Hoppes #9

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my wife swears that when she first met me, it was the lingering aroma of Hoppes #9 that attracted her. She grew up with that smell in the house, and on her dad and brothers. When she smelled it on me, she felt she had found a guy she could trust. :confused:
 
That's my sweetie, Archerandshooter. Over the last 25 years we've put together several sendups of pop songs, but that one was all his. :p

When he first started cleaning guns with that stuff I thought to strangle him. ICK! But it got to where it bothered me less and less. Oddly just about the time I decided *I* wanted to be shooting too.

You suppose there's a neuropsychological link between the chemical and shooting addiction????? :neener:

Springmom
 
I have found just the opposite effect. It pulls the guys in by the dozen. Next thing you know the lights are down low. Sittin on the couch. Music in the background. And he has lead away patches cleaning out the barrel of my Colt 44 while I clean the K31. And just when he gets near a climax I give him the Walker to breakdown and clean.:what:
 
Compared to Sweet's 7.62, Hoppes #9 IS cologne. Sweet's 7.62 = the down side of owning a Mosin Nagant.

Peace and blessings,
Laib
 
Frankly, any girl who isn't turned on by the smell of Hoppes probably isn't the girl for me.

If girl says this to me upon our first meeting, I will know that I have found my soulmate: "Hey, is that Hoppes? I love that. I also like video games, the Broncos and playing the electric guitar. Lets go shooting some time.". If I hear that, I will immediatly get down on one knee and propose. Immediatly.
 
Wait a minute, I'm confused.
Are you saying Hoppes#9 ISN'T COLOGNE?:eek:
Dang, you mean that is what I've been doing wrong all these years?!
Alright, I guess I gotta change my ways. Just do not tell me that Sweet's 7.62 is not aftershave!!:evil:
 
vesmcd was asking
>Anybody else here old enough to remember the smell
> of the old Hoppe's #9?

YES! I'm 56, and the old stuff definitely smelled wonderful! Sort of a sweet aroma. I still have a bottle of the old stuff in a cupboard down in my basement, and I just can't bring myself to use it up. Smells like childhood... :)
Marty
 
Hoppes is one of those smells you never forget.

Like:
Jet engine exhaust.
Aircraft cockpits.
Burned cordite.
Bacon cooking at camp as you get back from a hunt.
Old dead things.
 
Ok, now I can't resist. I'm going out to the garage to clean my Springfield Trophy Match with #9. Love that smell....
 
DirtyBrad and others got it right. It's "Hoppy's" and it is

one of the smells of freedom, the second actually. The first is burnt JP-4(military spec jet fuel to the uninitiated).
 
I have correctly called it "Hoppy's" for as long as I can remember. However, in our family, it is colloquially known as "Banana Oil" on account of it's pleasant banana-like scent. I still maintain that it is an aphrodisiac.
 
Hoppes used to smell different than it does now? Really? That might explain why I've had trouble picking up chicks at the nursing home!:)
 
It's Here!!

I was born in '55, for a timeline.

I was brat, and coke bottles brought 2 cents each at the Mom&Pop grocery store. Later they would bring 3 pennies each.

In the back of Field & Stream, was this little ad for Hoppe's No. 9 , Mfg by Penguin Industries, for 15 cents one could get a trial sample.

I wanted my very own bottle. With help from a mentor I cut out that little add, and he wrote my name and address on the order form. We taped a dime and and nickle on a Post Card he gave me, and we mailed in for that trial sample of Hoppe's No. 9 , manufactured by Penguin Industries.

That was a lot of money for a wee brat, and I had gathered all them bottles and saved all my money and when asked again "Are you sure you want to spend 15 cents on this?" , I thought long and hard, and said "yes sir, I really do".

Mentor had one of them grins that Mentors have.

I waited and waited and waited - I hoped and hoped everytime I saw the mail-man.

Its Here!! My package had come in.
It was so special. I waited to get help from that Mentor to open that package, I didn't want to mess it up, and it was kinda special having a package delivered to ME!

He carefully used his knife, and opened it. I was afraid I would drop it in trying to get it open, so he cracked it open and with his hands on mine we opened it.
It was just like the Hoppe's No. 9 he had, and everyone else had, just my bottle was smaller and pretty neat for a brat.

I had my very own .22 revolver, so with help and using a glass eyedropper he helped me clean MY gun with MY Hoppe's No. 9.

That was the first and last time I used it. It was that special for a brat like me. So he had this nice wooden box, I do not where he got it, but he carefully sealed up my top, and secured it. He also put the package it came in, inside too. It was packed real good. I put that in a real special secure place.

Then he gave me one of his little bottles to have, about half full. Wow! I had a bottle of my very own , just like he did, and all the other Mentors and folks I knew.

I did not waste mine, we didn't have much money and we took care of stuff. So sometimes I would put one itty bitty drop using a glass eye dropper onto a patch. Just let it waft and be happy.

I would do that sometime at my Mentors as they read Ruark, and his works from a Field & Stream to me, I was not big enough to know how to read.

Mentors would do a drop on a patch, read to me and it was real special...still is to me.

I used their stuff, becuase that was the way they said it was supposed to be, even when I got bigger to have my own stuff.

Today...

I assist with kids , we use Ballistol as it is non-toxic. Some adults have been thru Cancer, or have family have been.

Still there is Hoppe's No. 9 for these kids.
It is not showing Penguin Industries , or the next companies name ( I want to say it was Baldwin Mfg, I can't recall right now) , these bottles I gave the kids have Michaels Of Oregon on them.

They have their very own, and have dispoable pipettes. All the kids, have these in a special box to keep safe and secure all put up. They do not get into them. Adults have some they can use at home, or at the range.

We still open a bottle of Hoppe's No. 9, put some on a patch and I read Ruark's The Old Man And The Boy to them.

Smells of Freedom, Memories our Future in these young ladies and gentleman and ...

The lights are dimmed, there is big oil lamp next to Uncle Steve on the end of the couch. As the 10 year old sets down a fresh cup of coffee for Uncle Steve, a 6 year old snuggles up to Steve with TOMATB, the new puppy snuggles in the 6 year old lap.
Some kids snuggle to parents, others are on the throw rug on the floor in front of Steve.
Someone puts a drop of Hoppe's No. 9 on a patch in a ashtray up on a shelf. Hoppe's No. 9 wafting in the air...


"The Old Man ain't much to look at...
"Just pick one bird out of a covey...
"Respect the quail..."

:)


Steve
 
I fear you guys are missing the opportunity Hoppes gives you. You take that Honey-Do list and tell the wife you'll be back. Go to the range with a couple of guys and shoot of a couple of rounds. Grab a beer and hoagie afterwards. Then when you get home, you just dab a little under the chin.

"Well, Honey, I've been outside tinkering around all day"
 
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