Traditional Knife and Gun Picture Thread

RLB0414 said:
Awesome and beautiful treasures.
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Agreed!! Even as I got older and better at tracking rabbits with the barrel, my grandfather and his two buddies we'd go hunting with always blew my mind with their quickness. He didn't have his dogs once I was old enough to hunt; had a dozen beagles before I was born in the pen beside the house. So, once I was old enough, we had to take turns kicking brush. You'd no sooner hear, "There he goes!" And, the butt would be up against his shoulder with a soft squeeze on the trigger. He always made it look so easy. The forend on that Sweet Sixteen is cracked if you look at the picture. I can't imagine how many thousands of rounds have been through that thing; still going strong.

One funny story about his younger days I can share... My mother found a hunting journal of my grandfathers once he passed that was given to me. He kept a log of how many hits and misses him and his two buddies had when out rabbit hunting. There would be notes like, "It took me a hour to get Star back to the car" or "Hit every bar in every town on the way home". So, back to the story... in most cases, every tick in the hit column meant a rabbit brought home. One entry on Oct 30 1961 seemed odd. Him and his two buddies (Dick and Dave) brought home no rabbits, but there were two hits that day... in the notes section... "Dick sprayed Dave with shot and I sprayed Dick." 😂 And just a period at the end of that sentence lol No further explanation.

Beautiful treasures for sure. So many memories with these two shotguns. I will cherish them for the rest of my life.
 
lithicus said:
Agreed!! Even as I got older and better at tracking rabbits with the barrel, my grandfather and his two buddies we'd go hunting with always blew my mind with their quickness. He didn't have his dogs once I was old enough to hunt; had a dozen beagles before I was born in the pen beside the house. So, once I was old enough, we had to take turns kicking brush. You'd no sooner hear, "There he goes!" And, the butt would be up against his shoulder with a soft squeeze on the trigger. He always made it look so easy. The forend on that Sweet Sixteen is cracked if you look at the picture. I can't imagine how many thousands of rounds have been through that thing; still going strong.

One funny story about his younger days I can share... My mother found a hunting journal of my grandfathers once he passed that was given to me. He kept a log of how many hits and misses him and his two buddies had when out rabbit hunting. There would be notes like, "It took me a hour to get Star back to the car" or "Hit every bar in every town on the way home". So, back to the story... in most cases, every tick in the hit column meant a rabbit brought home. One entry on Oct 30 1961 seemed odd. Him and his two buddies (Dick and Dave) brought home no rabbits, but there were two hits that day... in the notes section... "Dick sprayed Dave with shot and I sprayed Dick." 😂 And just a period at the end of that sentence lol No further explanation.

Beautiful treasures for sure. So many memories with these two shotguns. I will cherish them for the rest of my life.
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Those are the treasures that one always looks back on with a huge smile.
 
lithicus said:
I only recently started learning about pocket knives. Growing up hunting and fishing, my grandpa always had a knife for me to use. But, it was always a tool; never a brand name. The lone exception to this was my very first pocket knife which my grandpa hand picked with me in TN. It was a Case Peanut and he told me to take care of it because Case XX makes the best pocket knives in the world and it would be worth money someday. I kept it in my drawer and still have it to this day. The only time I carried it was at my grandfather's funeral.

When he passed I received the Schrade Uncle Henry 127UH we used to field dress deer and rabbit. This recently led me to start collecting Schrade Old Timers and to this great community. When I first heard of GEC, they were doing their Coon Skinner run and I was surprised that the one I liked the most (red onion micarta) was available as I had read how hard GEC's were to obtain. I made the purchase quickly and started reading posts about it here.

Turns out... a lot of people don't like the muskrat pattern. So, I bought two more 😝 A two spring 1980 Case in brown jigged bone with easy opens on both sides and a two spring Schrade Old Timer 77OT Improved Muskrat.

Here are the three knives pictured with my grandpa's Belgium Browning Sweet Sixteen he used rabbit hunting and his pride and joy that he gifted me to rabbit hunt alongside him; a Belgium Browning Superposed Over Under.

My aunt also recently passed; just a few months before my grandfather. The painted pheasant was a father's day gift from her to my grandfather when she was just a little girl. It has on the back, and in children's writing, "I love you dad" written inside of a heart. The Irish sign is, well... let's just say my grandpa had a lot of Irish blood in him and he could put down a drink or two 😂

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That’s the kind of history worth passing down. I’m fortunate to have some of my Grandad’s guns and knives. The oldest being a Western fixed blade he carried in WWII and many, many hunts afterwards.
 
Rufus1949 said:
Thank you kindly.
Bob
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Ya bet! I've got a Bisley of the same vintage (well close, 1916). It belonged to a TX Ranger, Passed on to another Ranger then sold to a friend of mine who gifted it to me. It saw a lil bit more wear and tear. How much handling did it see to wear the checkering off of those hard rubber grips?

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And for this thread. Three items we shipped to Norway not too long ago:

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One of our IWB holsters, a large (spelled Buck 110), folding knife sheath and one of our leather duffel bags.
 
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Horsewright said:
Ya bet! I've got a Bisley of the same vintage (well close, 1916). It belonged to a TX Ranger, saw a lil bit more wear and tear. How much handling did it see to wear the checkering off of those hard rubber grips?

iPJ5U7D.jpg


pEH8EXu.jpg


And for this thread. Three items we shipped to Norway not too long ago:

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One of our IWB holsters, a large (spelled Buck 110), folding knife sheath adn one of our leather duffel bags.
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Now that is history right there.
I have the original wood grips....smooth as silk.
 
Horsewright said:
Ya bet! I've got a Bisley of the same vintage (well close, 1916). It belonged to a TX Ranger, Passed on to another Ranger then sold to a friend of mine who gifted it to me. It saw a lil bit more wear and tear. How much handling did it see to wear the checkering off of those hard rubber grips?

iPJ5U7D.jpg


pEH8EXu.jpg


And for this thread. Three items we shipped to Norway not too long ago:

NKLozFI.jpg


One of our IWB holsters, a large (spelled Buck 110), folding knife sheath and one of our leather duffel bags.
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Dave have you shot that piece of history or is it now a show piece? Beautiful leatherwork as always
 
Rufus1949 said:
Now that is history right there.
I have the original wood grips....smooth as silk.
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Thanks! Thats cool.

RLB0414 said:
Dave have you shot that piece of history or is it now a show piece? Beautiful leatherwork as always
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I have not. My friend that gave it to me says its a good shooter. It’s been shade tree mechaniced on somewhere along the line. Only three clicks not the Colt four and it will fire from half cock. So I’m a lil nervous. Course finding .38-40 ammo ain’t easy neither. I do have a few rounds and a few empty cases. Gonna have to take up reloading in all my spare time.
 
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