Re: Best vintage trap brand?
[Re: rattrapper1234]
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03/16/21 06:59 AM
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Nittany Lion
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From the selection your are offering I always liked Victor's.
Last edited by Nittany Lion; 03/16/21 07:01 AM.
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Re: Best vintage trap brand?
[Re: rattrapper1234]
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03/16/21 09:57 AM
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Law Dog
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Most of the old Victor and BL traps are still going well made traps. The wife was looking at the shoreline that washed away the other day and found a old Victor #3 long that’s been there over 20 years plus that’s still strong.
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Re: Best vintage trap brand?
[Re: rattrapper1234]
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03/16/21 12:03 PM
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Buck (Zandra)
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Old style Blake and Lamb,Montgomerys,if you go back further Hawley and Norton,Triumph No.42,and of course user Newhouses.
Buck(formely known as Zandra)
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Re: Best vintage trap brand?
[Re: cpizzicharlie]
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03/16/21 01:24 PM
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Iowa
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Iowa
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Blake & Lamb and Montgomery are my favorites. X2 B&L longsprings and Montgomery coilsprings (if you choose the right ones)
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Re: Best vintage trap brand?
[Re: Turtledale]
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03/16/21 01:28 PM
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Alaska and Washington State
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Not even debatable. However, if you want to exclude Newhouse from the question, then hands-down I would argue the old Blake and Lamb, 1970's and earlier. The springs had a little different bend to them than any of the other brands that prevented them from wearing out and getting weak.
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Re: Best vintage trap brand?
[Re: waggler]
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03/16/21 03:04 PM
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Not even debatable. However, if you want to exclude Newhouse from the question, then hands-down I would argue the old Blake and Lamb, 1970's and earlier. The springs had a little different bend to them than any of the other brands that prevented them from wearing out and getting weak. I still have quite a few older B&L. Haven't used them in a while. Use to use them for coon in the 80's
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Re: Best vintage trap brand?
[Re: rattrapper1234]
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03/16/21 04:25 PM
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I find it interesting that people consider Northwoods traps to be vintage. They are relatively newcomers on the steel trap scene. They started in the late 1970s.
Lots of brands were around 100 + years ago - Diamond, Gibbs, Triumph, Mascot, East Set, Kompact, Kangaroo, Sta-Kawt, Sargent, Crescent, Arrow, Eclipse, the list goes on and on and on.
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Re: Best vintage trap brand?
[Re: rattrapper1234]
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03/16/21 04:32 PM
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Northern Wisconsin
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Wissmiss according to a local flea market a duke 1 3/4 with a pound of rust is vintage.
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