True Blue Sam the Travelin' Man

David aka True Blue Sam

$535
Both of these guns sell mid-day, Wednesday, November 27, 2019. Click on the photos to go to the GunBroker links.

$605

David aka True Blue Sam

Our neighbor Marvin Wilkerson passed away recently. If you have watched our videos of harvesting on the farm, that was Marvin operating the equipment. Marvin loved John Deere tractors, and that is what he and Donna farmed with for more than sixty years. He has been farming Patti's ground for more than forty years. His obituary is here. We shot a little video in September of Marvin combining beans on the back 40.

David aka True Blue Sam

Little Lightning showed up in the Fall of 2012 after we moved in to take care of Patti. He was a very wild, frightened dog. We put food out for him and soon he was hanging around the house, but he slept out in the woods under a treetop on the ground. We couldn't touch him. He eventually learned that food was available when we called, and he liked to sleep in his doghouse with the heating pad under his bed. We were able to catch him one time and we had his vaccinations done.

He tangled with cars a couple times, and his right front leg was broken and never healed. Lightning was a good driveway alarm, so we knew when company arrived almost without fail. Susan and I went to Carmi for a meeting at the rifle club Monday night, and when we returned, Lightning did not come around for treats. We figured that something had happened to him, and this morning I found him in the road at the south end of the property. It is always a difficult task to bury one of our little friends. Lightning lived life on his own terms, never letting us get close to him, but we were able to keep him fed and sheltered. We will miss the little guy.

David aka True Blue Sam

...for superb Christmas presents! George Kester is still making cast toys for kids of all ages in his shop. These are 100% old-time toys, made in America by a steam engine man. I have bought many for kids in our family, but even adults enjoy having a few of these to display in a place of honor. Click the picture from Kester's website to have a look.

Here are some that we have purchased in years past. These are keepsakes that your kids, grandkids, nephews and nieces will keep all their lives. Check out the catalog on the website and give George a call!

David aka True Blue Sam

Back To The Old Grind!

David aka True Blue Sam

Merle spotted another good one. This is a Russell rated at 16 HP on the drawbar, but at well over a century of age, it is running at just 105 pounds in the boiler. It still puts on a good show! I would like to see what this engine could do at 150 pounds. Thanks, Merle! Russells are pretty!

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The boundaries need touching up regularly as old posts and boundary trees slip away. I was adding some posts this week and examined this old remnant. You can see a nail inside the stem that was bent over a barbed wire, but look above that at something out of place.

Somebody drank a cool one and left the empty tucked into a fork; probably about sixty years ago. No Deposit, No Return, I guess!

David aka True Blue Sam

$560
Two great pistols are being offered by Ruger this week; one to benefit the USA Shooting Team, and the other to benefit the Light Foundation. Click the photos to go to read all about both guns and to place your bids.

$805

David aka True Blue Sam

There are a bunch of big prairie tractors at Rollag. The Twin Cities that starts this video is a huge land yacht. I don't have much video of these monsters, but I think I can do a nice slide show, so I will work on that. If you want one of the Townsend tractors, you need to go back about 60 years so you can afford it. The prices are crazy nowadays for unusual antique tractors.