I'd be careful if I was Gramps--Grandma looks a little wild-eyed.  I also don't know why Dad (lower left) thought it necessary to put his fingertip over the end of the barrel.  But look at Mom's stance on the lower right.  Oh yeah.  I have a feeling she's about to show Dad who real marksman is.

I didn't have an ad in my collection with a turkey, so here's one with a pheasant.

Here it is.  The most egregious, atrocious, horrific excuse for a pipe that ever existed.  The ultimate gimmick pipe.  THE PIPE was made from phenolic resin, with an inner bowl liner of pyrolytic graphite.  It was available in every color imaginable, and many more colors unimaginable (avocado green?--hoark!).  THE PIPE could be cleaned with soap and water.

I posted something about this abomination before, which you can read here.

Still four years away from the creation of the .22 Magnum, the Single Six was not yet a "convertible."  As usual with ads of this era, they are sure to state that the revolver can handle "short, long, or long rifle."

Some price comparisons based on an online inflation calculator.

Blackhawk:  1955, $87.50--2005, $601--current MSRP, $482.
Single Six:  1955, $63,25--2005, $434--current MSRP, $411.
Mark I:  1955, $57.50--2005, $395.
Standard Model:  1955, $37.50--2005, $257.

The Mark I and Standard Model are no longer produced, but the modern Mark III Standard has an MSRP of $322.

So how about that?  Turns out the Blackhawk is a real bargain.

Izaak Walton (1593-1683) was an English biographer best known for his book The Compleat Angler.  I must say that in this ad, his garb appears anachronistically Victorian, to me.

Anyhow, this original version of Yale is no longer made, but there is a new version made by Cornell & Diehl, and it is very good.  Once it was my favorite blend; since my tastes have turned more toward Perique mixtures, I can say that it is still my favorite Latakia blend.

Yale is a mixture of Latakia and Virginia, and for my palate it is blended in perfect balance.  This was my "gateway" blend.  I had previously been smoking various aromatics, and not really been happy about any of them, so I asked Mr. Tarler of C&D for advice on trying an English blend.  This is what he recommended.  The subtle play of smoky Latakia and sweet Virginia opened up a whole new world for me, and I never went back.

Another double in the now defunct Savage Fox line of double shotguns.  This one, I think, was one of the higher-end models.  The Fox line was intended as a line of affordable doubles.  Forty or 50 years ago, $113 would have been a serious kick in the wallet, I think (equal to about $700 in current dollars, adjusted for inflation), but it was still much less expensive than some other doubles.

I had originally intended to do one of these every Wednesday but then started doing them more often because I couldn't think of anything else.  I haven't posted one in a while, so I think I'll just go back to posting them every Wednesday.

I've kind of always wanted a gun like this, but I think I would want the shotgun barrel to be at least 20 gauge.