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Still have several, now all in the garage or outdoors. No more smoking in the house. Probably killing me one stick at a time. Either that or the booze. It is what it is and I am what I am. As an old Sailor, too late to change now.

I quit smoking a yr ago. Glad I did. Not sure what that has to do with deer hunting. I've shot several out of my tree while smoking. Just put the cig in hollow end of stand, & take my shot. I honestly don't believe they get spooked by tobacco smoke.

My grandfather fed a family on deer.
30-30 if it was season 22 or 12 gauge if not.

Work clothes, Pall Mall or hand rolled going nonstop.
Would build a fire to stand by if it was cold in deer season.


That was before the deer got so smart.
Once they started reading, you needed tree stands and camo.
After they got internet, scent locker, and matching socks and underwater
with you hat and coat.

Pretty soon, they will be the ones writing the articles.

Nothing like a big mac and a smoke back in the day

Steal the glass one from Shoney’s Big Boy or Steak n Shake

I use a fired shell from an M1A1 main gun for my cigar time at the lake.

It's cool because I kept it from driver/loader training at 29 Palms when I was with 2nd Tank BN.

I wish it was a round I fired, but, as a TOW gunner, I just got a quick familiarization course before we went to KSA and didn't get to shoot anything.

It's pathetic how people feel about smoking these days.

Gitsum.

And Happy Thanksgiving.

The smell of cigarette smoke outdoors isn’t a bad smell but I always hated the smell of an ashtray.

I remember them, don’t miss them.

I wish smoking was good for you.

I miss it so.

Got some new tires and rims on the Suburban today. The two front desk guys were just lighting up a smoke when I walked up.

Both of them started to hide the smokes behind their backs....some fugging Karen or Colorado resident probably complained once.

Fugg sakes.....smoke your smoke.

I've got my parents ashtray that they put out for visitors back in the 60's - glass and chrome job, real fancy. I've got a Lufthansa ashtray from the late 90's from a shipment that U.S. Customs was going to bust up for some reason, I snatched one for myself. My prize possession is a sheet steel stamped Kenworth ashtray from the late 1930's that my Grandfather got when he was working in the oilfields in Louisiana. I don't smoke, I've just kinda collected them over the decades.

The machinist’s mates on my father’s LST in the south Pacific made one for him using the bottom 2 1/2 -3” of a 5” AAA gun shell case. I still have it and about 2” of the primer tube is there with a little brass piece on top of it to put out cigarettes.

I have never been a smoker, but as a shooter I find these early 1960s era W.R. Weaver Co. ashtrays to be pretty dang cool. I keep one in my office as a reminder of the days when real men smoked and their rifles AND scopes were made in America..

Dad didn't smoke, but he had some cool ash trays. Pulled this out of storage. Could use a cleaning.

I remember ashtrays being pretty common ceramics/clay project in school when I was a kid.

These days, I have a stainless Xikar can for cigars.

Got piles of the rubber tire ones somewhere. My grandfather was a store manager up through regional sales manager for BF Goodrich Tires before retiring in the early 80's

Too lazy to float pics, But I have one from Cheerleaders Gentleman's Club, Denver. Mack Trucks, with the chrome bulldog. A few more.

Quit using them Dec 8, 2014.

Did ya take any pics?

Very cool.