musty smell. It smells like.....victory. With a little defeat and we never left the barrack thrown in.

  • @herbsmith6871
    @herbsmith6871 Рік тому +9

    Dang... What a candy store! Thanks for sharing Blackie🤠

  • @calhiser8265
    @calhiser8265 Рік тому +1

    I can smell it here.😊

  • @Bill23799
    @Bill23799 Рік тому +18

    I Called Kaufman's a few days ago to order ny " Canteen, Cold Weather " after i saw B;lackie show
    the video of the one he bought there. I spoke to Jennifer and she was very nice and helpful. I bought
    my Canteen and cover for $30.00 and shipping to Cherr'ville, NC was only about $7.00.
    Thanks Blackie for the referral.

    • @jamesbowen5573
      @jamesbowen5573 Рік тому +1

      Thank you for the info. Not a bad deal at all.

    • @akbychoice
      @akbychoice Рік тому +1

      Hunted quail not far from you in Shelby.

    • @Bill23799
      @Bill23799 Рік тому

      Was that quail with the feathers or Dan Quail you hunted?@@akbychoice

  • @larryeddings3185
    @larryeddings3185 Рік тому +12

    Wow, that is an incredible toy box! Google Maps says it is a 5 hour drive from my house. That’s gonna make a good weekend trip.

    • @Lightandlovetoyou
      @Lightandlovetoyou Рік тому +3

      It’s meant to be !
      Have fun n God bless

    • @BLACKIETHOMAS
      @BLACKIETHOMAS  Рік тому +4

      its only 20 minutes from geneva state forest lake the place i hold my gathings you can drive down go to the store then go camp at lake for 2bucks for the night

    • @larryeddings3185
      @larryeddings3185 Рік тому

      @@BLACKIETHOMAS That is good to know. Thanks for the info.

  • @frederickvanpelt6393
    @frederickvanpelt6393 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for the video, I'd be like a kid in a candy shop. I'll be making a call.

  • @keithricketts4867
    @keithricketts4867 Рік тому +4

    GLORIOUS..!!!! looks like I need to plan a trip from Central Florida to Alabama..!!!

  • @546cowboy6
    @546cowboy6 Рік тому +2

    When I was a kid a trip to the Army Surplus store in the 1950's was big really big. We would save all our money and buy all the cool stuff we could get all of us had those pants with the huge pockets on the legs, machetes, pistol belt with all the pouches. We played Army from the time we got up until dark and sleep in the back yard in our tents. Our store was over twenty miles away it was like going to the amusment park for us.

  • @wattyler9806
    @wattyler9806 Рік тому +1

    I love shopping in places like that.

  • @trynsurviven2440
    @trynsurviven2440 Рік тому +19

    That place is huge and a person could spend a day there easily.

  • @jenniferbauman4802
    @jenniferbauman4802 Рік тому +2

    Look at that candy store. I could live there. Great video. God bless. from Glenn CATT. In Massachusetts.

  • @flipside21
    @flipside21 Рік тому +4

    When the video has a smell to it. I love it.

  • @southernlandsolo7839
    @southernlandsolo7839 Рік тому +1

    We used to have plenty of Military Surplus store in NZ. Sadly only one is left in my city. It is a good store but yours is a small city in itself. Thanks for the tour Blackie.

  • @Jtaylor8908
    @Jtaylor8908 Рік тому +3

    Was just there Monday the folks are super nice. Found some quick clot bandages a Israeli bandage and neck gaiter. My 2 year old had a field day looking at everything.

  • @unclearthur9192
    @unclearthur9192 Рік тому +2

    G'Day from Australia,
    Really enjoyed the walk through your local army surplus store. It reminded me of a now gone surplus store in Melbourne. It was run by two brothers who always seemed to be having a barney/row but they had all sorts of surplus equipment. Ex-British/Commonwealth gear mostly but some WW2 and later US issue. We used to have a chain of surplus stores that went under the name of "Aussie Disposals" and they were everywhere. Now they only seem to operate from their original huge warehouse and on line. I used to love browsing around their stores and buying practical, robust gear for camping, fishing and hunting. I still have some ex-OZ army clothing that doesn't seem to wear out! Most of the surplus gear that I've picked up of late has been bought at garage sales. Thanks for all your videos. I've learned a lot from them.
    Cheers,
    Steve

  • @nprwikeepa6082
    @nprwikeepa6082 Рік тому +22

    I think I speak for most of us when I say my wife absolutely hates my surplus addiction..
    Once my daughter is grown enough to fit all the size S gear I bought on sale, it'll all work out 😅

    • @hagman1077
      @hagman1077 Рік тому +3

      Mine too- every time I get something, she says "What do you need that for"?

    • @barryduckworth5224
      @barryduckworth5224 Рік тому +2

      Her: "You don't need that"
      Me:"I didn't need a wife, but I wanted one "

    • @Jane.Doe.
      @Jane.Doe. Рік тому +2

      @nprwikeepa6082
      Oh my gosh I love going to a good army surplus store! My husband couldn't care less about any of it.
      So I just prefer to go by myself.
      It's just a real drag being all excited about it, enthusiastically picking things up, only to have the person with you be impatient/bored lurking around the perimeter of the store go- "huh. cool." all ready to leave in 5 min. 👎
      Pass! 💃🏻 lol

    • @Jane.Doe.
      @Jane.Doe. Рік тому +2

      @@hagman1077
      Sounds like my husband. 🙄
      I'm like, are you kidding me? I "need" aLL of it!
      Lame. I don't get it.
      I mean, look at the state of things..... every item ice got here will be of use and make life that much more doable in a less than optimal situation.

    • @wastelandwarrior9738
      @wastelandwarrior9738 11 місяців тому

      ​@@Jane.Doe.ugh I was my wife was like this 😮

  • @outbackowl3040
    @outbackowl3040 Рік тому +2

    Hi Blackie, greeting from Australia 🇦🇺 thank you for your time to make these videos.

  • @Flashahol
    @Flashahol Рік тому +10

    Here in Montreal, Canada, most our surplus stores are about the size of a corner store up to an average clothing store size. This one is a place to get lost for a full weekend!

  • @oldminer5387
    @oldminer5387 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for the tour Blackie. Wish I the store was closer to me, would really like to shop there.

  • @joaquimrasi6822
    @joaquimrasi6822 Рік тому +7

    What an amazing and large place for quality kit 🏆
    Greetings from Norway

  • @timlacy2284
    @timlacy2284 Рік тому +1

    Blackie, WOW my kinda store . I was in Nashville, TN. yesterday I went by Friedman's Army-Navy Surplus did buy a few things .Thank You for sharing, I will be giving the ladies call .Thanks Again. Tim L. U.S.Army Vet.

  • @MichaelR58
    @MichaelR58 Рік тому +2

    Very nice tour Blackie, thanks for sharing, God bless !

  • @DougShoeBushcraft
    @DougShoeBushcraft Рік тому +1

    Wow! Good deals. That's awesome.

  • @joewoodchuck3824
    @joewoodchuck3824 Рік тому +1

    I haven't come across a place like this in a very long time. I must search for one.

  • @hagman1077
    @hagman1077 Рік тому +4

    Greetings Blackie- That sure is a cool place and one could spend quite a while looking around, for sure. Ive got some stuff I need to get rid of and sell. I remember using those arctic canteens years ago up in Alaska, along with mittens, bear suits, over whites, magnesium snow shoes and skis. If I ever get down that way to Talladega again for the races, Ill have to stop by. Thanks for giving us a tour. You have a good weekend- Carry On-

  • @kbjerke
    @kbjerke Рік тому +4

    We used to have stores like this in *kanada.* All are gone now, and "surplus" has apparently transformed into Unicorns.
    Thanks for the memories, Blackie!

  • @AmusedKelpie-tc9du
    @AmusedKelpie-tc9du Рік тому +1

    They an't the same, when I was a kid (50s and early 60's) and if you can manage to save $2.00, usually from cutting lawns, that was a whole Saturday afternoon of shopping. You can actually buy American ww2 military surplus. Now they called collectibles and charged hundreds of times what I paid. Free market supply and demand. I still half a dozen m1 carbine pouches which I paid 10cent each and a couple Collins and Shefield machetes with sheaths for 1.50 ea., long gone days and fond memories. 😊

  • @najruqwi7008
    @najruqwi7008 Рік тому +1

    Wow that place is huge! I wish they were located near me.

  • @lens7859
    @lens7859 Рік тому +1

    Nice store! Lucky to have that close

  • @jeffrichards5106
    @jeffrichards5106 Рік тому +2

    Hi Blackie, thanks for the tour! You've got yourself a gold mine there. Appreciate the info. What a great store, I could spend days in there! When I was a kid, I remember a huge store like that named Silverstein's here in Michigan, it was huge too. But sadly, it's long gone.👍👍

    • @BLACKIETHOMAS
      @BLACKIETHOMAS  Рік тому +1

      they are drying up for sure glad i got this one

  • @phillipmonroy
    @phillipmonroy Рік тому +1

    Thank you for the memories from when I was growing up in San Francisco! They had several Surplus Stores that I would spend numerous afternoons browsing around.

  • @greywuuf
    @greywuuf Рік тому +2

    Thanks so much Blackie. I will be giving them a call here after the outdoors show is behind me.

  • @johnathanlamm3693
    @johnathanlamm3693 Рік тому

    Thats amazing. Thanks for sharing.

  • @edgizinski5528
    @edgizinski5528 Рік тому +1

    I could sure walk out of there with a pile of stuff.😅

  • @benterwellen
    @benterwellen Рік тому +1

    This is great Blackie

  • @andreashansson1974
    @andreashansson1974 Рік тому +1

    Cool tour Blackie! Wish we had places like this in Sweden

    • @BLACKIETHOMAS
      @BLACKIETHOMAS  Рік тому

      they will ship to you but i am sure the shipping will be pricey

  • @isomer13
    @isomer13 Рік тому +2

    I could disappear in there for days. Thanks, Blackie.

  • @w4ame
    @w4ame Рік тому

    Wow! That a road trip worthy store. Thanks Blackie.

  • @waynehendrix4806
    @waynehendrix4806 Рік тому

    Road trip! Got them issue long snow shoes. Love them.

  • @dalemeyer8207
    @dalemeyer8207 Рік тому

    That is a Great Surplus Store
    And video

  • @Lightandlovetoyou
    @Lightandlovetoyou Рік тому +1

    Yessss you’re the best for this !

  • @derekneumann
    @derekneumann Рік тому +1

    I just ordered a Arctic Canteen and a used ACU woobie. So cool to talk to the LADY's!! Thanks Blackie!

    • @BLACKIETHOMAS
      @BLACKIETHOMAS  Рік тому

      i wish you many years of adventures with it

  • @david6920-r6z
    @david6920-r6z Рік тому +4

    I got a set of the Arctic mittens in my garage!! 25 years in the army and I should open my own army surplus!! 🇺🇸 🇳🇿

  • @Joelontugs
    @Joelontugs Рік тому +1

    I could get in trouble in a place like this but whole bunch of stuff lol

  • @billydobbins8308
    @billydobbins8308 8 місяців тому

    I ordered a combat tent, poncho, and canteen stove. Received it in three days. Like new thanks for the tip 👍, already use the stuff

  • @TinyTitan50
    @TinyTitan50 Рік тому +1

    Wow! Great place! Wish we had one! All ours have closed down.

  • @shanehall5659
    @shanehall5659 Рік тому

    Wow. Stumbled upon your video just in time for what i wss looking. Great content Sir. Didn'thave to think twice to Sub. Appreciate it.

  • @gsoni79
    @gsoni79 5 місяців тому

    Beautiful my country dissent have these kind of stores and I miss em

  • @jeffvanburen1167
    @jeffvanburen1167 Рік тому +1

    Great video, question where did you get the vest you were wearing on the video

  • @phillipmerritt1428
    @phillipmerritt1428 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for get back go over some of the gear. Really look great but it’s hard to buy it on the wall by video.
    I’ve gotten several items from them and they’ve always been big. They do such a great job.

  • @GunSlingersSociety..
    @GunSlingersSociety.. Рік тому +1

    I guess the days of true army/navy surplus stores are gone.. looks like now it's just another high price retail store. This surplus is super easy to obtain on your own for a tenth of the price..

  • @drewhall2190
    @drewhall2190 Рік тому

    My type of place. This is great!

  • @ericcook8422
    @ericcook8422 Рік тому

    Thanks for showing us that store.

  • @garywhelansr5602
    @garywhelansr5602 Рік тому

    Blackie ever since you mention the depot Ivw bought alot of gear from them. Excellent customer service n delivery. 🇺🇲👍🏻👍🏻

  • @PaulDekleva
    @PaulDekleva Місяць тому

    We had a store similar to this in Brisbane Australia however it burnt down and we were left with no place to get surplus. I envy you; I would go bananas in that store.

  • @Bill23799
    @Bill23799 Рік тому +8

    I have been told in response to a previous comment that the reason the cups for these
    cold weather canteens are so scarce is that the company that makes the canteen only made
    cups for the first lot they manufactured.

  • @johntablazon
    @johntablazon Рік тому +2

    I might be digging for 3 days, but I'd be broke in 30 minutes. I wish I had a surplus store like that around my area. We have one about half the size of a Dollar General.

  • @reneschaap8091
    @reneschaap8091 Рік тому +1

    goedenavond Blackie ARDIG Winkeltje !!!👍

  • @chrishall9208
    @chrishall9208 Рік тому

    I e been there with Blackie and I can tell you he only scratched the surface of the things they have. Thanks for bringing this to us that may need more to build our kits. Thanks brother

  • @gregknight293
    @gregknight293 Рік тому

    Hats off to you Blackie ! This show has got to be one of your best ever ! Used to have a great surplus store in Abilene , Texas called Taylor's Army Surplus and I spent many a happy hour there and more than a few dollars . Sadly it burned several years ago . Kaufmans looks like a paradise and I'm going to give them a call . Many thanks for this show .

  • @snappers_antique_firearms
    @snappers_antique_firearms Рік тому +2

    I haven't seen a surplus Store like that in a long time. I miss the days when you could find barrels of surplus rifles in stores like this one.

  • @smoothvern165
    @smoothvern165 Рік тому

    WOW! Thanks for the tour! That place has way more than the one in my town. Awesome!

  • @GryphonIndustrial
    @GryphonIndustrial Рік тому +2

    Mein Gott! I need to get to Alabama. We still have a few good surplus stores in Oklahoma but this is another level. In OK, for the Tulsa area, I recommend Weekender Surplus in Broken Arrow, OK as its a small mom and pop store with all real milsurp. For OKC I recommend Brigadoon Surplus. Other great locations are Omaha's in Fort Worth, TX is excellent as is The Bunker in Farmington, NM.
    There was a small milsurp shop in Cheyenne, WY by the name of Sergeant's I think. If its still there its worth dropping by. A little cramped but great to dig through.

  • @redsorgum
    @redsorgum Рік тому +3

    Dave from Reallybigmonkey1 has so much surplus in his basement, the Georgia National Guard occasionally calls him to borrow some…..🤣 That place has some good stuff, too bad I’m in Southern California to far away.

  • @OutdoorsWithShawn
    @OutdoorsWithShawn Рік тому

    I bought one of those IBNS tents from them ( at 11:13 ) when I was at your gathering this spring.
    That and a tarp makes for a good ground pounder setup.

    • @BLACKIETHOMAS
      @BLACKIETHOMAS  Рік тому

      i hope you have many years of adventures with it

  • @simonh6371
    @simonh6371 Рік тому +2

    The flag on the field jacket is Belgian. Looks to be from 60s I think or maybe early 70s as after that they have been using their unique ''jigsaw'' camo. I got an old Belgian ''paracommando'' rucksack online in olive drab, cost next to nothing, not the most comfortable or ergonomic but tough as nails and use it as a bike rack pannier.

  • @MiClLC
    @MiClLC Рік тому

    Thank you for this upload Blackie

  • @canadafree2087
    @canadafree2087 Рік тому

    Would love some of those 5 button sweaters. I've owned the Korean wool shirts for years and they are fantastic! Thanks for showing us Blackie.

  • @independentthinker8930
    @independentthinker8930 Рік тому +1

    If I ever get finished with my house I'll have to do a road trip there!

  • @kellydiver
    @kellydiver Рік тому +1

    I’m gonna need a frame and shoulder straps for my new Blackie pack and haversack when they come in. 😊

    • @BLACKIETHOMAS
      @BLACKIETHOMAS  Рік тому

      the straps look on walmart.com i got mine for under 15 bucks as to the frame the ladies will set you up

  • @elvenking62
    @elvenking62 9 місяців тому

    I remember back in the day, those stores were full of surplus WW2 gear. Benefit of growing up in the 1960’s

  • @mrkultra1655
    @mrkultra1655 Рік тому

    That place is great, nothing like that up here in New England. Thanks Blackie

  • @dominikwolf1660
    @dominikwolf1660 Рік тому

    Wow this is great I wish like in Germany we have a kind of place like this!🎉❤

  • @elund408
    @elund408 Рік тому +2

    those Korean war wool shirts are about bullet proof, I bought two of them 30 years ago and they are still going strong. My son appropriated one during highschool and wore it as a coat, cant kill them. Buy your 12 year old a small one and his kid will be able to take it out of storage and wear it.

  • @Jane.Doe.
    @Jane.Doe. Рік тому

    Hey Blackie I just want to tell you how much I appreciated and enjoyed this Army Surplus tour. It was amazing! 💯
    Thank you so much Sir!
    I'm going to be calling them for some stuff for sure 👍
    Much love and God bless
    - from a (size small) girl in the northern Colorado Rocky mountains 🙋‍♀️
    PS- It was so good that I subscribed - def keep these surplus gear vids a coming!

  • @akbychoice
    @akbychoice Рік тому

    Bigger than any AS store I’ve been in. Use to get a lot of military gear from the Base clearing lots, found lots of great deals. Used the mittens trapping in the 80’s. Military mukluks light and warm, Bunny VB boots are worth their weight in gold for extreme cold.

  • @cassallen6362
    @cassallen6362 Місяць тому

    When I was in (03-09) the black fleece was what we called "the bear suit" it had fleece bottoms with suspenders with polar tech insulation. Hella warm

  • @steveowens398
    @steveowens398 Рік тому

    Thanks for the tour Blackie. I'll be placing an order soon. That copper band on your left wrist - I have a friend that had one like that soldered around his wrist by the South Vietnamese. Is that where you got yours? You don't really look old enough.

  • @decnijfkris3706
    @decnijfkris3706 Рік тому

    very interesting shop to find clothes to work in and tools to work with. we don't have such shops anymore in my country; i shouldn't know where to buy real army pants and boots shop smells good. most of our tools came from such a shop welders spades axes compressors lights batteries knives lamps

  • @jamesbowen5573
    @jamesbowen5573 Рік тому

    Now that was a great video.

  • @randygalichia
    @randygalichia Рік тому

    Good lord I could go broke in there.yep, ours closed up, and the one in Joplin Mo. As well really sucks,gave me a good hangout

  • @willyreimer8042
    @willyreimer8042 Рік тому +1

    I used to get Kaufmans West Catalogs and I believe that store was in NM. I'm from Canada and I ordered stuff from them from time to time and had it shipped up to Canada.
    I drive truck and have had opportunity to shop at a military surplus store in Idaho Falls ID. I'm hoping the Kaufmanns has an online store, I'll check it out.

    • @ponyboy481
      @ponyboy481 Рік тому +1

      That Idaho falls store has a on line store I stop there to when I'm in town great store

    • @willyreimer8042
      @willyreimer8042 Рік тому +1

      @ponyboy481 I think I did know they have an online store, but it's so much more fun shopping in person. I'm a Canadian truck driver, some items cannot be shipped to Canada, silly rules or whatever. It's not the store that dictates what can or cannot be shipped. For example, tried ordering a multi tool, unable to ship anything with a blade because of stupid Canadian regulations.

    • @ponyboy481
      @ponyboy481 Рік тому +1

      @willyreimer8042 that's stupid
      I'm a truck driver too I don't get up there to often so I do the on line thing only because they have the best prices

  • @TimothyCibula-vh5ip
    @TimothyCibula-vh5ip Рік тому

    Thanks for the tour very cool looks like fun store. Where is it located?

  • @davidwright5580
    @davidwright5580 Рік тому +1

    Thank you Blackie for showing use a round its was awesome do they have a website are they on Facebook

    • @BLACKIETHOMAS
      @BLACKIETHOMAS  Рік тому

      they do but it is better to call them 334-898-1770 they will hand select for ya if you tell them blackie sent me

  • @stevefisher2121
    @stevefisher2121 Рік тому +1

    My good lord I could spend all day in that place and spend a whole bunch of money!!!!!

  • @jeffsadon552
    @jeffsadon552 Рік тому +2

    I would like to see you do a project from something out of that place

  • @argohio
    @argohio Рік тому

    Reminds me of Glenns Surplus in Shelby Ohio similar size and items. Been going there with my buddies for adventure gear since we were old enough to drive

    • @BLACKIETHOMAS
      @BLACKIETHOMAS  Рік тому

      i grew up that way as well someone new wants to go camping you took them to the surplus store to gear out

  • @jerrydonnelly6134
    @jerrydonnelly6134 Рік тому +2

    Canteen 35 bucks and up on ebay. Great price there.

  • @WrathofPharaoh
    @WrathofPharaoh Рік тому

    Easily the coolest place I've ever seen. We don't have anything remotely like that where I live.

  • @randymartin5521
    @randymartin5521 Рік тому

    Samson, AL is only about 20 miles from Opp. My mom was born in Opp and her parents grew up on neighboring farms there. I surely must still have relatives there. We used to go to family reunions now and then when I was a kid. Looks like if you can't find it at Kaufman's, you don't need it anyway. 😂 I haven't seen a real military surplus store in decades. Back in the 70s there was an army surplus store called Old Sarge's in downtown Atlanta when I was a kid. My dad and I would go there every couple of months just to browse around. We always found something we couldn't live without. Old Sarge's is long gone now. I've been in a few surplus stores in the metro Atlanta area since but most had very little surplus, mostly new Chinese knock offs and highly over priced.

    • @BLACKIETHOMAS
      @BLACKIETHOMAS  Рік тому

      sadly they are hard to find these days but all the gear of ww2 is now 80yrs old so surplus stores have dried up

  • @wastelandwarrior9738
    @wastelandwarrior9738 11 місяців тому

    Oh boy i could spend a lot of money in that store😂😂

  • @dennishein2812
    @dennishein2812 Рік тому

    Never been in a surplus store that the isles didn’t get narrower as you went along. Can’t even get in ours. In a wheelchair. Prices sure have gone up since I was a kid (68 now).

  • @jamesparker6383
    @jamesparker6383 Рік тому +1

    Great video on them. I'm impressed, do they have a website?

    • @BLACKIETHOMAS
      @BLACKIETHOMAS  Рік тому

      they do but its is far better just to call and ask the ladies they will hand select for ya if you say blackie sent me

  • @hiramhaji7813
    @hiramhaji7813 Рік тому +1

    Thank you

  • @thetvbaby83
    @thetvbaby83 Рік тому

    The bed bugs gotta be crazy on the small medium inventory.

  • @Fires755
    @Fires755 Рік тому

    Thank you for the video, I wrote the phone # down!!!

  • @erikcornog9479
    @erikcornog9479 Рік тому

    I like that Alpenflage alot . Guy at the flea market had a bunch of them for 10 bucks each but they are heavy!!

  • @bobbyd4400
    @bobbyd4400 Рік тому

    Wow blackie your guys surplus down there is way better priced then our in the pacwest

    • @BLACKIETHOMAS
      @BLACKIETHOMAS  Рік тому

      call the ladies at kaufmans they will ship

  • @tobaccoroadadventures
    @tobaccoroadadventures Рік тому +1

    I would go absolutely 100% broke in that store lol!