#7) Arrive with bells on! Everyone warns drivers about deer and elk encounters, occasionally we hear of a bear sighting and everyone watches out for snakes. My most dangerous encounter, so far, has been with a duck. It burst out of a deep ditch, flying as fast as it could! At that moment in time […]
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We often receive requests to identify sleighs. Unfortunately unless there is a maker’s tag on the sleigh it is hard to identify exactly where the sleigh came from. In general, American sleighs fit into two broad categories – Albany and Portland. The Albany Cutter As the 19th century began there was a focus on more
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A few years ago I bought a Ralli Car in Scotland and I was told at the time that it had “lancewood shafts,” a superior kind. What is lancewood and can it be obtained here? The following is taken from a paper read before the Institute of British Carriage Makers on March 15, 1884 by
