Stop in for a cup of coffee

Funny how different collecting and restoring is viewed in different fields.
Most classic car guys are fine with replacement parts or reproductions.
With the collectable mil-surp stuff, most want NOS, although I think reenactors may interested in copies.
The last reenactment I went to the majority of the participants were rocking modern recreations of vintage equipment and clothing. With few exceptions most all the firearms were modern replicas. A lot of the “camp” goods were vintage tho. Pretty sure the horses were all modern as well! @WV64Signet likely has a much more better idea as he has been down that road. It always looked like a black hole for money to me so you know I decided to restore Mopars instead. Hah!