New Cross Army Surplus – Military Kit

Being in the job that i am, i require sometimes certain things that you cant get at the normal high street chains.
Today i popped into Mil​i​taryKit​.Com (used to be known as New Cross Army Surplus).
They cater for Military, Police Force & Security as well as supplies for Camping.
They sell brand new to 2^nd hand goods with even the 2^nd hand being of good quality.
Today i required some new boots. Now were do go if your require a boot that not only has to be black, waterproof, warm in winter, cool in the summer.
I may be one minuet traipsing through mud, gravel, concrete so this boot has to be able to stand up to all conditions.
Well the Lads at here were able to help. I had a choice of 3 and they gave me the pros and cons on each boot.
Great service !

In answer to Sam’s question — I have no desire to ‘dress up exactly like (I’m) from Top Gun’. However, I do find army surplus stores stock items of use to the average civilian.
I walked out with two purchases. For the summer, a pair of Dr. Martens sandals with a leather upper/​sock plus very cushiony Dr. Martens outsole — for me, a winning combination. Secondly, a pair of calf-​length boots, comprising a waterproof rubber shoe, with an insulated cuff with velcro closures. Both items are well-​made, functional and attractive, and pretty resonably priced.
Overall, this shop has a big, well-​stocked floor area, with a mixture of bargains and more expensive items — dressing up like you’re from Top Gun would probably set you back a bit, as ‘authentic’ kit probably carries a premium. However, in this type of store, there is also a healthy focus on technical specification which I find a breath of fresh air versus the plethora of ‘designer’ outlets lining our high streets. For example, no matter how wealthy I was, I would feel far more inclined to spend £250 here on an industrial strength military watch than several thousand pounds one of the decadent baubles on offer at Selfridges etc.
I’m raising an eyebrow at Bex’s customer service experience, I’m concerned at Robert’s sentiments on armed struggle, but I nonetheless snap a brisk salute to those more rugged elements of our somewhat effete modern society who find what they need at Military Kit.

Two main points about Military Kit (as I know it)
1) Sell loads of cool stuff
2) They sell loads of cool stuff at mildly inflated prices
I have a third point mainly aimed at morons who think you shouldnt be able to buy jackets and gas cookers.
We live in a country where the people have little to no say in the making of the laws, the rich have all the power. They have the media, the money and more importantly they have the men and firepower to back it up.
We, the working class on the other hand are given a poor education, little prospects and no say in the politics of the country (unless you want to kiss rich arse), our only hope is armed revolution and for this reason we are banned from owning arms.
To say only the military should own survival gear, webbing, mess tins, camouflagued clothing is to support an oligarchy that highly taxes its its people and does not allow them to have a say in the laws by which they are governed.
If anything New Cross Should be selling us guns and ammunition and our town centres should be full of speakers pushing for a change.
They do have cool Danish army jackets also, check this place out.

If you want some army surplus I’d head anywhere but here. Never have I been so offended in any establishment.
I was working on a film and came to collect a uniform we needed for an actor. The staff seemed to have no recollection of the conversation held between their manager and my producer, so I set about finding another uniform to take instead. After about an hour we finally had something which looked about right but the staff refused to let us buy it because the boots weren’t the right commission. Despite telling them several times that the soldier’s rank is never mentioned and his feet are never in shot (we just needed the boots for the sound of him walking) they were adamant we must spend more money to get the correct items. I didn’t want to disrespect the institution, but equally didn’t want to be taken for a mug so waited for the manager to arrive and sort the whole mess out.
When he did arrive he was no help whatsoever and even began making some unsavoury small talk whilst I was paying him. Apparently the staff here get all of their political ideas from the BNP and the Daily Mail is their only source of information about the planet. Excellent.
If you want some army surplus I’d look online or elsewhere before heading into the New Cross shop.

Do you like Top Gun? Do you want to dress up like you are from Top Gun? Do you want to dress up exactly like you’re from Top Gun? Because you can do that at New Cross Army Supplies.
Downstairs you will find a mannequin dressed up just like Tom Cruise in that famous film. We’re talking the jacket with all the right badges on, the trousers, the shades, the boots and even the dog tags (New Cross Army Supplies will engrave your name on them even). Seriously, they do the lot.
If you’re not all about Top Gun, then this is actually an amazing army supply shop. There’s camouflage on absolutely everything. Jackets, boots, camping equipment and the like.

The lettering on the windows of New Cross Army Surplus suggest the shop stocks clothing and equipment for Camping, Hiking and Survival. I bet you a tenner however, that their most regular customers are more likely to be students looking for bargain priced army jackets than adventurers planning trips into the wilderness.
For those that like to spend their weekends alone in the middle of nowhere however, the shop sells everything from rucksacks, sleeping bags and cooking stoves to balaclavas, camaflouge trousers and army helmets. In true Deliverance style, they also sell torches, rope and pen knives.