Hook packets
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Re: Hook packets
Ooh...an address for Lindop. You just never know when these questions will get answered! I confess to being a bit of a hook packer hoarder myself. I love those Milbro gut ones...they are very early indeed! Might even be from the Forties!
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Re: Hook packets
I had never considered their age so it's great to hear a possible date for the Milbro gut ones .
It is complete with 12 hooks in 4 packets of 3 each . The hooks look very basic and I'm not sure but they look like they are whipped onto the gut and then glued.
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Re: Hook packets
Here,s a couple more stories on Sowerbutts packets.
Readling. These packets were for Hook to Gut
I,v got one or two myself
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Re: Hook packets
Ah thankyou, mine are empty, I just assumed they held hooks.
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Re: Hook packets
There are three things that improve with age: wine, friendship and water sense, and there's no short cut.
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Re: Hook packets
I must be easily pleased !
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Re: Hook packets
This hook packet circa 1900 is encapsulated under a 2” glass dome and wrapped in oak making a 5” paperweight.
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If you have no grease with you, and your rings are full of ice, do not cut out the ice with a pen-knife but get your man to put the rings one by one in his mouth, and so to thaw the ice.
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Re: Hook packets
Corrrr! That's a bit special looking John.
Is it something you had made?
Is it something you had made?
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Re: Hook packets
Hi Steve,it is all original and the back is just as interesting with this beautiful vintage wallpaper.
If you have no grease with you, and your rings are full of ice, do not cut out the ice with a pen-knife but get your man to put the rings one by one in his mouth, and so to thaw the ice.
John Bickerdyke.
John Bickerdyke.