More pictures with the new phone......

[Destry L. Hoffard]

Just a few of my various collections of odd stuff.....

[Richard Flanders]

The leather sheathed knife in the middle of pic #6. I have one exactly like it that my grandfather brought home from the Philippines after serving in the Spanish American War. If yours is like mine, it has only one purpose, that being to push in under or through the rib cage from in front or behind and up into the heart of someone you're looking to terminate. Mine is a needle-pointed double edge stabbing knife for certain and has the exact same brass-trimmed ebony handle with the brass fitting on the end for a lanyard ring. Am I right?

[Destry L. Hoffard]

That's a very odd knife, I've often wondered it's original source and purpose. The blade is actually made from copper, very much looks like a fighting knife though. No lanyard ring but the blade is shaped as you describe. It came out of a flea market down in Southern Illinois many years ago.

DLH

[Destry L. Hoffard]

In looking at these photos, it makes me realize my need to regularly dust. Or maybe to just hire a maid.....

DLH

[Richard Flanders]

Those knives are the perfect length to come in under the ribcage and up into the bottom of the heart.... Mine has a carbon steel blade and a very sharp needle point but the edges are not sharpened. Could be something that they made to sell to the touristas of the day. Who knows...

[Destry L. Hoffard]

In case anybody is wondering, that top photo is my collection of vintage mosquito repellent. Few other oddments thrown in there, some crow and dog repellent and a couple other weird ones.

DLH

[chris dawe]

Love Destry ,especially the old pipes...I missed out on an estate auction here once ,there was a 5 gallon pail of pipes the old guy collected over a lifetime.

[charlie cleveland]

great pictures of your stuff..i really like the things you have collected...i m glad i m not the only one that needs to dust.ha lots of odd things you have there...i need some crow attractant instead of reppellant...neat....charlie

[Patrick Hanna]

Destry, I won't comment on your many fine and interesting collections--except to say they are fine and interesting. But I DO want to say that your new phone takes better pictures than my very old Nikon camera! ....or....maybe it's the photographer.

[Eldon Goddard]

Destry is your whole house just a collection of cool stuff? Where is the picture with all the shotguns?

[chris dawe]

Oop's ,I should have wrote "Love it Destry"):o

[Destry L. Hoffard]

Being an old bachelor, I can decorate the place as I like. So yeah, the whole joint is essentially just different displays of weird old junk. Hah!

[wayne goerres]

My room is just a bunch of stuff. Destry's STUFF has careactor.

[John Dallas]

I've always liked the sign an a man's table table at OGCA

"How come all my stuff is s**t, and all your s**t is stuff"?

[Paul Ehlers]

The 6-12 bug dope brings back memories of my youth. My father thought it to be the best there was back-in the day.

Going fishing with him, I grew up lathered in 6-12 !!

[Destry L. Hoffard]

Yes my father remembers it we'll also. He laughs every time he visits and sees it on the shelf. Wish I could find a bottle marked Nessmunk's and one of the early style 6-12 with the cotton swab applicator.