How to use these and what are they used for?

[ratbuster 808]

Hello,

 

Found these a while ago, but I'm not sure about the proper use of this type of trap.

Do I have to modify the trigger and on what type of quarry are they used ; rats or birds ???

 

They are made out of brass / steel wire, they look handmade and have different sizes.

 

All info appriciated,

 

cheers,

 

Ratbuster

[OldTrapCollector 377]

Ratbuster,

 

They are called Lynex or bird traps, made in sizes from 2" up to some large ones at 15" in width. the Americans call them 'Italian Bird Traps' although most of them come from France.

 

The commonest sizes are around 4" wide and were used to catch small birds for the pot, baited with a grain of wheat or barley and hidden under the dust of the rickyard.

 

OTC

[ratbuster 808]

Thank you OTC, You made me a wiser man

 

Will have to work out how to adjust the trigger, so they will "snapp" more easier than they do at the moment.

 

And NO I won't use them to catch birds! (but could give them a try on some mice in the shed, baited with a small piece of bacon)

 

The only animals which are allowed to be trapped in Holland are rats & mice, nothing else.

 

(These traps came also with a tube of ratting glue, looks Italian made)

 

Cheers,

 

RB

[mackem 30,041]

Can you still buy them on the continent OTC or are they collectors items only?

[OldTrapCollector 377]

Can you still buy them on the continent OTC or are they collectors items only?

 

Most of the ones I have seen are old ones but I think that someone is still making them as I see nice shiny looking ones from time to time, in stainless steel which cannot be very old.

 

OTC

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

They're being banged out somewhere still. And in the dark metal too. They appear on eBay now and then. Fresh supplies for the eastern europeans entrenched in english enclaves and decimating the garden bird populations locally for snackettes.

[ratbuster 808]

After getting the right name of these traps from OTC I started Googling and found this:

 

http://www.ediloisir.com/catalogue/boutiqu...cat=piegeage_62

 

They are still for sale and indeed French made, advertised as useable for vermin (nuisibles) and rats & mice (rats & souris)

 

Cheers,

 

RB

[paddy.t 8]

After getting the right name of these traps from OTC I started Googling and found this:

 

http://www.ediloisir.com/catalogue/boutiqu...cat=piegeage_62

 

They are still for sale and indeed French made, advertised as useable for vermin (nuisibles) and rats & mice (rats & souris)

 

Cheers,

 

RB

 

 

any chance of getting a translation im not tip top in french haha

[mackem 30,041]

Souris is mouse in french,so the 11cm ones are mouse traps,the larger ones are for rats.

[ratbuster 808]

I'll give it a try from French to Dutch to English.

 

Utilisés couramment pour les souris et les rats. Réalisés en fil d’acier, très légèrement huilé avec un ressort inversé et une mouchette pour mettre l’appât.

 

Existe en 4 DIMENSIONS

 

11 cm Petite souris

13 cm souris

15 cm mulots et petits rats

18 cm gros rats

 

Normally to be used on mice and rats, made out of steelwire, trigger & spring going very easily with (spring)hook to put bait on.

 

They come in 4 sizes:

 

11 cm for small mice (4.3 inches)

13 cm for mice (5.1 inches)

15 cm for fieldmice & small rats (5.9 inches)

18 cm for big rats (7.1 inches)

 

2.54 cm is one inch!

 

 

So you know it all,

 

Take care,

 

RB

 

PS: forgot the other one:

L’authentique piège rond en cuivre

Pour vous débarrasser des nuisibles

 

Fabrication artisanale

Diamètre 20 cm

 

Authentic trap made out of copper

to get rid of vermin

 

Handmade

Diameter 20 cm (7.9 inches)

Edited January 30, 2008 by ratbuster