Hawken... a pet peeve

[Tgold62]

I named my Hawken "Hannah" after Scratch's mule from the book "Carry The Wind". She was stubborn and uncooperative until we'd been together awhile and got to know each other. :shocked2:

 

[gard72977]

This is the most useful thread I have read in a long time.

 

[tenngun]

Lots of fun though. I call my tulle frogie, an d my sort of southren rifle buddy. I havnt named my others. I do also call them she as they are easy on the eye.

 

[54ball]

Here's a fascinating read from the late Gary Brumfield's site.

Link"she shoots right well"

 

[lighthorse]

I was one of those guilty of spelling it "Hawkins" when I first started doing research to find my first muzzle loader. I thought I was correct for a brief period because I could find word searches with that spelling. It didn't take me too long to realize I was very wrong though. I refer to mine as a Hawken Rifle but still find myself wanting to put an "S" at the end every time I type the name. It's my rifle though not the Hawken's rifle. It doesn't belong to them so really there should be no "S" :wink:

 

[Sunkmanitu Tanka]

Every week??? :shocked2:

 

[Scota4570]

"1. Shotty
2. Flinter
3. Smoke pole
4. Remmy
5. "HER"
6. Front stuffer"

7. Muzzle BREAK

 

[FishDFly]

There has been others that I dislike, I just quit, some I detest.

I am just not into cute names, that is just me.

My wife does not have a pet name, only things I name are cows and only if they are the same color.
They are named so I can know who is there when feeding them and who is not there.

 

[Bon Sauvage]

"Hawk"

 

[Alden]

Every week??? :shocked2:

Well, O.K., ya got me... Like everyone I suppose I've missed a few here and there but only when I was really busy.

But forget about me -- let's talk about the guy who has no pet name for his wife but names his pet cows!

 

[FishDFly]

"But forget about me -- let's talk about the guy who has no pet name for his wife but names his pet cows!"

Actually, I was not 100% factual, my wife names the cows, I hate pet names for wives and critters, but I have been known to name deer by places on the ranch by groups, sign deer, yard deer, wheat deer, lake deer, etc.

Cows:

1. PIA , pain in the ass
2. Diva, who knows
3. White legs, her back 2 legs are white
4. Moonbeam, she was born under the full moon,
wife stayed with her until the calf nursed.
5. JW, she is from John Wayne's herd.
6. Lucy, after. I Love Lucy
7. Sparkle, she sparkles in the sunlight, she is
really white.

The list goes on and on, never name a cow, when you do, you are not allowed to sell them.

Cows have a distinct personality, each are different.

My new bull, has a fetish for the wife, he follows her around, the old bull hated her.

 

[Rod Lassey]

I don't name the cows, unless it's the milk cow---the beef cattle have numbers to keep them straight.

As for my rifles, I call them by their makers (or the original makers they are patterned after); J. Henry for my .50, Deringer for my .58---both are copies of original rifles. Harper's Ferry for my M1803, and so on.

Rod

 

[necchi]

I have names for my rifles when they don't function properly, Do those count?

 

[Sunkmanitu Tanka]

Yes and then there is Spikebuck who neutered his guns so he doesn't have to name them ... tisk tisk :hmm:

 

[tom deinek]

Every lawyer has a favorite client. I know who my wife's favorite client is.

My client grew up in Iraq. He says he lived on a farm, alway had dogs but no one ever, ever names a dog over there. That's some kind of uncouth thing to do.

He's got a dog, which he summons by calling it 'dog' in arabic. His children, all English speakers, think that is the dog's name, like Spike or Fido or Achmed.

 

[Zonie]

That makes sense.

A guest to dinner probably wouldn't understand when someone at the table said, "Pass the Rex. He sure is tasty."

:rotf:

 

[Leatherbark]

I could not bring myself to buy a "Hawkentucky" rifle that was made back in the 70's because of the name.

Bob

 

[Alden]

Yes and then there is Spikebuck who neutered his guns so he doesn't have to name them ... tisk tisk :hmm:

Might be worse, if you can imagine that. Could be that Robin fellow from the UK. I hate to say what he does with, or rather to, his guns!

 

[In Over My Head]

We could post our comments in the proper grammar for our chosen time period/persona :grin:

Actually, that would be quite instructive!

 

[Sunkmanitu Tanka]

and that would not be so easy! I assembled a small study about reading and (hand)writing 18th century American/English and Dutch/Flemish... Something like a Palaeography notebook...
Their way of writing - speaking - abreviathing etc. differed a lot from our contemporary ways...