My grand father came from the WW2 generation and was the hardest working man you have ever met.
After he got out of the army from being injured after Normandy he came back and started a machine shop making parts for both bell helicopter and Voit or Lockheed.(whatever it was at that time)

My grand mother turned parts out and built plans for the factory during the war

He passed away 21 years ago next week and I was luck enough to spend the entire week with him on spring break at lake Whitney the week prior to his passing

Out of all the things I have of theirs including his sacred cast iron fish fry pot and his pre 64 270 this one item probably means more to m than all of it

It's a simple oil can he had in his shop for decades that he used when turning metal. I remember this thing from when I could first remember being on his lathe and mills in his shop both in hurst and in Whitney

Nothing fancy but every time I see it I think of him and everything he gave us and allowed me to become who I am today

I have my great-grandfather's wedding ring. Sometime at a G2G I'll tell the story of how he got it.

1934 Beretta and an 1895ish Belgium revolver. The revolver is in a shadow box. The Beretta still shoots. Pretty cool.

My grandfather ran a card game for years. He kept the Beretta with him after a guy got stabbed. Not sure about the revolver.

An old bacon press. Love that thing.

Montgomery Ward 12 guage - double barrel 32 inches - hammer-less with two triggers.

I have his Model 62 Winchester pump 22. I still shoot it on when I need his company.

His good looks

I have a Remington 7400 in 30-06, his 12 gauge from monkey wards, his ring from lone star gas which you can fit a quarter through and am working on restoring his 92 F150 that I got back from a cousin who trashed the truck. He got it in 2007 with 27k on the odometer

False teeth, not his but mine. I remember when I was a kid watching him take his out and putting them in. I also have an old Case trapper pocket knife that he always carried, I have carried a trapper now for 48 years.

1907 Remington semi-auto rifle in .30 caliber, built on a Browning patent. Sweet shooting old gun but ammo is very hard to find.

Grand dad died the year before I was born, But I have this lamp from my Grand mother that sits on a desk in my living room.

Two toes that are grown together (common occurrence among his family member)...and a sprinkler that is about 50 years old...still works to this day. I also have his smart*** sense of humor. I miss that man.

Pretty cool rifle I bet. Model 8. .30 Remington.

I found you a full box for $135

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/627911608

Mossberg 12 gauge with short barrel. The gun was always in his truck. The stock was snapped in half in the wreck he died in.

2 bags of wooded decoys that he, my father and I as a kid used to hunt over. Have them sitting around the house to bring back good memories.