Over the years, I have used a lot of mil surp, especially back in the starving student days. Nowadays, I use it much less, but I still pack my 1951 Mountain cook set occasionally;most days I don't need its large capacity. I would still employ a P38, but who needs a can opener all that often?

Mil surp is abundant, generally strong, and often relatively cheap. Some of it is very good indeed. I was grateful for Hueys on many a SAR operation - they and their pilots saved quite a few lives. I always had a high regard for the M1 Garand, and even the M1 carbine, and the 30-06 cartridge is a versatile, timeless classic. M16s and their ammo seem to be in demand these days. What would we do without GPS (kind of surplus, in a way).

Never did care for the military type mops and brooms, though. Haven't seen any of them lately...