My grandmothers - a GE Alternating Current Fan. Three speeds with 12-inch diameter blades and a much bigger guard, Green motor housing weighs a ton. I don't know what it dates to but I like having it on my desk.
I don't know what's causing it but every kid that I know is taller than at least one of their parents. My son is 6'2" - an inch taller than me - and my daughter is 5'7" which is one inch taller than her mom. Strangely, however, my daughter is always complaining about how short the guys are...
My favorite 4 pipes - from top to bottom - 1933 Parker, two 1950s Dunhills, and the crown jewel, a 1918-21 Dunhill prince with original miltary bit. All are, as you might expect, terrific smokes.
Mauser action in .318 Westley Richards caliber in a custom case that was sold to a Major Blackburn in 1919 by George Gibbs. I haven't been able to find out anything about the good Major. There were a few Major Blackburns (and more than a few Captains - if he received a promotion) that survived...
I'm not sure what you mean ,Edward. I see alot of change over the last 20 years. Of course, we still don't have ray-guns but materials used in design are sure different. Maybe the innovation (or tragedy) in design has been more in moving away from wood and steel to polymers and plastic...
I know there is a separate "Guns" thread but I think the Garand may deserve it's own thread? What motivated this is that I just acquired my third Garand at a gunshow yesterday. I'm addicted, I admit it. How many others are like me in the FL family?
In cleaning it up this morning, I...
Great looking Mannlicher , especially with the family history ! I had one and foolishly sold it. Thanks for showing it off. But I can't say that I approve of the use of a Colt for a trigger stand.
Merwin Hulbert circa 1880, second model pocket, 5-shot 38 cal, 5 1/2-inch barrel, and engraved in the classic punch-dot style with a schooner on the side panel - it's got some milkiness and flaking of the nickel finish but if it didn't then I wouldn't have been able to afford it. Thanks for...
Wow! Nice Dunhill. My brother in law has one of these from the 1960s that I've always coveted. I didn't realize the design goes back into the 1930s. Thanks for sharing.
John
Ballatines has always been a favorite of mine but I didn't know of the Matt Helm connection. I always learn something on the FL. Thanks!
And, I like JW Blue but agree with some of the comments that it is way overpriced. The Gold is a better choice but is still overpriced. I don't ever...
My viewing of the movie "To Have and Have Not" as an impressionable teenager in the late 1970s is directly related to why my daughter's name is Lauren.
John
I'm glad this thread is still around - After I couldn't find it in the Great Outdoors, I did a global search for any thread with "guns" in the title. This thread did not come up. Why would that not happen?
On a happier note - two new additions to the vintage WWI collection:
1917...
My all time favorite revolver (edging out the third and fourth models "army" Merwin Hulberts by a hair) - Webley WG in .455/.476 - Cogswell and Harrison retailed; probably for an officer on his way to the Boer War. Beautifully made and the smoothest double action ever.
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