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you just never know what you'll find.... mamahays 10-22-2007
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Posted by on October 22, 2007, 8:30 am
Hey All,

Had to share this. Some of you know my DH collects firearms.
Specifically, "curio and relic" type. (that's either antique, or military
surplus beyond a certain age. Most of his collection is WWII era or
older.) So there is a HUGE gun show in Tulsa twice a year. This past
weekend was a show. We all went. It's always an interesting time. And
you just never know what you will see.

Including the table that had, among several different rifles, two, count 'em
two Singer Featherweights. Beautiful little babies they were. One must
have done some traveling with its original owner as she had scratched her
name on the front of it below the machine bed. Neither of them came home
with me though. I didn't want to schlep them through the rest of the
place, and the seller was extremely proud of them. *ahem*

Then there was the guy trying to tell me where cashmere comes from. lol He
had a table full of scarves marked 100% cashmere. (some of them had a very
rough hand, so I'm not too sure about that "100%", but whatever.) It was
pretty amusing.

Just had to share that with y'all. Knew you would get as good a chuckle as
I did.

Sharon

PS.

The REALLY fun part was watching the crowds part and make way while I was
carrying one of the rifles DH bought this weekend. Guess the sight of a
teeny tiny woman carrying a rifle almost as tall as her, with ease, was
intimidating or something. lol

--
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig.

Posted by Emily Bengston on October 22, 2007, 1:05 pm
Sounds like a "wild" weekend. My FIL gave me a WW2 Walther's P-38 for my
21st birthday/Christmas gift. He thought of it as a joke gift, not
realizing how happy I was when I opened the package.
I like going to gun shows where I live, but I must day I haven't seen a
sewing machine at on. Maybe I wasn't paying proper attention. It'll be
here soon and I will have to keep my eyes open for one. But first comes the
Quilt Show, which I haven't gone to one yet, maybe this year.
Emily

p.s.
OT: Sharon, On the noon news today, they had an article about the IB
program. Is your daughter still excited about it? DGS loved it and is
still very excited to be at GWU, and able to go sightseeing in DC when time,
etc.



On 10/22/07 7:30 AM, in article bJ0Ti.26182$bL7.14859@newsfe09.phx,

> Hey All,
>
> Had to share this. Some of you know my DH collects firearms.
> Specifically, "curio and relic" type. (that's either antique, or military
> surplus beyond a certain age. Most of his collection is WWII era or
> older.) So there is a HUGE gun show in Tulsa twice a year. This past
> weekend was a show. We all went. It's always an interesting time. And
> you just never know what you will see.
>
> Including the table that had, among several different rifles, two, count 'em
> two Singer Featherweights. Beautiful little babies they were. One must
> have done some traveling with its original owner as she had scratched her
> name on the front of it below the machine bed. Neither of them came home
> with me though. I didn't want to schlep them through the rest of the
> place, and the seller was extremely proud of them. *ahem*
>
> Then there was the guy trying to tell me where cashmere comes from. lol He
> had a table full of scarves marked 100% cashmere. (some of them had a very
> rough hand, so I'm not too sure about that "100%", but whatever.) It was
> pretty amusing.
>
> Just had to share that with y'all. Knew you would get as good a chuckle as
> I did.
>
> Sharon
>
> PS.
>
> The REALLY fun part was watching the crowds part and make way while I was
> carrying one of the rifles DH bought this weekend. Guess the sight of a
> teeny tiny woman carrying a rifle almost as tall as her, with ease, was
> intimidating or something. lol


Posted by Pogonip on October 22, 2007, 3:26 pm
mamahays@cox.net wrote:
>
> Including the table that had, among several different rifles, two, count 'em
> two Singer Featherweights. Beautiful little babies they were. One must
> have done some traveling with its original owner as she had scratched her
> name on the front of it below the machine bed. Neither of them came home
> with me though. I didn't want to schlep them through the rest of the
> place, and the seller was extremely proud of them. *ahem*
>

Not entirely strange:

> U.S., model 1911-Al, semiautomatic, pistol, cal. .45, manufactured by the
Singer Manufacturing Company in 1942, S/N range from S800001 to S800500.

http://www.shelfspace.com/~c-r-ffl/sec2-s-w.html

> Inevitably, exports fell again during the Second World War, and the factory
was involved once more in the production of munitions such as fuses, landmines,
bullets and rifle components. German bombers targeted Singer during the
Clydebank Blitz in March 1941 and many buildings were destroyed by fire or bomb
blasts, the firm's timber yard was set ablaze and hundreds of workers lost their
homes. 390,000 square feet of floor space was destroyed in the raids, but
damaged buildings were quickly patched up and production returned to pre-Blitz
levels in less than six weeks.

http://www.theclydebankstory.com/story_TCSC01.php

> Having lost so much of its military hardware at Dunkirk, the British
government set the Royal Ordinance Factories to churning out Lee-Enfield No. 4
Mk. I rifles as fast as they could. At the same time, they looked to private
firms to manufacture bayonets. The No. 4 bayonet was a homely socket bayonet
with a short spike for a blade. The first firm to produce No. 4 bayonets was the
Singer Manufacturing Company. Singer was world famous for their immensely
popular line of sewing machines. Singer was an American company, founded in
1851. Singer opened an assembly shop in Glasgow, Scotland in 1867 and built a
massive factory in Clydebank in the early 1880s. Only 75,000 No. 4 Mk. I
bayonets were ever produced, with their distinctive cruciform blade. All were
made by Singer. Despite being targeted by the Luftwaffe during the blitz, Singer
went on to produce another 1,171,782 No. 4 Mk. II bayonets at Clydebank before
the war ended.

http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting2006/bayonets3/index.asp
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Posted by on October 22, 2007, 4:51 pm
Pogonip wrote:

> mamahays@cox.net wrote:
>>
>> Including the table that had, among several different rifles, two, count
>> 'em
>> two Singer Featherweights. Beautiful little babies they were. One must
>> have done some traveling with its original owner as she had scratched her
>> name on the front of it below the machine bed. Neither of them came home
>> with me though. I didn't want to schlep them through the rest of the
>> place, and the seller was extremely proud of them. *ahem*
>>
>
> Not entirely strange:
>
>> U.S., model 1911-Al, semiautomatic, pistol, cal. .45, manufactured by the
>> Singer Manufacturing Company in 1942, S/N range from S800001 to S800500.
>
> http://www.shelfspace.com/~c-r-ffl/sec2-s-w.html
>
>> Inevitably, exports fell again during the Second World War, and the
>> factory was involved once more in the production of munitions such as
>> fuses, landmines, bullets and rifle components. German bombers targeted
>> Singer during the Clydebank Blitz in March 1941 and many buildings were
>> destroyed by fire or bomb blasts, the firm's timber yard was set ablaze
>> and hundreds of workers lost their homes. 390,000 square feet of floor
>> space was destroyed in the raids, but damaged buildings were quickly
>> patched up and production returned to pre-Blitz levels in less than six
>> weeks.
>
> http://www.theclydebankstory.com/story_TCSC01.php
>
>> Having lost so much of its military hardware at Dunkirk, the British
>> government set the Royal Ordinance Factories to churning out Lee-Enfield
>> No. 4 Mk. I rifles as fast as they could. At the same time, they looked
>> to private firms to manufacture bayonets. The No. 4 bayonet was a homely
>> socket bayonet with a short spike for a blade. The first firm to produce
>> No. 4 bayonets was the Singer Manufacturing Company. Singer was world
>> famous for their immensely popular line of sewing machines. Singer was an
>> American company, founded in 1851. Singer opened an assembly shop in
>> Glasgow, Scotland in 1867 and built a massive factory in Clydebank in the
>> early 1880s. Only 75,000 No. 4 Mk. I bayonets were ever produced, with
>> their distinctive cruciform blade. All were made by Singer. Despite being
>> targeted by the Luftwaffe during the blitz, Singer went on to produce
>> another 1,171,782 No. 4 Mk. II bayonets at Clydebank before the war
>> ended.
>
> http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting2006/bayonets3/index.asp
Husqvarna also made firearms during the WW's. My FIL found one at the show
and was trying to sound out the name. lol I told him "just read it Viking
like my sewing machine." heh heh Not entirely an accurate thing to do,
but it worked. Got a good chuckle out of DH too. ;)

Sharon
--
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig.

Posted by Kate XXXXXX on October 22, 2007, 5:46 pm
mamahays@cox.net wrote:
> Pogonip wrote:
>
>> mamahays@cox.net wrote:
>>> Including the table that had, among several different rifles, two, count
>>> 'em
>>> two Singer Featherweights. Beautiful little babies they were. One must
>>> have done some traveling with its original owner as she had scratched her
>>> name on the front of it below the machine bed. Neither of them came home
>>> with me though. I didn't want to schlep them through the rest of the
>>> place, and the seller was extremely proud of them. *ahem*
>>>
>> Not entirely strange:
>>
>>> U.S., model 1911-Al, semiautomatic, pistol, cal. .45, manufactured by the
>>> Singer Manufacturing Company in 1942, S/N range from S800001 to S800500.
>> http://www.shelfspace.com/~c-r-ffl/sec2-s-w.html
>>
>>> Inevitably, exports fell again during the Second World War, and the
>>> factory was involved once more in the production of munitions such as
>>> fuses, landmines, bullets and rifle components. German bombers targeted
>>> Singer during the Clydebank Blitz in March 1941 and many buildings were
>>> destroyed by fire or bomb blasts, the firm's timber yard was set ablaze
>>> and hundreds of workers lost their homes. 390,000 square feet of floor
>>> space was destroyed in the raids, but damaged buildings were quickly
>>> patched up and production returned to pre-Blitz levels in less than six
>>> weeks.
>> http://www.theclydebankstory.com/story_TCSC01.php
>>
>>> Having lost so much of its military hardware at Dunkirk, the British
>>> government set the Royal Ordinance Factories to churning out Lee-Enfield
>>> No. 4 Mk. I rifles as fast as they could. At the same time, they looked
>>> to private firms to manufacture bayonets. The No. 4 bayonet was a homely
>>> socket bayonet with a short spike for a blade. The first firm to produce
>>> No. 4 bayonets was the Singer Manufacturing Company. Singer was world
>>> famous for their immensely popular line of sewing machines. Singer was an
>>> American company, founded in 1851. Singer opened an assembly shop in
>>> Glasgow, Scotland in 1867 and built a massive factory in Clydebank in the
>>> early 1880s. Only 75,000 No. 4 Mk. I bayonets were ever produced, with
>>> their distinctive cruciform blade. All were made by Singer. Despite being
>>> targeted by the Luftwaffe during the blitz, Singer went on to produce
>>> another 1,171,782 No. 4 Mk. II bayonets at Clydebank before the war
>>> ended.
>> http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting2006/bayonets3/index.asp
> Husqvarna also made firearms during the WW's. My FIL found one at the show
> and was trying to sound out the name. lol I told him "just read it Viking
> like my sewing machine." heh heh Not entirely an accurate thing to do,
> but it worked. Got a good chuckle out of DH too. ;)
>
> Sharon

Husqvarna STARTED as a cannon foundry in the 1600's.

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