As part of my downsizing/ upgrading I bought my scrimshaw grips a new gun (1911 .45 of course), a Kimber Ultra Carry II with night sights. Mel at Ron Peterson’s threw in an ingenious holster that can be used right or left side, cross or regular draw, with no alterations.The design is based on a …
Tag: Asia
More Far Away- and Great First Lines
“He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam- Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib- Gher– the Wonder House, as the natives called the Lahore Museum”. The opening lines of Kim, of course. My friend Grayal Farr, formerly of the Special Forces, naturalist, archaeologist, and fellow Kiplingite (see Kipling’s “The …
Far Away and Long Ago: Family with Megafauna
Just for fun: a shelf in the library has accumulated a bunch of photos with this theme, dating from the thirties (Betsy Huntington) to just eleven years ago (me). Here are a few. First, Betsy, at four, with her mother, at the Pyramids: Second, Libby on an elephant, in the early seventies, at TIGERtops (see …
Signs
Two signs encountered by Sir Terence Clark in his travels. The first, which he is pointing to, means “female saluki” (I know Terence through the dogs– he is another scholarly dog traveller). It is in Tunisia. The second is in Kashgar–the Chinese consider our noses huge. (The Han at least– I rather doubt the often …
Indian Tazi
A classic Indian miniature from this site, circa 1800, sent by Jess at Desert Windhounds. As Brett says, it is either the biggest tazi or the smallest handler EVER.
Pakistan
Ali Hasnain hunts in a slightly grander and very traditional way– on a friend’s estate, with beaters! (His rookie of the year, Sonya, is listening alertly for them in the pic). This hunt took place in a watery oasis in desert country. We hope to get more reports from him including on falconry if he …
(And re “Jingiz”)…
Re post below: some people think “Jingiz” (simplest spelling) is pretentious- also the other variations like Jengiz, Jengis, even “Chingiss”. Look, I’ll grant that English vowels for this name are arbitrary, and which you use are up to you. But if you look at old pronunciations, frickin’ “GENGHIS” is supposed to be pronounced with a …
Old Eastern Salukis, Volume–??
I have seen this Jingiz or Kubilai- era Chinese image before but only in poor quality. And it is a brindle! Click to, as they say in Bloggish, embiggen.
Military Rifles and the LATE Great Game
To continue the series on guns I have & like, humble & noble… I don’t have a military Mauser because I already have a first rate example built as sporting one. I don’t have a Springfield because with a gun of similar action and caliber (Mauser) it seems a bit redundant. I don’t have a …
John Vaillant’s The Tiger
Here it is, Q- Philes– John Vaillant’s The Tiger: a True Story of Vengeance and Survival is finally out this week. It is better than good– my favorite book of the year so far, and a likely classic in my rare favorite genre, that which documents (to use a book title) “the edge of the …