Houser Red Widow

[Makael]

I don't recall seeing many of these cool knives. Did many of you pick one up? A 212 would be a good choice for this treatment.

 

[Der Verminator]

There was one among a group of several knives I picked up at a gun show last spring or maybe the spring before. A gun guy was selling some knives for a widow who was getting rid of a collection.

A widow selling a Red Widow. How ironic can it get? I paid too much, too. She was sitting right at his table.

There may have been two of them. I was not tremendously impressed. It seemed to be just a gussied up 119. It's nice, but I wish Joe had made it more distinctive by making more changes than just the handle. I traded some knives and a couple of guns at that show and I may not even have one any more or it may be locked up in the archives. Memory fails. I know I came back with a really nice old Winchester Model 70 (Pre-64).

I paid way too much in the first place......I'm an easy touch for widows. I always feel sorry for them and pay too much.

 

[sassafrassdogs]

I don't recall seeing many of these cool knives. Did many of you pick one up? A 212 would be a good choice for this treatment.

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I have one. A 212 would be cool, it would make a nice set....

 

[Der Verminator]

I have one. A 212 would be cool, it would make a nice set....

I'd be surprised if they don't have a plan for a matching 212.......the Red Widow's Little Widow Sister.

 

[Mike Kerins]

I have the serial #1 and would love, love to have a companion 212!

I don't recall seeing many of these cool knives. Did many of you pick one up? A 212 would be a good choice for this treatment.

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[Mike Kerins]

I have the serial #1 and would love, love to have a companion 212!
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[Makael]

Nice

 

[Der Verminator]

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Ok..........who do you have to kill in order to get a number one???

 

[Mike Kerins]

Ok..........who do you have to kill in order to get a number one???

I think I just had to be a little faster than Joe Houser at the 30 year BCCI event last year!

 

[Der Verminator]

I think I just had to be a little faster than Joe Houser at the 30 year BCCI event last year!

OK! That leaves room for hope for others (well, for those who are fast, anyway).

 

[Der Verminator]

I may be too old to get a "One."

Maybe an eleven or 12.

 

[Mike Kerins]

I may be too old to get a "One."

Maybe an eleven or 12.

If it makes you feel any better, you and I are the same age!

 

[Der Verminator]

I'd say that makes you fast for your age.