Winchester hatchet

[Drm50]

I have had 3 Wichester fishing rods. A bamboo fly rod and a
steel casting rod, that was marked Winchester Everyready. Those
2 went to auction. I still have a telescoping fly rod of tubular
steel. It has the action of a log chain. I would be afraid to use it
for fear of cracking it. It is marked Bristol. A also have a few Win
fishing lures. I also have a 3 blade pocket knife and a double bit
axe, head only.

 

[Big E3]

I finally found my old Winchester wrench. It was a little dusty and banged up but still functions fine. I was told once that the "86" was the year it was made, don't know if that's true or not, never found any good info on it. I toured the Winchester mansion/museum in Kali once and saw a lot of different items made by Winchester. I was told then that Oliver was just an entrepreneur that was always trying to expand his business. I was also told by the curator that Winchester did actually make all of the items with their name on them.

 

[BUFF]

I have had 3 Wichester fishing rods. A bamboo fly rod and a
steel casting rod, that was marked Winchester Everyready. Those
2 went to auction. I still have a telescoping fly rod of tubular
steel. It has the action of a log chain. I would be afraid to use it
for fear of cracking it. It is marked Bristol. A also have a few Win
fishing lures. I also have a 3 blade pocket knife and a double bit
axe, head only.

The tip section of mine had cracked lengthwise just above the bottom of it. I wrapped it with the same kind of nylon winding that pole makers used to use to attach the line guides. I used it as a second pole when bait fishing but never hooked a fish with it. It likely would have broken the rest of the way.

 

[model70hunter]

The tip section of mine had cracked lengthwise just above the bottom of it. I wrapped it with the same kind of nylon winding that pole makers used to use to attach the line guides. I used it as a second pole when bait fishing but never hooked a fish with it. It likely would have broken the rest of the way.

"never hooked a fish with it" Did you put an official Winchester worm on it?

 

[Drm50]

I did use the Winchester bamboo fly rod one time, just for class.
Just fooling around in creek, hooked a 10" Small Mouth and it
had me scurrying, rod felt like tip was going to break. Rod was
3 piece and didn't feel like any pressure was passing tip section.
Quit after that one before I ended up with broken tip. I have
another one that I think is Winchester, but marking have been
worn off. Also the small single action reel on it has no markings.