Re: Interesting Traps
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01/04/20 07:59 PM
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My grandfather gave me a dozen of those 50yrs ago or so. Maybe only 49 forgot what age I was then lol
Kenneth schoening
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Re: Interesting Traps
[Re: YamaCat]
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01/04/20 08:28 PM
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garart
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Top picture is a Blake&Lamb double underspring and the one below it is a Triump Easy set trap.(poor choice of trap for any animal)
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Re: Interesting Traps
[Re: YamaCat]
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01/04/20 08:31 PM
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The easy sets are easy to set if the little lever dogs are still there.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Interesting Traps
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01/04/20 08:50 PM
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The Blake Lamb traps were developed in the 1850s and were produced for over 100 years practically unchanged. Well taken care of traps over 150 years old retain excellent spring strength. At a time when traps were generally carried on a trappers back, the light weight was a real selling point. The major drawback is that they are difficult to set, especially in water or if the feet cannot be used.
The Triumph traps were produced for about 20 years from 1913 to the early 1930s. They were quite inexpensive and included many models, some of which were decent working traps.
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Re: Interesting Traps
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01/04/20 10:24 PM
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When I was a kid, I had the Blake and Lamb double undersprings. However, I don’t remember the pan being that large. A lot of them had the pans cut down by trappers so if you got them second hand someone might have done that to them before you got them I had several and still have a few that just hang on the wall now
�Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.� ― Robert A. Heinlein
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Re: Interesting Traps
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01/05/20 10:46 PM
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The Blake is a Waterbury, at least the pan is, some had single stamp like this one, some double, one on each side of where the shank is peened into the pan. When they became Hawkins Co. and moved to South Britain the pans got smaller and had rounded corners.
Keith Daniels Retired OSTA President as of 4:50 P M 9/12/20
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Re: Interesting Traps
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01/06/20 11:08 AM
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I have an Easy set. Very cool old trap. Mine actually has thin metal teeth added to the jaw. Like the thickness of a hacksaw blade. Then it just has tabs that fold around the jaw. Never seen it before and doubt it did anything but fall off. I have never even asked or looked if that was a option or something some joe added later.
Owner Wind River Trapping Supplies
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