Old Traps

[Ken's Deputy 4,460]

2 hours ago, OldPhil said:

No sure WHY these useful rabbit traps were made illegal,...

Possibly far too expensive to produce 

 Government doesn't produce them though, Phil. No one does, these days, do they? British industry's dead in the water. Imagine chinkie versions! One firing and they'd smash themselves apart like a hand grenade. Shrapnel going everywhere.

Even if That didn't happen? The springs would be so fukking wank, they'd have lost any semblance of the power to effect a clean kill by the second set!

It wasn't fukking broken! What have they achieved / fixed by outlawing the use of perfectly good, pre existing stock???

Fukking head wreck!

[EDDIE B 3,166]

What i do remember is that just before the last updated STAO came in, they put out a questionnaire asking whether anyone wanted these particular traps left on the list. I believe there was little to no response either way, so they removed them from the list  including the Aldrich may i add. The Fenn Rabbit Trap was never under review. Why that is, I don't know.

[Ken's Deputy 4,460]

Stockpot; WD40's generally accepted as the Europeans fancy. Paint it on with a brush.

[comanche 3,027]

11 minutes ago, Ken's Deputy said:

Stockpot; WD40's generally accepted as the Europeans fancy. Paint it on with a brush.

Or a coat of the waxy stuff used for waterproofing horse rugs. Dead cheap .

[myersbg 1,385]

Thought you might be interested in this little lot

[myersbg 1,385]

added a few new ones in there since i last posted

 

[Ken's Deputy 4,460]

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[Ken's Deputy 4,460]

I'm able to see some well worthwhile British stuff in there, Myersbg! Everitt Rat. Sawyer Vermin. Otter.

Those Imbras and Jubys could use close scrutiny and cataloguing.

I'd enjoy a good mooch through that lot

[myersbg 1,385]

W katchum thats a stop theif , 

 

[socks 32,253]

10 hours ago, myersbg said:

Thought you might be interested in this little lot

What a brilliant collection of traps.

[EDDIE B 3,166]

3 hours ago, Ken's Deputy said:

I'm able to see some well worthwhile British stuff in there, Myersbg! Everitt Rat. Sawyer Vermin. Otter.

Those Imbras and Jubys could use close scrutiny and cataloguing.

I'd enjoy a good mooch through that lot

I'll second that!

 Always liked the look of the sawyer vermin, and thought they would work well inside a cubby, for rat, squirrel, or mink, if they were legal to use today. I've never seen one myself in the flesh mind, so not sure if they would result in a clean kill or not.

[EDDIE B 3,166]

It reminds me of these, which are used in Russia for marten 

5 Trap Body Grippers Trapping Beaver Mink Marten Polecat Squirrel Ermine Sable

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Purpose / marten, mink, sable, muskrat, squirrel, ermine, weasel, ferret. KA-2 trap Agafonov simple in its design. You...

 

[Ken's Deputy 4,460]

33 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

I really need to clear some space an think about acquiring some old traps me thinks

That's it, look! Another one bites the dust! He's fukked now!

[Ken's Deputy 4,460]

1 hour ago, EDDIE B said:

 Always liked the look of the sawyer vermin, and thought they would work well inside a cubby, for rat, squirrel, or mink, if they were legal to use today.

Eddie; I simply can't remember seeing a Sawyer Vermin offered at retail, when they first came out. Generally accepted notion is that Fenn beat him to the punch, producing what was probably a cheaper trap. Sawyers trap sunk.

I do absolutely remember Lloyd traps being offered though. Brand new, from the likes of GILPA. And They were a fukking eye watering £7.00+ That would have been around the late 60's / early 70's. Look That up!

Twenty years ago, at the probable all time peak of Serious Trap Collecting? Sawyer Vermin's were considered de rigor in a starters set and could be sold all day long for £75.00 a piece.

Oh, and I replaced that eyeball damaging shot of a SV, on my site. Nice crisp shot now

[EDDIE B 3,166]

8 minutes ago, Ken's Deputy said:

Eddie; I simply can't remember seeing a Sawyer Vermin offered at retail, when they first came out. Generally accepted notion is that Fenn beat him to the punch, producing what was probably a cheaper trap. Sawyers trap sunk.

I do absolutely remember Lloyd traps being offered though. Brand new, from the likes of GILPA. And They were a fukking eye watering £7.00+ That would have been around the late 60's / early 70's. Look That up!

Twenty years ago, at the probable all time peak of Serious Trap Collecting? Sawyer Vermin's were considered de rigor in a starters set and could be sold all day long for £75.00 a piece.

Oh, and I replaced that eyeball damaging shot of a SV, on my site. Nice crisp shot now

Those Sawyer Vermin are well sought after these days. See one for near 150 Euro on ebay at the mo.