Summer poll: what is an OTW generational hand-me-down you have ? .....
Have an English made double barrel "Hallis & Sheath" muzzle loading shotgun last made in 1856 , with a handmade tamping stick , shoulder pouch, powder sack & shot ; never shot it as R barrel has a "slit-hole" about halfway down the barrel; if only that gun could talk
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father who was involved in Post war Japan occupation for Army Intelligence branch. Was a colonel at the time. Has the original shark skin sheath. That damn thing was so sharp it was dangerous. There was no playing around with it because it was so dangerous.
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a spinning wheel he found broken up in an old barn. I have it now, had to reglue some stuff.
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A personal letter from Roosevelt to my son’s Grandpa on his Mother’s side. Herb Levitt was an officer on the USS Houston and Roosevelt did a number of cruises for fishing on the Houston and they became friends, thus the personal letter. The Houston was sunk early in WWII and Herb was a Jap POW for duration of the war.
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He started with the railroad as a water boy and they were his only employer for his entire life. Retired as a section foreman in McDowell County, WV.
Also among my most cherished possessions is the last letter my grandmother (daughter of aforementioned great grandfather) ever wrote. She died before I was born at the age of 47. Given to me by one of my second cousins -- much longer story behind that.
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An unsigned check from Babe Ruth’s account courtesy of my mother.
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It was given to me by my neighbor 30 years ago when he bequeathed all of his wine-making supplies to me. I cherish it. The label isn’t as readable as the one in the photo, but the machine works great-indestructible.
His wife gave me a huge crate of large petrified wood chunks that they collected from The Painted Desert in the early 1930’s before such items were regulated. I should probably give them to a museum.
He, a 5’6” withering man, also gave me his new collection of unworn corduroy bell-bottomed slacks from the early 1970’s.
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..."century plant" she gave me when I was a little kid...or at least a descendant of that plant. I planted it at my parent's house, and it took off and spread pretty well. I dug one of them up at mom's house and transplanted it into the yard at my Virginia Beach house. If I move, I'll dig one or two up and take them to my next house. It's a way I'm keeping my grandmother in my heart.
My grandmother knitted a lot of things that I didn't appreciate when I was a kid. It wasn't until years later than I grew to really treasure them.
I have two framed needlepoint pieces my sister made, and a painting of Phillpott Reservoir that an aunt painted from a photograph she took when visiting.
All are things I'll keep forever.
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A Sears Silvertone 3/4 size guitar. I think that other thing might skip a generation.
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Close family friend.
The leather holster has “Sears 1943” embossed on the back.
The magazine pouch has “England Oct 1918” stamped on it.
Plus his uniform jacket from WW2 with the green felt bands on the shoulders signifying an officer or NCO that was getting ready to lead men into combat on D-Day.
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Do all my dad's craftsman tools still have a warranty?
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AI says yes. Lowes and Ace hardware. Link below to Craftsman's web site. Scoll down and it shows Lowes and Ace hardware.
Link:
craftsman site
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...my local Sears and replace it, no questions asked.
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We used these with steel wedges to spit firewood. I used a similar one (he had several) many times.
While in the woods (probably hunting) my grandfather would come across a relatively straight dogwood tree. Then he would later return to cut it off (3-4 feet above grade) and grub out the root ball and take it home. He would hand hewn the trunk into the handle and the root ball into the head of the maul.
I've kept it because it's a symbol of how practical he lived. You need a tool? Then you make one, if possible. He also had an extra axe handle that he made, simply as a "standby" in case one was broken. Apparently, this is what he did on days when he couldn't get out in the field.
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the company was only in business for those years
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Picked it up when I was in the Navy, so it isn't a family heirloom.
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after the Wright brothers flight
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