Old traps

[craftycarper 0]

Whats the best way of cleaning them up, bought a couple from a boot sale today.

[Netter 0]

Cleaning them up to use or to display?

[craftycarper 0]

Display only...

[OldTrapCollector 377]

Before I tell you I will need to know what type of trap they are and the general condition they are in . . . it will make a difference to my answer

 

OTC

[craftycarper 0]

will put a picture up tomorrow, out at the mo

[craftycarper 0]

same as this...

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/COLLECTABLE-ANTIQUE-...id=p3286.c0.m14

[snareman 3]

Before I tell you I will need to know what type of trap they are and the general condition they are in . . . it will make a difference to my answer

 

OTC

OTC. cant believe it 16 quid for a stinking old rusty gin trap , i flung a hundred into an old quarry a few years back , i,ve still got a few in my shed .

[OldTrapCollector 377]

OTC. cant believe it 16 quid for a stinking old rusty gin trap , i flung a hundred into an old quarry a few years back , i,ve still got a few in my shed

 

They are indeed rusty old relics of the past G but I have made it my mission to record and preserve the damn things and to write my book about them. Afterall, who else will? In the next generation they will nearly all be gone forever and another part of our trapping history will be gone along with the traps.

 

If those few in your shed need a new home, then I would always be pleased to take them

 

OTC

[Guest friedrice]

OTC. cant believe it 16 quid for a stinking old rusty gin trap , i flung a hundred into an old quarry a few years back , i,ve still got a few in my shed

 

They are indeed rusty old relics of the past G but I have made it my mission to record and preserve the damn things and to write my book about them. After All, who else will? In the next generation they will nearly all be gone forever and another part of our trapping history will be gone along with the traps.

 

If those few in your shed need a new home, then I would always be pleased to take them

 

OTC

who's book is out first then otc, yours or ditch shitters???.

don't think ditch will ever have a book, because there are traps that the man will never have as hard as he tries. and to write a book about

traps without the complete collection would be a bit of a let down.

[OldTrapCollector 377]

who's book is out first then otc, yours or ditch shitters???

 

Ditch won't be writing any books about traps now FR it will just be mine, and that won't be available for a good while yet either

 

OTC

[victor 10]

im a colcetor of gin traps, only have onme brand and a fair few of them lane ace, austrailan and farily common, thay look nice .

 

to clean them up i iused a wire brush and a oily rag, looked fine arfter that .

[OldTrapCollector 377]

to clean them up i used a wire brush and a oily rag, looked fine after that .

 

Victor,

 

Aussie found traps do not generally suffer from the same corrosion and rust that ours usually have - ours take a bit more careful work to bring them back to their splendour. Sometimes they have gone too far though and nothing will resurrect them.

 

OTC