Military Surplus skis..which ones

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Slimfinn
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Military Surplus skis..which ones

Post by Slimfinn » Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:01 pm

SO I have found the Karhu and Elan on ebay and Asnes at Coleman's, any others out there? I started thinking about them to get a cheap set of waxed skis to have. I learned on waxed with old cable bindings as a kid, and thats all my dad ever used and got thinking maybe I should give it a try now that I'm older and I have a box of wax on the shelf. Was considering putting some 3 pin bindings on them, because why not spend $250 on new boots and binding for your $20 skis...Anyway just kinda thinking out loud..
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Re: Military Surplus skis..which ones

Post by lilcliffy » Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:22 pm

Hey Slimfinn-
I have a couple of sets of both the Asnes USGI and the Karhu Combat skis.
I also have the current Asnes Combat Nato- which should end up in surplus sales- I hope- at some point.
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Re: Military Surplus skis..which ones

Post by Slimfinn » Wed Jan 30, 2019 3:03 pm

Just found something that may scratch the waxable itch, Fischer bcx europa 99 tour 210's with manual NNN-BCs
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Re: Military Surplus skis..which ones

Post by Woodserson » Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:36 pm

Slimfinn wrote:Just found something that may scratch the waxable itch, Fischer bcx europa 99 tour 210's with manual NNN-BCs
Can't go wrong with that one
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Re: Military Surplus skis..which ones

Post by Buda » Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:50 pm

Slimfinn wrote: ... Fischer bcx europa 99 tour ...
I have a pair of those in 200cm and like them a lot.
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