mellors Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 Found a couple of these in the cupboard anyone still use them. Thought I might give them a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 Looks like a heavy weight version of a pull string one I had many moons ago, Im thinking I used it maybe 30 + years ago. cant think who made it or where I bought it from but it worked , when the dog didnt keep getting caught in the cord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 are they "Semark" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 1 hour ago, ditchman said: are they "Semark" Their name did cross my mind , you could well be right. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 17 minutes ago, deny essex said: Their name did cross my mind , you could well be right. 👍 you would have to go back to the days of WAGBI to find out............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 Just had a walk up to the shed, one is a die cast version , no name. The other is plastic and has the following on it:- East Anglian Shooting Products Norwich , England We used to use four flappers on pulleys and they worked very well, the only problem was the dog running through the lines.That was thirty plus years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 not as good as the ones i used to make ...eh ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 i had one many years ago.pull string Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) Looks like it could be a home made copy of the 'Semark'. I have an original WAGBI/Semark and if I could put 'pics' on here, I would ! It should also have a rubber band fitted between the 2 arms (near the bends), this returns the wings to a folded position when in use. Edited January 9, 2020 by Westley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Now I do feel my 71 years, please no more old gear reminiscing , but guess its good to still remember that far back even if my name eludes me sometimes ! but I think that might be due to the mrs calling me by so many names ! ☹️🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 17 hours ago, ditchman said: not as good as the ones i used to make ...eh ? We once had to clear out some big Pine cabinets that had been in one of the spare rooms up the hall , these were being sold to one of the furniture dealers who had a unit on the estate , the first one had a load of old papers and junk and really of very little value , the second one was like a collector of shooting bits and pieces aladdin's cave , there was a brand new full size Pigeon decoy with wings that went up and down on a spring system and another spring on its back that you used to hang it up , and some old duck decoys that had never been used and still in the bags they came in I asked a chap at one of the game fairs who collect these sort of things and he recon at the time the Pigeon set up in that condition would have been over a £100 , I was coming up for retirement and I hinted I would love that decoy as a retirement present but I heard my boss at the time wanted to keep it for his grand children to play with , so I never got it , but I did get a nice painting done of one of my Labs I had at the time , and as far as I know they have still got it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 about 20 years ago i was down at the acle sale room and saw a weird rusty contraption....which facinated me.........and worked out that it was one of the very first clay pigeon traps.....well ............before that....it looked like a very professional blacksmith made machine...and was designed for throwing glass balls with feathers in them...... a lot of soul searching....i could have bought it for pennies.................wish i did now ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 09/01/2020 at 16:28, ditchman said: not as good as the ones i used to make ...eh ? Yours are top notch Ditch. I've got some pics somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 21 hours ago, ditchman said: about 20 years ago i was down at the acle sale room and saw a weird rusty contraption....which facinated me.........and worked out that it was one of the very first clay pigeon traps.....well ............before that....it looked like a very professional blacksmith made machine...and was designed for throwing glass balls with feathers in them...... a lot of soul searching....i could have bought it for pennies.................wish i did now ... That reminds me of a 'Flog It' television programme last year where someone had brought in one of the glass balls (pre-cursor of the clay pigeon) and the 'expert' Paul Martin told them that they were filled with water and thrown as an early fire extinguisher. What a load of tosh. Wish that I'd been there to put him right. I had a couple a few years back and sold them for £10 each. They are now very collectible and make up to £100 each. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Old Boggy said: That reminds me of a 'Flog It' television programme last year where someone had brought in one of the glass balls (pre-cursor of the clay pigeon) and the 'expert' Paul Martin told them that they were filled with water and thrown as an early fire extinguisher. What a load of tosh. Wish that I'd been there to put him right. I had a couple a few years back and sold them for £10 each. They are now very collectible and make up to £100 each. OB hello, interesting how they term Expert on these programmes, OB , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, interesting how they term Expert on these programmes, OB , You’re quite right, that’s why I put the word expert in inverted commas. What is the definition of expert ? ’Ex’ a has been and ‘spurt’ a drip under pressure. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgy dave Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 i seem to remember they did have something like that for putting out fires but woudnt swear on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 32 minutes ago, dodgy dave said: i seem to remember they did have something like that for putting out fires but woudnt swear on it I've just googled that and you're quite right that there were large glass balls filled with a red liquid used to put out fires that were slightly pear shaped and retained in a wall bracket, but they were nothing like the mainly blue round glass balls sometimes filled with feathers to simulate a pigeon. I suppose under the circumstances that Paul Martin could be forgiven for making the mistake that he did. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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