The Five Military Surplus Stores on Manhattan Island in New York City

[@gregmcmanus1975]

Nightmare difficulty: Name every military surplus store in South Korea.

[@UAGhostrider]

How about north?

[@IndoGunsnGear]

also interested in this

[@n8vmilk]

@@UAGhostriderthe north has everything they got in front of the cameras, everyone else in their army is naked with no weapons lol

[@lordcatboygaming]

​@@n8vmilk😂😂😂

[@bobbowie5334]

Name them? _Soopruss._

[@BigBellyEd]

Amazing video. I was just searching for good surplus stores for the next NY trip. Not only for shopping but the iconic surplus store experience.

[@Kingkiller1917]

If you find your way further up New York, there is a surplus store called LZ Army Navy in Auburn that is closer to Fort drum, new and old surplus can be found there frequently. I used to buy surplus gear from there any chance I could when I was stationed at fort drum.

[@Mirokuofnite]

I miss my old army surplus store. Miss the smell the most. That canvas and oil smell.

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

Its just not the same without the fully automatics

[@Owenmilitaria]

@@TheAnnoyingBosswhat do you mean bro? Most places have authentic kit😂

[@kurtsalm2155]

They used to have great leather jackets. Not so much anymore, sadly.

[@punkbaby3]

it smells so good oh my godddd

[@drwhite7285]

Don't forget sweat

[@paulwalsh8959]

My mother bought me and my brother Tim clothes from our local army and navy store..we looked stupid going to school dressed as Japanese admirals

[@SongsForTheFolk]

Elaborate

[@DD-uf2uo]

As long as you had your SWORD with you I don't think anyone would give you a hard time. 😁 .

[@Lekirius]

Based

[@gussampson5029]

Give your mother a hug from me. I wish my mother was that based.

[@warprimeminister]

😂😂😂😂

[@blue387]

As a New Yorker, I've been to all of these except the MASH army navy one, which I did not know existed. I fear these small stores will eventually be priced out by higher rents and be forced to close.

[@stephen1991]

That’s what happen here. We had three in the center of downtown, then they were pushed further out, and now there’s a ghost of one left open.

[@railfanatic1416]

As a non New Yorker, the only one I've been to is MASH as it was directly across from a Celtic pub that I went to.

[@coppertopv365]

Kauffman looks like it has a bomb shelter sticker.. Didn't see that on the others..

[@timwinterhalter5233]

Dude is ready for when the nukes fly

[@sinisterthoughts2896]

5 more than I would have guessed.

[@duncanp1987]

Kaufmans has a sister store in ABQ, New Mexico. If I remember correctly, it's ran by a brother or cousin.

[@benmuller5618]

well its a brother store than no? :D

[@josedorsaith5261]

Yeh no thanks

[@pavelthefabulous5675]

In Japan I saw a place called Antiqulture that had some surplus American and Eastern Bloc blouses, mostly Czech and Hungarian.

[@Pantsinabucket]

Americana Pipedream has practically all the Eastern European shit someone could dream of.

[@pavelthefabulous5675]

@@Pantsinabucket Yeah, I also saw they have East German camo which is pretty much the drippiest pattern ever.

[@realwartortle]

Which one in Japan is it?

[@taylorcasale680]

I used to go to Kaufman’s all the time when I was a kid. I got my school backpack there.

[@johnA9222]

Reminds me of my childhood surplus store, col bubbies surplus senter on the strand in galveston texas. I cried the day it closed.

[@andyhillhouse9813]

Im always on the lookout for 80s us army jackets. Best work jackets ever! Nice and loose with huge pockets!

[@derekcolvin9944]

There are several of those in the greater Houston area, but just up until a couple of years ago Colonel Bubbies located in the Strand, in Galveston Texas was the best place to go for military surplus of all kinds, in Southeast Texas.

[@FalloutProto]

There is a Kaufmans in Albuquerque, New Mexico, of all places

[@jujjuj7676]

I miss the army surplus stores in the 70s when you had real chance to get helmets with real bullet holes in them, real grenade parts in old foot lockers and badass patches ripped from the sleeves of the fallen and the aroma of black musty canvas mold down every isle...I could not be happier..😊

[@geneard639]

I remember when the military surplus stores were still selling WWII surplus items like kit jeeps and warbirds all crated up with instructions and tools in each box.... I still can't believe that in the 50s you could buy a kit P-40, P-51 for like $500 or a MB or GP Jeep for a few hundred. You could buy them off the back of comic books or J.C. Witney catalogs.

[@hawkinatorgamer9725]

Sold all the gear I had to a surplus store in NC back in 2014 a couple years after I got out. It was probably 2000 dollars worth of kit. I got like 150 bucks for it. At the time I just wanted to forget, now I wish I had some of it to remember.

[@MajorMosh710]

Every 90’s Brooklyn rapper’s favourite shop

[@theseeingeye454]

The first Banana Republics had cool surplus from diverse sources. When the Ziegler's owned them back in the early 80's. Offbeat sound tracks too.Also put out a neat catalog describing the merch and their adventures acquiring the items. . They sold out to Gap and now it's effete yuppie wear.

[@privateer177666]

I bought my first Bankroft Dress Lid (aka Bus Driver’s Cap) at Kaufman’s back in ‘74, fresh out of Boot Canp in Cape May NJ.

[@royfetherston2998]

Thank you for sharing!

[@VKiera]

We had a great store in Galveston Texas, sadly closed up after the owner passed away. I picked up several bomber wing pins and a really old canvas bag, pretty sure it was pre WW2.

[@williammorrill946]

Colonel Bubbie's Strand Surplus Senter!

[@raymondszumski1335]

Ammo cans ,great for tool boxes and fishing gear .

[@BigDees19]

We need more of these types of stores in los Angeles

[@rightlyso8507]

I've gone to two of those shops, Kaufman's being one. However, there's a Army/Navy surplus store not far from where I live. It's been there for many years, as long as I remember. It is in NYC. But since it's not in Manhattan, the prices are quite a bit lower. The place also still has a good selection of some nice vintage stuff.

[@Lazalaza]

Interesting! Will definitely visit these stores if I am ever in NYC !

[@richardwatson298]

There used to be a pretty good one on Canal Street called The Trader.

[@makavelie1234]

My dad got out of the military not too long after I was born, I'm sixteen now and he gave me some military vest that holds magazines and I guess frags, he also gave me these things that say they protect from shrapnel and small-arms fire

[@joelglanton6531]

Your mom cheated on your dad. He's probably not even your real dad; Jody is your biological father.

[@Nuclearbomb-lw4ri]

Theres a military surplus near my house ( not the same state as video) and ive bought 90mm artillery pieces (inert) and they even have a missile (inert) and torpedo stuff and even more including old maps for troops and stuff

[@1joshjosh1]

Oh the good old days of surplus are long since gone

[@garymartin1956]

I worked at Jacks Army store in Chattanooga.

[@billdoane7841]

I miss going to Army Navy surplus store’s we don’t have them anymore where I live

[@ChasOnErie]

GREAT STORES !!!!!

[@tylerthehistoryguy8532]

I'm going on a vacation to NYC and this is going to help

[@robertb8629]

How was your vacation?

[@tylerthehistoryguy8532]

@@robertb8629 good

[@kurtsalm2155]

Hard to find surplus leather flight (A-2 bomber) jackets these days.

[@paulrozinski1488]

There used to be several on Canal St. but I guess they are long gone .

[@blitz4634]

been to a couple of these when i visited manhattan.

[@PromethiaSHADOW]

I absolutely love church st surplus

[@shekharmoona544]

Saigon Sams has entered the chat.😂😂😊

[@scottposey1793]

Damn, I got that joke. 🤣 I miss that shopping experience....

[@juanelorriaga2840]

I know of Army and Navy bags great people there and I live a few blocks away

[@dmmchugh3714]

Good info...diggin it

[@smallebige]

I remembered in one of these surplus stores mash I think or kaufman I got my sef almost perfect condition Polish M40 helmet I choose the one that where scratched up bc it had named with in it’s straps

[@galexeqe]

up until the 90's, there used to be a bunch of surplus stores along George St in Sydney that sold a LOT of surplus gear that I was too young to appreciate. Sadly they're all gone now

[@Jerrard1983]

Kaufman is legendary

[@DeadGothicRed]

Does any of them have a secret room like that surplus store in 1985 Commando?

[@giovannidomenech4321]

Thanks now I know!

[@Legendary_Cheese_Wizard]

And then there’s the guy you can just buy whatever you like out of his trunk lol. You know the guy lol.

[@crazyk831]

I am that guy

[@historyiwitness5915]

Go see Jimmy Korn at Kaufman's oldest operating business on West 42nd Street!

[@hylacinerea970]

if u want amazing durable, safe pants pick up anything that's required to meet regulations. I bought chef pants for fashion reasons. they're wonderful and have already protected me from a kitchen hazard

[@SatchPersaud-sm1gc]

There's one in Queens on liberty Blvd,

[@garyhyndman1105]

Military surplus used to be an inexpensive option. Not so much now.

[@jeffkeith3654]

The thing about Quality military wear is they LAST OUTLAST anything! Take them hiking, hunting, mushroom hunting crawling over rocks and wet. They are more tough than the brand Carhartt!

[@justlightinglanternsosterm7448]

None of them have a dime on what bannermans once was.. I think everyone would have love to gone there

[@robertmurphy440]

Wonder if they stock Granny Greens

[@kennethhoppe2259]

Bought Camo Beret at Coughmans in 1983.

[@scottposey1793]

Finally, I found a reason to go to NYC.

[@brucemccomas7554]

Hahaha, but seriously, no, you didn't as there are a multitude of military surplus stores NOT in nyc.

[@robertplatt1693]

Missing Canal Jean and Unique.😢

[@grabbagool]

there actually are zero, because there is no military surplus anymore. there hasn't been any since like 1974

[@reallyhappenings5597]

There is a TON of current military surplus, the volume remains huge because the DoD is huge

[@AmbroseBoaBowie]

Mean while some where south of New York in another Army surplus: “do you want the drum clip to go with your order of bulk AR-15s?” “Yes, and can I get the heat seeking bullets with that?” “Sure but as long as you shoot them out of this ghost gun” -hands over a fully metal AK- “O boy! I can’t wait to go hunting for deer”

[@RobertLeo-gj4yw]

Used to go to kaufmans

[@kaycey7361]

Can i get Deutsche Afrika Korps memorabilia in those stores?

[@Reedgray248]

What about Washington DC I need some

[@thenewyorkredneck4735]

Kaufmans is the best one

[@historyiwitness5915]

Agree!

[@8gentile]

I bought my gas mask there along with a German flektarn camp jacket, siiiick

[@blazejames47]

How does one get into this line of merchant life

[@reviancbell]

there's 5? there's more than that in a tiny square of downtown Toronto

[@realwartortle]

Galaxy army navy store and Mash army surplus is the real deal

[@jesussalvador8495]

I bought a German army helmet from them once and a amo Box

[@cannonfire0187]

I live in Washington why am I watching a video about military surplus stores in Manhattan

[@FRANK45CASTLE]

Yeah lets shop in Manhattan and pay triple the price of whatever the item is lol. Owners like "yeah those ammo cans? $70 each fpr 5.56 100rnd cans, good deal" 😅

[@5_qm610]

Went to church street it was a cool store

[@KoesHardy]

Referensi for shoping ini any season

[@tenebrousjones4897]

So, really just clothing stores?

[@MILhelicopterplant]

I see soviet surplus in that window >:)

[@alexinc.1128]

Opened 1938? Did they know something we didn't?

[@LibertysTeeth83]

I havent found a store with real surplus since the early 2000s

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

They're all distributors of Rothco😮

[@user-pq6dy3lr1x]

Church st & canal

[@lemonator8813]

Yet the best military surp stores are the 3cin Nebraska

[@yeye9684]

Don’t forget to haggle! Dude tried to sell me a uniform shirt for like 60 dollars, got him down to 25 lmao

[@ronin3005]

Can someone help me so I live in nyc and I’m looking for ww1 German uniform does anyone know if these shops that have what I am looking for if so please tell me

[@dylanlowers5236]

Waaaaaaay too overpriced at church street. They were charging $70 for $10 alpenflage shirts and stuff like that. I get it, hipsters and manhattan bills but still

[@AngryPandaMania]

They have vintage ww2 frog pants for 1500 lol all their stuff is too expensive for surplus.

[@noahno]

*thanks to New York Nico

[@rockystaatz521]

Should be more with a gun store

[@stevebailey325]

None are really Army/navy surplus. We had really sulplus stores in the the 70s and early 80s. All that stuff is gone. It’s all commercial camping stuff now.

[@aaronzack14]

Gotta capitalize on the space wasting crap I don't need somehow

[@Fuckthis0341]

Most or all of these in San Francisco are gone

[@LegendStormcrow]

And my city lost our Surplus again.

[@jeannieves6275]

I Goldbergs closed in Philadelphia

[@photografr7]

Manhattan island? Who says that!!

[@beyondconfusion3458]

Military surplus should t never be sold to the public my opinion

[@Super_64]

Ban assault surplus stores

[@logancrawford5379]

Love these stores. Buying stolen CIF and selling it to guys to steal valor. They come in handy for getting cheap gear tho.

[@user-ym7zb9xl9k]

This video and u bucks will get you a Starbucks coffee... Why even post it?

[@jonny-b4954]

No clue how any of these places survive with the rents. I bet they're paying like $10k or more per month for those little shitty, dilapidated storefronts.

[@reallyhappenings5597]

Quadruple that and you're in the ballpark. For ground level storefronts 10k doesn't go far these days.

[@jonny-b4954]

@@reallyhappenings5597 Seriously, $40k per month for a small store like that? I have a hard time believing that, even in NYC.

[@reallyhappenings5597]

@@jonny-b4954 I live here, believe it. Commercial rents are astronomical, although these being surplus stores I'm assuming they're not tiny. Any small restaurant $30k easily, no joke.

[@GerryPrompt]

They're all a huge rip off

[@oh_scheibe1878]

Looking for ww2 Wehrmacht surplus or repros. Amerikans are to generic 😂

[@dragofill2808]

we only got 3 in south B.C. Canada

[@megumin1054]

Kaufmans is run by a whacky but real nice guy. I was a naive runaway and the owner stopped me from getting robbed when I just had a handful of cash that I should have kept in my pockets.

[@donollerton4809]

It’s New York City Who cares