Cool Find

[Latimeria]

Found some old steel traps and thought they would make good decorations for my new western bar I'm building. 



I have a friend out east who traps so tried to get some info from him.  One looks to be an old Oneida trap and the other a Victor (who bought Oneida in 1925).  They still work, but the Victor trap is much lighter built then the older Oneida which is solid as hell still.

Oneida




Victor




So I sent Andy the pictures of what animals these traps were usually used for....



And he came back with the shameful response....  Those little guys look like gopher traps.   

hahahaha, well, I realized they weren't bobcat traps, but wasn't expecting to hear old ground rat traps.

Anyway, still a cool find and will look good hanging by the bar.  I'll just have to spruce up the history behind them though... hahahaha

[Tim524]

Those are very cool I found some a few years ago after we finished the patio at a yard sale. I think mine went thru a fire, they are old but I started to decorate and it becomes an obsession



It's amazing what we find sometimes







Meat grinders were my first interest when I went to Will's wedding in Arizona back in 2015



Have fun decorating, Tom......Hope I didn't jack your thread

[Latimeria]

Unfortunately, my wife overruled some of my plans, so everything will have to be in moderation.  Dude is still probably 2 weeks out from completion. Hopefully only one week, but I'm just being realistic. I saved a lot of money using him, but stuck on his schedule. Well worth the trade off.

[Tim524]

I collected some stuff and had some from after the 2003 fires, things go up slowly but I'm sure you will do a great job on the display, looking forward to see your finished product