In a moment of mental weakness, I recently acquired a German manufactured export lance. It is both maker marked and Argentine government marked. At present I have rigged it up as an Ersatz coat rack in my garage. I thought it was quite inconspicuous until yesterday when Sally said "George, you need to get rid of some of those old coats in the garage...Oh and I see you're hiding another damned lance out there."
Well, here's how it happened. A guy called me from Williamsburg to offer a genuine German cavalry lance to me. I asked him all the correct questions trying to determine that it wasn't a damned Argie. I even asked him, it's not Argentine is it? He of course replied "No".
We agreed that I would pay $325 for it and he would find some way to get it to the gunshow in Richmond. Well I got to my table at the show late and there stood my fellow with a ten foot length of PVC pipe in hand. It was all taped up at both ends. Apparently everyone in the place had been staring at this guy in wonderment.
I quickly took the pipe/lance from him and laid it behind my table. I paid my man the $325 as he said he wanted to shop around the show. After getting my tables uncovered I attacked the taped ends of the pipe and pulled the lance out. Damned freakin' ARGENTINE!
Well the hapless fellow never returned and when I called him, he said he was sorry and would refund the money if I could wait two weeks, and of course return the ten foot lance to him. Well I wasn't going to drive all the way across Virginia with this damned thing sticking out of the truck for $325.
So here's the deal, I am going to be at the MAX Show in Charlotte at the end of September. If one of you fine fellows wants this thing for a reasonable price, I will bring it to Charlotte...hell I'll deliver it to anyone within a hundred mile radius of New Market Virginia. As to price, I will accept a loss but I WILL NOT ship it.
Well, here's how it happened. A guy called me from Williamsburg to offer a genuine German cavalry lance to me. I asked him all the correct questions trying to determine that it wasn't a damned Argie. I even asked him, it's not Argentine is it? He of course replied "No".
We agreed that I would pay $325 for it and he would find some way to get it to the gunshow in Richmond. Well I got to my table at the show late and there stood my fellow with a ten foot length of PVC pipe in hand. It was all taped up at both ends. Apparently everyone in the place had been staring at this guy in wonderment.
I quickly took the pipe/lance from him and laid it behind my table. I paid my man the $325 as he said he wanted to shop around the show. After getting my tables uncovered I attacked the taped ends of the pipe and pulled the lance out. Damned freakin' ARGENTINE!
Well the hapless fellow never returned and when I called him, he said he was sorry and would refund the money if I could wait two weeks, and of course return the ten foot lance to him. Well I wasn't going to drive all the way across Virginia with this damned thing sticking out of the truck for $325.
So here's the deal, I am going to be at the MAX Show in Charlotte at the end of September. If one of you fine fellows wants this thing for a reasonable price, I will bring it to Charlotte...hell I'll deliver it to anyone within a hundred mile radius of New Market Virginia. As to price, I will accept a loss but I WILL NOT ship it.