Re: I think I've made the trap find of a lifetime!
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02/29/16 02:12 AM
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very nice--great chain too
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Re: I think I've made the trap find of a lifetime!
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02/29/16 08:16 PM
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Bear trap??,,kinda doubt it,,! ! !
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Re: I think I've made the trap find of a lifetime!
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Great trap, What is the length of the trap? Thanks for sharing. Cascade, The pan size is about 5 1/2" X 4". The inside dimensions of the jaws, when in the set position, are 10" X 14 1/2". The trap has an overall length (spring tip to spring tip) of 18". - No.4
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Re: I think I've made the trap find of a lifetime!
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Something in the pictures for a size reference would be very helpful. The way it is, you can't tell if it is 6 inches or 2 feet. Bear trap??,,kinda doubt it,,! ! ! It sure as heck isn't a mouse trap.
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Re: I think I've made the trap find of a lifetime!
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The only 5 B&L I have ever seen was a DBL long spring,,I don't think I ever saw a bear trap with hook in jaws
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Re: I think I've made the trap find of a lifetime!
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Great Find! I agree that they wouldn't have held a bear for very long. Same with a Triumph 415X, a good size bear would have destroyed them! Wow, I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for the info, Diggdug.
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Re: I think I've made the trap find of a lifetime!
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I never did say that the trap was an original #5. In fact, if you look close at the picture, you'll see a serial number stamped on the top of the base, just ahead of where the chain is attached. Just showing off another one of Ed Hutzel's amazing works. I'm really glad that I got my #'s 5 & 6, while the getting was good. No one else in this world has made anything like it. I know if I were a bear, I wouldn't want to find myself caught in that "piece of art", lol!
Thanks for posting the pic. of a supposedly, original #5. Would like to see an original #6, too. The only example I've seen is in Gerstell's book.
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Re: I think I've made the trap find of a lifetime!
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03/07/16 01:34 AM
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Bill, I think every one knew what you were up to as the serial number and the crappy repro was quite evident in its self. I am sure out of respect to ignorance, and not wanting to be blatantly disrespectful to a poor example of a repro, everyone was just holding their tongue. Sorry, but being a purist collector, I no longer could.
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Re: I think I've made the trap find of a lifetime!
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The old traps are where its at. The history. Repos are great to look at but the originals may have caught something....when bear trapping was still legal...I look at my old bear traps and wonder what stories they could tell. Without history I wouldn't collect them. To me, the less use a collecible trap has seen, the better.
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