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Clamp on teeth #6195083
03/21/18 06:51 PM
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got these in a box of trapping stuff last night. I have seen them on older traps in the past but these are shiny and new. They are 4.5 inches long. Any collector value in these?

Re: Clamp on teeth [Re: backroadsarcher] #6195421
03/22/18 12:18 AM
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No collector value, in my opinion.


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Re: Clamp on teeth [Re: backroadsarcher] #6196160
03/22/18 06:45 PM
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I was thinking the same. With no manufacturing stamps or marks it is just to hard to say.

Re: Clamp on teeth [Re: backroadsarcher] #6199834
03/26/18 09:00 AM
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Look like the ones you could buy in a Hawbakers catalog back in the 70's and early 80's.

Re: Clamp on teeth [Re: backroadsarcher] #6200453
03/26/18 09:31 PM
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A horrible idea back then, a worse one today.

Re: Clamp on teeth [Re: backroadsarcher] #6200462
03/26/18 09:43 PM
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yes I really don't and didn't see the advantage of these things. Remember picking some old Victor years ago with some of these on them. Quickly they got taken off and tossed. I didn't know if there were collectors out there looking for something like this.

Re: Clamp on teeth [Re: backroadsarcher] #6200796
03/27/18 10:25 AM
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There are some of the earlier clamp on jaws that are collectable and valuable. Like the Funsten jaws as one example.

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