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Post by garrett on Aug 15, 2011 10:32:35 GMT -5
loves me them old heddons and pawpaws...lol and stag handle knives...bowies be moh beddah.lol
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Post by camochef on Aug 21, 2011 9:24:40 GMT -5
I have a lot more fishing lures than anything else I collect. I've been known to trade fifteen or twenty new crankbaits for on old (1920'3/1930's) wooden plug right on the shoreline. I also remember a time when I was snookered good by an old man at the antique street sale up in Biglerville. He had a small wooden plug unlike anything I'd ever seen before. I was fascinated by it's appearance among all the old wooden plugs and some old hard plastics that he had on his tables. He began telling me about some of the fish he had caught with that dark brown lure in nearby bodies of water. This guy looked like he was 90 and quite frail and he said he didn't get to go fishing much anymore so he was selling his fishing tackle. Well, long story short I bought that brown plug for twenty dollars and a few more for similar prices and headed home with a big smile on my face. The very next day I was in W.W.Sells in Hanover, (back when they were in the basement of the old building downtown), and was going through their lures very carefully looking for something I didn't already have and there were cardboard cards full of the very same lure I had just bought from that old man. Only these were $1.49 each! Yes, that old-timer caught himself a sucker...but I learned a valuble lesson and gained a great story to add to my repertoire of fish stories. Yes I bought a couple cards full at those prices. You never know when you might run into a fellow fisherman in need of a trade. Enjoy, Camo
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Post by camochef on Aug 21, 2011 9:59:30 GMT -5
I didn't even get to touch on knives. I have a fascination for really good knives. Both in the kitchen or in my sporting gear. (hunting and fishing). Although I have more knives than I'll use or need I just can't stay away. ( I just received a Techniques 6 inch chef's knife with sharpener in the mail yesterday). My favorites...(4) wood handled K-Bar fillet knives. 2 long and 2 short. I use them constantly to remove excess fat from corned beef and other roasts before cooking. I wouldn't use anything else to fillet a fish with. I also have an old Case triple X butcher knife with wood handle that I bought in an antique store in Gettysburg back in 1978. It's one of those that was made from an old file as you can still barely see the file grooves on the thicker part of the blade. Talk about holding an edge! what a knife! I also have an old two bladed case folding knife that was my grandfathers. that's just wonderful. A little large and heavy to carry around in your pocket (about an 8 inch blade) but a great knife all the same. I also have about a dozen Chicago cutlery folding knives called the traveler that I love. They came with a camo colored sheath made of hevy canvas. Blade is only three inches , but it locks and it has what looks to be walnut handles. when opened its only 7 inches long and I love it. I bought all they had in the store (sears) at the time, (late 70's early eighties), and I won't part with a single one. If I ever see more, I'd buy up all I could. Just a great carry constantly knife! I did have to remove it to enter government buildings but otherwise it's always on my hip. Another subject I could go on and on about. This is beginning to get a little long winded but I have to tell you all about a really cheap knife I bought at kitchen collection. I was roaming the aisles looking for something I just couldn't live without when Lisa (the salesgirl), told me that they got more of those knives in. "What Knives?" I asked, knowing she knew how much I loved buying knives. "Those 99 cent knives that everybody loves" she said. I had to see what she was talking about. They were paring knives with plastic handles in different colors. I bought one just to see how it was. It was unbelievable, Sharp, comfortable in my hand, and only 99 cents. The next week when I went back I bought one in each color. The following week I bought even more. Not one has needed sharpening yet, they also have a plastic guard on them. All my knife blocks are full (I won't mention how many of them set on my counter or fill one of the shelfs in my pantry), so these sit in a stoneware pot at the far end of the counter. For the price, everybody should have a few. I do all sorts of prep work with mine. Enjoy Camo
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Post by garrett on Aug 22, 2011 3:13:50 GMT -5
99 cents? i'm in.......
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Post by cottonpicker on Aug 26, 2011 17:01:11 GMT -5
Back when I was a kid, "knife trading" was a hobby of the old-timers in my hometown. They carried around their collections and always congregated at the Livestock Sale Barn run by Col. Sparkman (Auctioneer) every Saturday morning. A trading area included with the regular "junk sale"---cast-offs for sale.....something like we now call a "flea market". I bought a single-barrel shotgun there for $3.00 once & shot it till I was almost 20 years old. Lots of bragging...bargaining..etc. kept them busy. Wish I had some of those pocket knives now at prices they asked for them back then. LarryD
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Post by garrett on Aug 28, 2011 10:51:09 GMT -5
love old case knives meself........smiles
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Post by daylilydude on Aug 30, 2011 15:19:28 GMT -5
Case sodbuster, carried this knife around for 12 years now...
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Post by garrett on Aug 31, 2011 1:12:15 GMT -5
thats a durn good knife richard....smiles
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Post by cottonpicker on Sept 5, 2011 19:53:00 GMT -5
I've still got my dear ol' Dad's CASE knife from the 1960s.... would NOT take the world for it.
LarryD
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Sept 11, 2011 13:25:54 GMT -5
I have knives out my wazoo, some if them made by yours truly. I also have several other custom knives made by well known makers. I have a bunch of old case knives, Kabar, Etc. It's a passion.
I have a mint condition Sodbuster from the 80's that I picked up last year at a show in Houston. I love that knife!
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Post by garrett on Oct 30, 2011 9:31:40 GMT -5
gonna get me a randall one a dese days.lol
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Post by darstcreek on Mar 16, 2012 7:32:28 GMT -5
I have American made knives to sell or trade ...... For ??
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Post by darstcreek on Mar 19, 2012 21:33:41 GMT -5
I really like old timers Best then puma
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Post by garrett on Jul 17, 2012 1:57:14 GMT -5
punkinseed lures
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Post by camochef on Jul 17, 2012 10:15:22 GMT -5
garrett, I have some old pumpkinseed lures, they were made by Heddon, when nothing else would work, just tie on one of them and hold-on. Of course they were from the good old days before Bomber made Flat A's or Bass Assassin made those dynamite sherbet colored bass catchers. Enjoy! Camo
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Post by garrett on Jul 19, 2012 12:58:40 GMT -5
awesome camo.them old lures is amazing!!!!!!
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