Your newest addition:traditionals of course!

Old Engineer said:
Happy for you to find the Cripple Creek SFO my friend . I think you should know that the Shield is Glued On and not Pinned . I always carry mine in a slip just in case it may just fall off . Carry it in good health . They are nice little knives .

Harry
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Thanks, Harry -- very much appreciated. Thank you also for the news about the shield -- I was unaware that it is glued, and not pinned. Good advice about carrying it in a slip -- I'll be sure to take care with this one. It is, indeed, a nice little knife. :)👍
 
Angry Waiter said:
So I was fortunate enough to pick up a 74 in plum jigged bone awhile back and I’ve been hesitant to carry it because I find it to be too nice. So I added this burlap and it will go straight into the carry rotation. Such a wonderful sizeView attachment 1757147
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sbh06 said:
Nice score. That is one of my favorites. :cool::thumbsup:
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Yes, nice pickup Pete. It’s becoming a favorite of mine too since Jeremy was kind enough to trade me his. 😄07713264-9DA0-462A-9DA5-63CCA8665F22.jpeg
 
Jon0385 said:
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Looks like Jeremy has been busy. 🤠:thumbsup:
 
bigfish64 said:
Very cool Mike, those covers are really pretty. I’d never heard of that wood before so I did a little search and saw that, among many other things, it’s often used for pool cues. No wonder it appealed to you! 🤣
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I've seen that wood used on laminated recurve bows under clear fiberglass backings, always beautiful and striking in appearance. :thumbsup:
 
bigfish64 said:
Very cool Mike, those covers are really pretty. I’d never heard of that wood before so I did a little search and saw that, among many other things, it’s often used for pool cues. No wonder it appealed to you! 🤣
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Thanks Todd :) This is my second DS12. The wood on the other one is pretty, but more uniform in color. This one is much prettier. The seller only posted one mediocre pic of the shield side (might be why I was the only bidder). Was very pleasantly surprised when I saw the pile side. I saw that about the pool cues too :D 🎱

I have two cues made by Huebler. They were made in a little town about 35 miles from where I live. As I understand it, when Old Man Huebler died, none of his offspring wanted to take over, so they closed the shop. I don't know very much about cues, but I suspect that they can be a lot like pocket knives when it comes to enthusiasts. I bought one of mine new in the early nineties. The other one was found at a garage sale by a coworker. He sold it to another coworker, who sold it to me for $40. There was no name on it and I used to joke that whoever made it, wasn't very proud of it, although its really a nice shooting stick for a no name. Then one Tuesday I was shooting in the little bar/pool hall where we go for cheeseburgers and one of the regulars comes over and says, "That's a nice old Huebler." Turns out he's fairly well known locally and makes cues using machinery he bought when Huebler closed. He has an extensive collection of cues (sound familiar? ;) ). He told me unequivocally that it's an "old Heubler". Puffed me up that I recognized its quality even though it was a forty dollar garage sale stick 🤓 😅

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The bottom stick is the no-name special.
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mbkr said:
Thanks Todd :) This is my second DS12. The wood on the other one is pretty, but more uniform in color. This one is much prettier. The seller only posted one mediocre pic of the shield side (might be why I was the only bidder). Was very pleasantly surprised when I saw the pile side. I saw that about the pool cues too :D 🎱

I have two cues made by Huebler. They were made in a little town about 35 miles from where I live. As I understand it, when Old Man Huebler died, none of his offspring wanted to take over, so they closed the shop. I don't know very much about cues, but I suspect that they can be a lot like pocket knives when it comes to enthusiasts. I bought one of mine new in the early nineties. The other one was found at a garage sale by a coworker. He sold it to another coworker, who sold it to me for $40. There was no name on it and I used to joke that whoever made it, wasn't very proud of it, although its really a nice shooting stick for a no name. Then one Tuesday I was shooting in the little bar/pool hall where we go for cheeseburgers and one of the regulars comes over and says, "That's nice old Huebler." Turns out he's fairly well known locally and makes cues using machinery he bought when Huebler closed. He has an extensive collection of cues (sound familiar? ;) ). He told me unequivocally that it's an "old Heubler". Puffed me up that I recognized its quality even though it was a forty dollar garage sale stick 🤓 😅

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The bottom stick is the no-name special.
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That’s a great story, thanks for the digression. 😊
I like to shoot pool, but I’m not good at it. Years ago we used to play in a bar that had a rough and tumble reputation. We liked to play there because the tables were nice. The problem was the sticks were all very short because they’d been broken in bar fights! 🤣
 
I snagged this little H.Boker & Co. yesterday. I didn't even know that there were any markings on it until I was able to clean it. There was so much gunk inside that it wouldn't even close properly. I cleaned, polished it up, as well as having to peen the pivot because it definitely had some side to side wobble. I did some looking around on here and based on the tang stamp I believe it's from between 1920-1930? (Unless that's way off lol) I wanted to leave some of the patina on the blade because I am one of those people that likes to refurbish, yet leave a bit of it's character intact if possible. It does have a second much smaller blade, but there is a nice chip in it. I'll leave that blade as is for now. But, anyway. Here she is. Thanks for looking!
https://imgur.com/a/UP8KI0A
 
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