LOM Repair for NE SxS - need name

[Kevin McCormack]

Will the person who left me the very nice 28" Red Head leg of mutton case for repair at the Southern SxS to pick up next week at the NE SxS please contact me. There was no name inside, just a Ruffed Grouse Society Sponsor patch. Needed new lid hinge and strap and a new carry strap.
Thanks, Kevin

[Rich Anderson]

Kevin I believe that's mine. If it will be done please PM me with the cost. My case was a rectangular one that opened on both ends and the handle came off of it amongst other problems.

[Kevin McCormack]

No, its not yours, Rich; belongs to someone else. I'll PM per your request.

[Steve Cambria]

Hey Kevin,

Sorry, I don't know the owner of the Red Head LOM but just wanted to remind you that I had dropped-off a 32" Heiser with alligator side panels while you were out shooting the Challenge. It's the one with the "NB" engraved on the escutcheon and there's also a worn-off emblem.....something about "Damn Beavers --Tunica, MS" which I believe was the name of a fast-pitch softball team back in the 30's. No worries. When you find it, just drop it off at the Bo-Whoop station on Friday. I'm sure we can find an appropriate piece of hardware to compliment it!! :whistle:

Regards,

Adolph R. Roll

[Bill Murphy]

Ad, I may be putting my Heisers up for sale. I can stamp any initials on them that you require. I understand this Nash Buckingham guy didn't use any darn cases, just rode his guns on the fender of his car.

[Kevin McCormack]

Thanks for the response and the reminder, Tool Man - gives an opportunity for a very obscure and little-known anecdote regarding this case. Apparently this 32" Heiser was custom ordered by TNB to hold "The Big Gun" in commemoration of a terrifying event.

Seems Nash and his favorite dog of all time, 'Chubby' (not to be confused with Dr. Andrews of later fame) were ready to set out from the dock at his old club at 0-dark thirty when an unbelievable uproar commenced at the landing. Seems a huge 'gator had migrated in from the mainstem of The Big Muddy through the timber and into the shallows next to the pier, and lay in wait for some easy prey. Unbeknownst to Mr. B., the Chubster had wandered over the shoreline for a sip of water before jumping into the Ducker for the short paddle to the Handwerker blind.

Sensing imminent disaster, Nash uncased The Big Gun, dropped a couple of1 3/8 oz. 3" Luballoy #4s in, and drew down on the huge gator. The roar of the Super-Fox could have been heard back at the Blue & White, Molly later reported. When everyone had regained their composure and they had finally succeeded in coaxing Ho'ace down from the upper regions of a huge pin oak he's scaled upon hearing Chubby's howls, the deceases saurian was hauled out on shore, skinned, and disposed of.

The skin of the monster gator was tanned, processed, and shipped to Heiser Bros. with specific design, plans, and instructions by Nash. I'm certain this is the same case you left me to repair; can't make out the emblem, and the original Tunica Damned Beavers' softball team's name was of course changed to keep in line with the contemporary political correctness of the Clinton era. But there's absolutely no mistaking the perfect array of flaws in the hide used for the side panels left by the holes of those coppered #4s.

I actually counted one side this morning while brewing my morning coffee - looks a little better than 90% to me!

[charlie cleveland]

now thats some storey...thanks charlie

[Destry L. Hoffard]

Oddly this story isn't mentioned in "Letters to John Bailey", you'd think he would have written ol' John about such an occurrence.

I'd never read the book before, and recently bought a copy from someone here on the forum. I got a couple good laughs out of it when comparing it to the Buckingham write up in "Golden Age of Waterfowling" by Wayne Capooth. The good Dr. goes to great ends to explain that Buckingham was a teetotaler and never touched a drink of liquor in his whole life. It's clearly stated in the Baily book that Buck wasn't a big boozer but always enjoyed a drink of whiskey after a hunt. It's hilarious to me that anybody would do all that writing about Buckingham without even reading all the available literature. The Baily book is scarce but not impossible to find.


DLH

[Rick Losey]

The Baily book is scarce but not impossible to find.


DLH

one of the projects done by George Bird Evans, published under his Old Hemlock logo. The limited edition was only 575 copies - i do not know how many of the trade edition were printed

[Destry L. Hoffard]

It was the last of the published Buckingham stuff that I hadn't read. It wasn't cheap but I was glad to finally pick it up.

If a person wanted to do a lot of research in old magazines they could do a book of unpublished material by Buckingham. Only the stuff he wrote for the big ones was reprinted in his books. All the stuff done for small publications is mostly unknown. There were also several articles written "about" him that could be added in.

I think a lot of it is reports of the National in American Field and conservation type articles in the Tennessee Outdoors magazine but it would still be interesting.


DLH

[Kevin McCormack]

I just missed both the Bailey book and the cased set of Nash's works sold recently on our site. I need to get these and the ephemeral "Once Upon a Time" book for my biblio bank.