Even More Old Growth
Jimmy with daughters.. Courtney and McKenna
No, I am not blogging about a new batch of old growth wood, log cabin, strikers, or even turkey calls. Derby City has not torn down Honest Abe’s birthplace for its precious old wood. Although, that is not a bad idea. Just kidding around. We do not want to upset anyone at the Historical Society. The old growth that I am referring to in this blog, is me. I will be entering my fourth decade on this planet at the end of the month. Aging doesn’t really bother me. To me, my 40th birthday is just another day. The new gray hairs on my head are a sign of sophistication. Who am I kidding? I don’t like this one bit. I am half way to 80, my life is officially half way over. That takes into account that I actually live to see 80. In all reality, my life could be way more than half way over. Man, I am really getting depressed writing this blog. Does anyone know a good counselor?
I am a 40 year old man with the mentality of an 18 year old. Maybe that makes me feel young enough to keep doing all the things that I love, especially hunting. It’s a funny thing how your body changes (gray hair, aches/pains, extra weight, hairs growing from strange places), but the mind seems to stay in a time warp(between the ages of 18-25). I know over the next 10-20 years that my body will start wearing out. I can only hope that my mind will stay in this time warp. I don’t want it to ever say you are too old to climb that tree or get in that blind. I think I could deal with losing some of my physical abilities more than I could deal with losing my mind. Hopefully, I never lose either of the two. When you lose your mind, you lose your will to live. A big part of living for me is spending time outdoors. I don’t ever want to lose that. Stay young at heart and strong in mind.
Bring it on big FOUR O! I am ready for you.
More Old Growth Wood
Derby City Calls has landed some more old growth wood. This wood was salvaged from an old cabin that was demolished off of Arnoldtown Road here in Louisville, Ky. The log cabin dated back to the 1850’s and had fallen in disrepair. The owners decided to tear it down and build a new home on the site. The cabin was made from a variety of different woods that were available to the settlers back in 
the 1800’s. So far, we have salvaged poplar, oak, chestnut, Walnut and cherry from this cabin. There are still 40 more logs to mill. We have made some striker handles from the old growth oak. The striker in these pictures are a combination of our old growth woods. The 500 year old Old Growth dowel compliments this striker beautifully. You can see the outstanding character in these woods. This wood is absolutely gorgeous. The oak has a lot of worm holes that make it truly a one of a kind striker. Don’t you want one? The Old Growth Striker works great with our full line of Turkey Calls.
Pictured below is wood from this cabin
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