What an interesting thread! Worthy of the Moral Maze. (As a devout Radio 4 listener I have no higher praise).
I make no apologies for reviving it. I just can't understand how I missed it back in March 2017. I must have because I could not have resisted having my say. I found it just now, totally by accident, having just put Replica Webley boxes into Search. I did not realise that Troubledshooter had stopped producing such things and thought he might have been interested in either an Acvoke or a Warrior box to reproduce. I'd sourced one of each in New Zealand, complete with pistol and thought he might have been interested, with no expectations of anybody being misled. That was perhaps naive of me as I tend to be pretty cynical.
I now find me doubting my own intentions ( a rarity in it's own right !), largely due to Danny's (Garvin's) arguments against replicas.
Oddly enough I get sort-of replicas made of wing mirror arms to fit J type Bedfords to take to NZ. The Kiwis tend to scorn wing mirrors. Or possibly the originals have long since failed to be adjusted and have sheered off. As the host trucks were expected to last 10 years and the last are now at least 45 not that many have survived. My versions are made of stainless steel so they never seize the way the originals did (mild steel in close proximity to cast steel, exposed to the elements for a lifetime ). They add an element of bling or can be painted for the factory finish. My conscience is perfectly clear in that context but I'll have to give a bit more thought to the rest of it.
I'll let the effects of tonight's bottle of Sambucca ( surprise Xmas present ) wear off before I give serious thought to the earlier part of the thread. With hindsight have any of you revised your earlier opinions.
Looking forwards to any comments, Mick
When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns .