Luger 6-Pack

Neil Young · 02-01-2022, 03:43 PM

Now, this is my kind of 6-Pack.

Mac Cat · 02-01-2022, 03:51 PM

“Doing nothing is very hard to do… you never know when you’re finished.” — Leslie Nielsen

Love the six pack carrier, too!

Vlim · 02-01-2022, 04:29 PM

Appropriate as well.

Former DWM manager Paul von Gontard was married to Clara Busch, of the Anheuser-Busch company.

ithacaartist · 02-03-2022, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Vlim

Appropriate as well.

Former DWM manager Paul von Gontard was married to Clara Busch, of the Anheuser-Busch company.

Budweiser beer in the U.S. generally ranks among the other "American Style" beers here. During a semester in London, I encountered "Budvar Budweiser" which is Czech brewed by the same brewery that makes Pilsner Urquell. The latter is available here, but not the Budweiser, which has a very similar taste to the American version, but is richer and more potent, more like a craft brew.

The landlord for the bedsit I rented in Harrington Gardens ran a distributorship for both brews, from the closet in his office. He actually hired me part-time for 90p/hr. to deliver cases to various pubs and shops using his Austin van.

Vlim · 02-03-2022, 01:53 PM

Where the Germans went, beer followed.

Tjingtao beer in China is a direct descendant of German beer, protected by aptly marked navy lugers

Anheuser-Busch was founded by German immigrants as well.

Unfortunately I'm stuck in Heineken territory, but I am not too far away from the artists in beer brewing: Belgium.

Anyway, Paul von Gontard had it all:
Lugers, Mercedes-Benz and beer, while enjoying retirement in Switzerland.

Batty67 · 02-01-2022, 08:19 PM

Yes, please.

JTD · 02-02-2022, 11:33 AM

Quite ingenius Neil! Your craftsmanship never seizes to amaze me. See ya soon, John

Ron Wood · 02-02-2022, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by JTD

Quite ingenius Neil! Your craftsmanship never seizes to amaze me. See ya soon, John

I have to agree with John! The craftsmanship is outstanding, but the very concept blows my mind...you are clever beyond words!

Wish I could join you, John and the rest of the gang at Louisville. Enjoy it to the max.

Ron

Vlim · 02-02-2022, 12:43 PM

Hmm. Budeisen.

Neil Young · 02-02-2022, 01:42 PM

You are too kind Ron. I wish that you could be with us at the SOS. It won't really be the same. Take care my Friend.

HerrKaiser · 02-03-2022, 01:50 PM

I’m assuming you’d have to move the decimal places on this 6 pack. Most good 6 packs run about $10.99. Guessing that one would run me closer to $10990

Neil Young · 02-03-2022, 05:00 PM

No HerrKaiser, I appreciate your comment for its intent, but as you know, that amount would not touch it. You could double that amount and It still wouldn't be enough. These particular 6 Lugers are all unit marked cavalry pistols. Even if they were just matching number collector pieces, that would not be enough. I'm not being condescending because I know that your comment is in jest.

HerrKaiser · 02-03-2022, 06:12 PM

Neil, all good and as I originally figured. I thought about adding a little more at the end with “unless you went to a craft brewery for those”, but didnt want to take the joke too far. I knew better than to think you’d display that type of craftsmanship with 6 shooter grade pieces

Hopefully I can see this in person in a few weeks, I’m gonna do everything I can to get to Louisville and see some of y’all there.

roadkill1 · 02-04-2022, 12:55 PM

This truly is magical, bordering on mystical!!

Ron

spangy · 02-04-2022, 02:27 PM

What I really like about your 6-pack is the spirit with which it was created.

Collecting guns (or anything for that matter) should be fun as well as enjoyable.

Too cool my friend

Neil Young · 02-04-2022, 03:15 PM

roadkill1--Ron, your reaction; "magical/mystical"; is a bit more than I expected. I am flattered by your response, but I am worried about the depth of your praise. I think that counseling may be in order. Either that, or maybe you should have a few stiff drinks with your 1st Italian Dragoon troopers. I've heard rumors that that is a routine practice for them. At any rate, unwinding seems to be necessary. Take care.

MFC · 02-04-2022, 10:11 PM

Neil,
Very cool carry case!
Can you please show a picture of the inside of the "six pack" without the Lugers, so we can see how it's made?

Neil Young · 02-04-2022, 11:12 PM

I will take some photos of the inside tomorrow and post them Mike C.

Neil Young · 02-05-2022, 09:52 AM

Mike C., while not in time related order, I think the attached photos will give you the general design of the case. You can see the paper patch layout of the original concept. Kind of sloppy, huh? You can see how the various turning rests allow the Lugers to hang in place by gravity. The slot mechanism on the base provides lateral stability by hemming up the very bottom of the magazines.
If these photos raise questions please ask. Thank you for your interest.

roadkill1 · 02-05-2022, 06:56 PM

Neil,

Please do not be bothered/concerned about my "magical/mystical" description of your supreme invention. As to your advice about either seeking counseling or some stiff drinks with my Dragoon Troopers, I'd much prefer drinks with my Troopers but that is not possible. Yet again, last Friday night they were all in one of the local gasthaus, drunk again, destroyed the place, MP's arrested them and are now in the Stockade.

As to your stated alternative, I must confess that me seeking counseling is the advice that almost everyone of my previous commanders have also told me.........so I have decided to consult my Ouija Board for the name of a good therapist.

02-01-2022, 03:43 PM	#1
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 546 Thanks: 559 Thanked 442 Times in 168 Posts	Luger 6-Pack Now, this is my kind of 6-Pack. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

02-03-2022, 01:53 PM	#5
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,988 Times in 1,205 Posts	Where the Germans went, beer followed. Tjingtao beer in China is a direct descendant of German beer, protected by aptly marked navy lugers Anheuser-Busch was founded by German immigrants as well. Unfortunately I'm stuck in Heineken territory, but I am not too far away from the artists in beer brewing: Belgium. Anyway, Paul von Gontard had it all: Lugers, Mercedes-Benz and beer, while enjoying retirement in Switzerland. Attached Thumbnails

02-02-2022, 01:42 PM	#10
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 546 Thanks: 559 Thanked 442 Times in 168 Posts	You are too kind Ron. I wish that you could be with us at the SOS. It won't really be the same. Take care my Friend. __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

02-03-2022, 01:50 PM	#11
HerrKaiser User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: South Carolina Posts: 848 Thanks: 784 Thanked 861 Times in 411 Posts	I’m assuming you’d have to move the decimal places on this 6 pack. Most good 6 packs run about $10.99. Guessing that one would run me closer to $10990 __________________ -QM Looking for Mauser S/42 toggle train #22

02-03-2022, 05:00 PM	#12
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 546 Thanks: 559 Thanked 442 Times in 168 Posts	No HerrKaiser, I appreciate your comment for its intent, but as you know, that amount would not touch it. You could double that amount and It still wouldn't be enough. These particular 6 Lugers are all unit marked cavalry pistols. Even if they were just matching number collector pieces, that would not be enough. I'm not being condescending because I know that your comment is in jest. __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

02-01-2022, 03:51 PM	#2
Mac Cat Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 727 Thanks: 2,091 Thanked 606 Times in 327 Posts	“Doing nothing is very hard to do… you never know when you’re finished.” — Leslie Nielsen Love the six pack carrier, too!

02-01-2022, 04:29 PM	#3
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,988 Times in 1,205 Posts	Appropriate as well. Former DWM manager Paul von Gontard was married to Clara Busch, of the Anheuser-Busch company.

02-01-2022, 08:19 PM	#6
Batty67 User Join Date: Nov 2021 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 30 Thanks: 7 Thanked 37 Times in 11 Posts	Yes, please.

02-02-2022, 11:33 AM	#7
JTD User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: PA Posts: 425 Thanks: 217 Thanked 408 Times in 149 Posts	Quite ingenius Neil! Your craftsmanship never seizes to amaze me. See ya soon, John

02-02-2022, 12:43 PM	#9
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,988 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hmm. Budeisen.

02-03-2022, 06:12 PM	#13
HerrKaiser User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: South Carolina Posts: 848 Thanks: 784 Thanked 861 Times in 411 Posts	Neil, all good and as I originally figured. I thought about adding a little more at the end with “unless you went to a craft brewery for those”, but didnt want to take the joke too far. I knew better than to think you’d display that type of craftsmanship with 6 shooter grade pieces Hopefully I can see this in person in a few weeks, I’m gonna do everything I can to get to Louisville and see some of y’all there. __________________ -QM Looking for Mauser S/42 toggle train #22

02-04-2022, 12:55 PM	#14
roadkill1 Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Virginia Posts: 127 Thanks: 166 Thanked 129 Times in 63 Posts	This truly is magical, bordering on mystical!! Ron

02-04-2022, 02:27 PM	#15
spangy Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 617 Thanks: 3,065 Thanked 1,057 Times in 429 Posts	What I really like about your 6-pack is the spirit with which it was created. Collecting guns (or anything for that matter) should be fun as well as enjoyable. Too cool my friend __________________ Whoever said that "money can't buy you happiness" never bought a Luger. WTB - Take Down Lever & Trigger Plate (#90) for an Imperial Artillery.

02-04-2022, 03:15 PM	#16
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 546 Thanks: 559 Thanked 442 Times in 168 Posts	roadkill1--Ron, your reaction; "magical/mystical"; is a bit more than I expected. I am flattered by your response, but I am worried about the depth of your praise. I think that counseling may be in order. Either that, or maybe you should have a few stiff drinks with your 1st Italian Dragoon troopers. I've heard rumors that that is a routine practice for them. At any rate, unwinding seems to be necessary. Take care. __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

02-04-2022, 10:11 PM	#17
MFC User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,237 Thanks: 183 Thanked 281 Times in 162 Posts	Neil, Very cool carry case! Can you please show a picture of the inside of the "six pack" without the Lugers, so we can see how it's made? __________________ Mike C.

02-04-2022, 11:12 PM	#18
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 546 Thanks: 559 Thanked 442 Times in 168 Posts	I will take some photos of the inside tomorrow and post them Mike C. __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

02-05-2022, 09:52 AM	#19
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 546 Thanks: 559 Thanked 442 Times in 168 Posts	Mike C., while not in time related order, I think the attached photos will give you the general design of the case. You can see the paper patch layout of the original concept. Kind of sloppy, huh? You can see how the various turning rests allow the Lugers to hang in place by gravity. The slot mechanism on the base provides lateral stability by hemming up the very bottom of the magazines. If these photos raise questions please ask. Thank you for your interest. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

02-05-2022, 06:56 PM	#20
roadkill1 Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Virginia Posts: 127 Thanks: 166 Thanked 129 Times in 63 Posts	Neil, Please do not be bothered/concerned about my "magical/mystical" description of your supreme invention. As to your advice about either seeking counseling or some stiff drinks with my Dragoon Troopers, I'd much prefer drinks with my Troopers but that is not possible. Yet again, last Friday night they were all in one of the local gasthaus, drunk again, destroyed the place, MP's arrested them and are now in the Stockade. As to your stated alternative, I must confess that me seeking counseling is the advice that almost everyone of my previous commanders have also told me.........so I have decided to consult my Ouija Board for the name of a good therapist.