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The older I get the more I appreciate simple. When I was growing up, going to the ice house to get a block of ice was neat. Often times getting a free icepick and metal bottle / can opener opener - made in USA - with the name of the Ice house and their phone number.
Just a wooden handle, carbon steel with a cardboard "sleeve" to protect that point.
Ice was chipped of course, then again these were great for lots of uses. We didn't have all these travel cups and all, so use a mason jar, or Blackburn's jelly glass, that became a coffee mug as it had a handle, with metal lid and - punch a hole , wallow it out, and stick a straw in it.
Drive, sip tea, soda, water and not spill on nice clothes.
We played mumbley-peg with these, all us kids had a wooden handled icepick we had gotten free. Drill a hole and put a cord through it. I used a piece of rawhide boot lace for mine. I could hang mine up this way. With a longer peice of rawhide, and using a slip knot, I could wear it around my neck. Pretty handy when exploring, or in a boat with a ice block, remove, cardboard , use, put sleeve back on. Really neat when I got a leather sheath like the Rapala fishing knives had.
We never had all this .gov meddin about kids, we were taught by parents ,Parenting and adults "Adulting".
Weapons? Well, anything can be used for one, even throwing a cup of coffee and then the coffee cups works to stop an immediate threat. Folks did not think the only weapon was a gun or knife.
One lady, a nurse used hers to stop someone from trying to jerk her car door open. Getting off work at 11pm, window rolled down about 1/3 way, being humid here in the South. No air conditioning in many cars back then, they did not come with A/C.
Some guy came from bushes at a stop light, tried to get door open, then cussing and saying bad stuff, reached in to unlock door. Nurse started pulling away. He would not stop, she got him good with that free ice pick in the door pocket, he decided to let go and off she went.
I remember other times folks used ice picks to stop something. It is not so much the tool, but the mindset and knowing how to do something.
Boy, a can opener point sure will sure mess up a hand trying to reach in a slit in a screen door to unlock it too...
Mom&Pop hardware store got some more plain old wooden handled ice picks and made in USA can/bottle openers like the good old days. Lady friend now has these in her vehicle, never know when she might want to unlock a church with her "church key", or want to chip a ice block.
Steve
Just a wooden handle, carbon steel with a cardboard "sleeve" to protect that point.
Ice was chipped of course, then again these were great for lots of uses. We didn't have all these travel cups and all, so use a mason jar, or Blackburn's jelly glass, that became a coffee mug as it had a handle, with metal lid and - punch a hole , wallow it out, and stick a straw in it.
Drive, sip tea, soda, water and not spill on nice clothes.
We played mumbley-peg with these, all us kids had a wooden handled icepick we had gotten free. Drill a hole and put a cord through it. I used a piece of rawhide boot lace for mine. I could hang mine up this way. With a longer peice of rawhide, and using a slip knot, I could wear it around my neck. Pretty handy when exploring, or in a boat with a ice block, remove, cardboard , use, put sleeve back on. Really neat when I got a leather sheath like the Rapala fishing knives had.
We never had all this .gov meddin about kids, we were taught by parents ,Parenting and adults "Adulting".
Weapons? Well, anything can be used for one, even throwing a cup of coffee and then the coffee cups works to stop an immediate threat. Folks did not think the only weapon was a gun or knife.
One lady, a nurse used hers to stop someone from trying to jerk her car door open. Getting off work at 11pm, window rolled down about 1/3 way, being humid here in the South. No air conditioning in many cars back then, they did not come with A/C.
Some guy came from bushes at a stop light, tried to get door open, then cussing and saying bad stuff, reached in to unlock door. Nurse started pulling away. He would not stop, she got him good with that free ice pick in the door pocket, he decided to let go and off she went.
I remember other times folks used ice picks to stop something. It is not so much the tool, but the mindset and knowing how to do something.
Boy, a can opener point sure will sure mess up a hand trying to reach in a slit in a screen door to unlock it too...
Mom&Pop hardware store got some more plain old wooden handled ice picks and made in USA can/bottle openers like the good old days. Lady friend now has these in her vehicle, never know when she might want to unlock a church with her "church key", or want to chip a ice block.
Steve