Any idea what? - Trapperman Forums

No Profanity *** No Flaming *** No Advertising *** No Anti Trappers ***NO POLITICS
No Non-Target Catches *** No Links to Anti-trapping Sites *** No Avoiding Profanity Filter

Home~Trap Talk~ADC Forum~Trap Shed~Wilderness Trapping~International Trappers~Fur Handling

Auction Forum~Trapper Tips~Links~Gallery~Basic Sets~Convention Calendar~Chat~ Trap Collecting Forum

Trapper's Humor~Strictly Trapping~Fur Buyers Directory~Mugshots~Fur Sale Directory~Wildcrafting~The Pen and Quill

Trapper's Tales~Words From The Past~Legends~Archives~Kids Forum~Lure Formulators Forum~ Fermenter's Forum

~~~ Dobbins' Products Catalog ~~~

Minnesota Trapline Products

Please support our sponsor for the Trappers Talk Page - Minnesota Trapline Products

Register Log In Home Forums Trapper Talk Any idea what?

Print Thread

Hop To

Any idea what? #6247456 05/25/18 08:35 AM 05/25/18 08:35 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 9,693 ND M MJM OP trapper
MJM OP trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 9,693 ND	They are made of oak. They have dove tailed corner joints. I am thinking they are old ammo boxes "Not Really, Not Really" Mark J Monti "MJM you're a jerk."

Re: Any idea what? [Re: MJM] #6247470 05/25/18 09:01 AM 05/25/18 09:01 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,514 Woodhull, Illinois 77 J Jim Bethell trapper
Jim Bethell trapper J Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,514 Woodhull, Illinois 77	Probably from WW1.

Re: Any idea what? [Re: MJM] #6247545 05/25/18 11:25 AM 05/25/18 11:25 AM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 19,719 pa H hippie trapper
hippie trapper H Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 19,719 pa	I have no idea, but they are some cool, well made boxes. Wish we still did things that way today.

Re: Any idea what? [Re: MJM] #6247560 05/25/18 12:02 PM 05/25/18 12:02 PM
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,758 kansas H Hal Aggers trapper
Hal Aggers trapper H Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,758 kansas	Yes WW1 ammo boxes

Re: Any idea what? [Re: MJM] #6247566 05/25/18 12:16 PM 05/25/18 12:16 PM
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 18,601 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 18,601 Green County Wisconsin	yes WW1 ammo boxes http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/207431-couple-of-nice-ww1-ammo-boxes/ America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: Any idea what? [Re: MJM] #6247568 05/25/18 12:20 PM 05/25/18 12:20 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 10,400 MT S snowy trapper
snowy trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 10,400 MT	WOW! Those are a treasure in my books. Don't care what they are worth but worth just to have them. Very Nice. Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: Any idea what? [Re: MJM] #6247855 05/25/18 10:07 PM 05/25/18 10:07 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 9,693 ND M MJM OP trapper
MJM OP trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 9,693 ND	I thought they were pretty neat. Mine don't have a bottom corner cut off like the ones in the link greencountrypete posted. "Not Really, Not Really" Mark J Monti "MJM you're a jerk."

Re: Any idea what? [Re: MJM] #6247874 05/25/18 10:51 PM 05/25/18 10:51 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 21,074 North East Kansas Marty trapper
Marty trapper Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 21,074 North East Kansas	Good stuff! E 'Honey Badger Militia' Sleep, the anti woke adote.

Re: Any idea what? [Re: MJM] #6247889 05/25/18 11:09 PM 05/25/18 11:09 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 9,132 SWMo. T tjm trapper
tjm trapper T Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 9,132 SWMo.	Back in the late '50s these were common enough and cheap enough that a neighbor built a small house by stacking them and nailing them together. It was later covered in corrugated tin and far as I know still standing. Ammo boxes.

Re: Any idea what? [Re: MJM] #6247993 05/26/18 08:27 AM 05/26/18 08:27 AM
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 2,056 SE Kansas K K52 trapper
K52 trapper K Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 2,056 SE Kansas	There was a small house across from the city park here built out of wooden 105 howitzer shell boxes. This was in the 50's early 60's time frame.

Moderated by 330-Trapper, Bogmaster, Cindy, cotton, Drifter, Maddog47, Paul Dobbins, USMC47 🦫, Wolfdog91

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.1