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The cups were so beat up because they were used as sidearms in battle.
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Bob, thank you for the report  So the Gun Show was "down in his cups" he he he http://www.word-detective.com/2010/09/cups-to-be-in-ones/Mike
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Dr. Bob:
That was a very nicely done and quite informative display. I enjoyed it.
FWIW, the only display that came close to yours was the Parker hammer gun display in the entry hall.
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Dr. Bob,
Yeah, it's a very different collector group.
The "militaria" guys are history buffs, not really gun make/design/beauty buffs. They get all wet over a poorly assembled, mediocre design "tin cup" (your apt phrase) which maybe, possibly, could have been used somewhere near where a battle was fought during the War of Northern Aggression...and it isn't really about the quality/design etc of the gun itself. Its more of a time/place association of a gun as an ARTIFACT...not a piece of mechanical art.
It's just an entirely different asthetic.
We had a couple over for dinner a couple years back, and i was told ahead of time that the guy "really knows his old guns...u guys will talk for hours." Turned out he knew quite a bit about different "pattern" military guns used (or...possibly used) in certain war battles.
As for doubleguns, he offered that he had "heard of Parker."
Again, it's just a whole different asthetic. Some very nice and informative guys, but, really a different kind of crowd.
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Great job Dr. Bob! Looks like you had one “hell of a display”!
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Dr. Bob,
Yeah, it's a very different collector group.
The "militaria" guys are history buffs, not really gun make/design/beauty buffs. They get all wet over a poorly assembled, mediocre design "tin cup" (your apt phrase) which maybe, possibly, could have been used somewhere near where a battle was fought during the War of Northern Aggression...and it isn't really about the quality/design etc of the gun itself. Its more of a time/place association of a gun as an ARTIFACT...not a piece of mechanical art.
It's just an entirely different asthetic.
We had a couple over for dinner a couple years back, and i was told ahead of time that the guy "really knows his old guns...u guys will talk for hours." Turned out he knew quite a bit about different "pattern" military guns used (or...possibly used) in certain war battles.
As for doubleguns, he offered that he had "heard of Parker."
Again, it's just a whole different asthetic. Some very nice and informative guys, but, really a different kind of crowd.
NDG I really mean "Tin Cups" literally. Real beat up tin cups like you would find in a dump. Nothing to do with Arms except that those who used them may have been armed. My point is they call it an Arms Show but award junk. It would be like a car show giving awards for skateboards. It takes a lot of work, not the least collecting the guns displayed, travel, motel bills, table fees, etc. to enter. I expect to compete fairly. Losing to a display like the one with the pistols given to George Washington by Lafayette is one thing. Losing to non-arms junk is another.
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Bob, yes it must be frustrating to lose to a tin cup display. Several weapons group eligible judges don’t participate in the judging for the same reason you mention. Just a back scratching , sort of like the “self congratulatory entertainment industry award shows.” Sort of popularity contests.
I, for one, would appreciate closeups of your guns. Many must be incredibly rare.
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LOL !!!
I thought you were making an analogy!!!
That makes it even funnier!! Er...sadder, I guess.
All the same, if anyone would like tin cups of dubious provenance in exchange for an early graded Lefever, please PM me.
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Bob,
So, was the tin cup display actually the winner and the LACA display was second? Or were we just behind the Tin cups in placing?
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The Tin Cups Display won one of the educational awards. If you don't win you don't know where you stand.
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