How ‘Militaria Dealing’ SAVED HIS LIFE

This is Carl Brindley from Swansea Antiques. Carl is a regular exhibitor at IACF Antiques Fairs and a very good militaria dealer. He’s also a very passionate and interesting person.
We met at the Shepton Mallet Antiques Fair in Somerset.
Our candid conversation here was unprepared and unrehearsed (as all my interviews are)

See IACF website for fair dates and locations

If you have any antique story, a collection to feature, or something interesting to sell, let me know and we might be able to make a film about it!

Cheers

David Harper

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[maryabreu]

Glad he found a interest to put his heart into.

[dreamsreselling]

What a lovely guy ! Pleased he’s found his happy place :) Very interesting video.

[IanCunnington-rv]

Nice guy I lost everything after a coma in 2019 not easy but seeing what he’s building up keeps the hope alive. Great video 👍

[techwg]

Ever get any Military handcuffs? I have a couple of Hiatt M&C darby handcuffs from WW1, a regular Hiatt military pair from 1949, an R.C.S darby pair from 1956 and a military modern pair of chain link handcuffs by Hiatt from 1992. All British Military, some have the Broad Arrow too, which I love. I love militaria and handcuff collecting.

[BoneEyeDoll]

Hi David, I have a little collection of military buttons and uniform adornments, mostly Royal Ulster Rifles and Royal Army Service Corps. I would like to find their next 'caretaker' as Carl so nicely put it - should I contact a shop like his in the first instance?

[justcurious]

i am 53 now, i will starting a shop too Mister David .( first online).. no more oblagtions now it is hunting and selling time ... i have learn a lot, and always willing to learn. i have being selling sinds i was 8? i even sold ladybugs for 10 cnt each for the lice in the house plants. Making jewelry looking at stuff that was thrown away and selling it later on in front of a store on a blanket. ...God how i love my life . But later in life never got the chance . so if i have a real store, like brick and mortare. i would love you to open my fantasic shop ..ah with uncle Vince ☺😉

[OriginalNethead]

7mm ammo? Here in the USA someone could have ammo made for it, but it would be a custom thing and very expensive. That's if you were crazy enough to trust it enough to fire a gun that old. I carry a cane I call my "whack-y" stick, suitable for whacking that last box of cereal off the back of the top supermarket shelf. It's solid wood.