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    Netter, They are both 'recognised' variations of the Mk I Rabbit trap. Fenn was constantly making alterations to them - to make them better, cheaper or simply because that was all he had at hand to make them with. I know another trapper that swears by them - and he knows a thing or two about trapping rabbits. I couldn't get on with them myself - I much prefer the Imbra as a rabbit trap OTC
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    I would also say sugar - I have known it stop a pretty big deisel engine right enough in the past OTC
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    Looking good there Rolfe - before you start collecting the damn things - I will have to warn you that it is tremendously addictive . . . OTC
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    Nice and simple Woodga - even I can make those! Good idea with the door catch OTC
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    Probably a litter sibling, I have seen them do that OTC
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    Sour milk Blunt pencils Tangled telephone cables Waiting Other trap collectors Toy breed dogs Earwigs Being cold Tinned plum tomatoes Bitching OTC
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    Rolfe, First off - do you know what you have there?? The 3 gin type traps are Sidebotham's vermin gins made circa 1940 The big one with the spikes is an Anglo Impassable mole trap - they were made for a lengthy period from the late 1800's through to about the 1950's The other 2 are French mole scissor traps As for cleaning ~ as DS has said is a matter of personal taste. I chuck mine into a bucket of hot soapy water and then brush off (not too heavily) the worst of the loose rust and then go over them with wire wool, but they must be wet or the wool will quickly strip off th
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    Just bought one to have a look at (and a copy of their little mole trap book) Thanks AF for the tip OTC
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    Rolfe, I don't have a specific name or maker for your trap unfortunately but I do know that it appeared for sale in the early 1950's. They turn up quite often and have lasted surprisingly well in most cases. OTC
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    John B has one of those too Matt - from a trade with me a while back. They were the earlier type with the wired on sections prior to galvanisation. The later ones had a sheet steel base and were welded together. there was also a 'half' trap made too - a single entry made from one half of a double entry but wired on and galvanised - not chopped down later. I have also seen them with a wooden box at the bait end of the trap too (like the Martin trap). OTC
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    I have not seen the welded rod Young's Monarch before either CW - they are usually woven wire or steel mesh. That Monarch I sent to you before Ditch had the round Young's badge on it didn't it? Keep them coming lads, I am interested in any old traps including the cages - fascinating old things aren't they?? OTC
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    And here's an old cage trap you don't see every day ~ Young's New Forest squirrel trap OTC
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    I really like those old labels Ditch ~ here's a few of my own Wyatt's Patent Rat and Sparrow Traps Young & Son Misterton Somerset OTC
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    Interesting Does it have a name? OTC
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    She had a face that could scare a police riot horse OTC
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    What type of trap is that you are using Steve? Can I see a picture of it without the vole please? OTC
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    Not too sure on that one Rolfe but I can say that it is not Young's design and not GILPA either. Young's made a 2 foot trap and a yard long trap, both with steel frames covered with chicken wire - most are named with a small badge. The Gilpa one had rounded entrance holes and the entry into the second compartment was by a floor fitted entrance - not one that elevated like that one in the pic. It must have been a later copy IMO OTC
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    Purely from a collector's point of view I like the Young's Misterton box cages and also the old Kindharts. Both well engineered with quality materials and intricate setting/tripping mechanisms. OTC
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    . . . "sweating like a blind lesbian in a fish shop" . . . even makes me giggle typing it! OTC
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    The Venus is the one in the bottom left pic on the 'clap traps' article John put up OTC
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    No snares at all apart from an Aldrich type snare trap - there was everything else there though! OTC
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    Fenn's Venus trap was a cage trap rather than a net and that was the trap I was referring to. It was made from all steel and wire (same as a Larsen) but was considered a 'spring trap' by the Ministry and banned by the legislation, possibly because of misinterpretation of the wording - ie it was a trap powered by a spring and therefore must be a spring trap. How Gilbertson and Page's Hoodie trap, and Youngs Perfection traps escaped penalty I have no idea when they employed a net powered by a spring to catch their target. Perhaps Ditch will know the answer to this one . . . ?? OTC
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    I saw a nice one last week singing his heart out but try as I might I couldn't find his mate sitting tight OTC
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    A word of warning ~ Setting 'spring traps for birds' is illegal as a very well known trap maker found out when he was forced to recall all of his new line of crow and magpie traps back in the day for this very reason. His trap was a simple snap close net trap too. Quite how Larsen managed to escape this legality is not quite clear to me, but the 'other' did not. Food for thought . . . . ? OTC
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    Those little wood and wire cage traps were, believe it or not, tiny mouse traps - each one about 6 or 7 inches long. Intricately crafted traps from a chap in Brazil that Ditch and I know as 'Armando'. They went for hardly anything - a bit of a shame to see them sell so cheaply. I just wish I had more spending power yesterday to get a few more! OTC
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