r8shell
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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It's that time of year again: turning over the soil and planting vegetables. I needed to dig a shallow hole in the back corner of the garden, in order to start a new compost bin.
As I was digging, I felt my shovel hit something hard. Expecting just another rock, I was surprised to uncover an old metal tackle box.
Wow, this is interesting!
I've lived here for almost twenty years and my house was built in the late 1930s, so I assume this was buried some time in between. The box is pretty heavy, and I wondered what could be in there. The loot from a bank robbery, or just a kid's forbidden slingshots or playboys? (when I first started the garden, I did dig up a lot of old empty beer cans, as if someone had been hiding their drinking habit, so maybe this is where they kept the good whiskey!
)
I brought it inside and opened it up and what do you know? Along with a few tools and someone's marbles collection, there are some knives in there!
Upon closer inspection, I'm disappointed to say they're almost all just a bunch of Delrin handled folders. Probably from the 1970s or 80s, so no real antique treasures.
Oh well, I suppose it's still a neat find.
As I was digging, I felt my shovel hit something hard. Expecting just another rock, I was surprised to uncover an old metal tackle box.
Wow, this is interesting!
I've lived here for almost twenty years and my house was built in the late 1930s, so I assume this was buried some time in between. The box is pretty heavy, and I wondered what could be in there. The loot from a bank robbery, or just a kid's forbidden slingshots or playboys? (when I first started the garden, I did dig up a lot of old empty beer cans, as if someone had been hiding their drinking habit, so maybe this is where they kept the good whiskey!
)I brought it inside and opened it up and what do you know? Along with a few tools and someone's marbles collection, there are some knives in there!
Upon closer inspection, I'm disappointed to say they're almost all just a bunch of Delrin handled folders. Probably from the 1970s or 80s, so no real antique treasures.
Oh well, I suppose it's still a neat find.
