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Flintknocker I do the same thing .I buy them when I find them and try to restore them if needed . I can't seem to turn them lose though . I really like the feel of old bamboo and savages. Think I was born at the wrong place in time .Tom

BTW Ed, very cool to have three generations behind the Fox.

Me too. It's not unusual for a guy who likes quality pre-war craftsmanship in firearms to be drawn to split cane fly rods too. I think of guys who roar around in bass boats using high tech graphite rods as the same guys who would opt for an autoloading shotgun or a plastic/stainless steel hunting rifle. (Present company excluded, of course! ) Now if I could just find a minty '36 Ford Phaeton sitting in a barn somewhere my life would be complete...

I bought my first LC Smith from a guy who sold me a 5-wt 50's vintage Orvis split cane rod too, for cheap. He later called and said he found his 'heavy' rod which he then gave me because I guessed he liked me- a 6-wt Pezon et Michel. I actually swapped a nice 1899A .303 (one of my father's) for a pre-war Leonard rod. I bet the Leonard has appreciated more than the Savage has.

The real value is in it's history. Kinda like my Dad's .250 that got me started on "99's"

If you need information about your Fox shotgun, you may want to look at the a.h. fox collectors website:

foxcollectors.com

There are very knowledgeable people to answer your questions.

You gentlemen..are gentlemen!! Thank you. Now..let us talk briefly about windfalls Today, out of the blue, I rec'd a phone call from a man, I met in Alaska...when he and his family put my family up for a long weekend..as I was preparing to sallie off into the bush for a couple weeks. Mike eventually took a position on the faculty at Beria College in Kentucky. He invited me some years ago to teach a self-bow making seminar at the school:) We've stayed in touch all these years. Mike and his wife, Anne were traveling south from Novia Scotia where some of Anne's family still lives..and they wanted to drop by to say hello:)

Mike had started making 'boo rods about three or four years ago, and we had talked 'boo supply after he asked of my experience with the material in my bowmaking. I'd not seen even a photo of his work yet, and Mike handed me an exquisite 6- 1/2 ' for a four line today....that he made for me!! I don't own a four wt. line...but something tells me I'm going to before the weekend??

I am a wealthy man. I have more friends than any man should experience in one lifetime THAT..is what I have chosen to collect:) They are suprisingly easy to find, and they only go UP in value:)

ed

6� for 4-wt? Sweet!