Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Chrysanthemums in the Snow: Finnish Arisaka Rifles" video.

  1. In Finland's case, these were not Arisakas, but Swiss Vetterlis, or as the Finns called them, Graftons, after SS John Grafton, the ship that brought them in. Some of my then-living relatives were involved in unloading and/or transporting the rifles. They probably 'borrowed' a few for moose hunting, judging from old pictures.
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  2. My great-grandfather left home with a 'krauhtoni' to fight in the Civil War and returned with a 'ryssänvinsu', a Winchester Model 1895. We still have the latter in the family.
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  3.  @cutekrizu8214  It's no different for my father's side of the family. They were labour movement activists, with some fighting with the Reds in the Civil War. It didn't work out well for them, as the last surviving one got shot by the Bolsheviks when trying to flee back from the Workers' Paradise. I think it inoculated them against communism once and for all. My grandfather, a staunch Social Democrat, always said communism was for ants and bees. He died a wealthy businessman, and a decorated war veteran.
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  4. Not too log ago, a pawn shop in Oulu was selling an Arisaka bayonet for 50€. It caught my eye, because I have one as well, a family heirloom. The hilt shows some wear, but the (very long indeed) blade is in perfect condition. It's sacrilege to clean off the patina. It will take another hundred years to reappear.
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  5. We even use Japanese cars. You?
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