Collections - Bob Scafe
Bob sent these images from Canada of his incredible collection back in February 2005
Quoting Bob himself -
My name is Bob Scafe, and I'm 66. I am a 7 year collector, and I live in Merritt, British Columbia, Canada. I collect almost everything insulator related from telephone/telegraph insulators on up through power pieces, multi-parts, and suspensions. In both glass and porcelain. We recently moved [Oct. 1st,] from Fort Langley, [25 minutes east of City of Vancouver] to our location in Merritt. A major part of the move involved the insulators, all 28,640 lbs of them and the display racks.
I am currently in the process of setting up a display area which will involve 25 display racks, over 5,000 insulators including suspensions, and 8 raised gardens each 8 ft x 8 ft. sq. About a month ago I had a bulldozer in to level out the field we are going to use for the gardens and the insulators, and I am working towards having everything ready for a [hopefully big] 2 day insulator show and swap in late May. For the last 5 years I have hosted the Fort Langley Insulator Shows, and these were always well attended and lots of fun. We are now 3 hours out of Vancouver, so the idea of making it a 2 day event seemed a natural. We have the room, so folks can arrive on the Friday evening, and after the weekend show head back home on the Sunday or even Monday, if they are retired like me. Even with the extra drive, we are anticipating a good crowd 35-40 collectors, many up from the States.
I have attached 3 pictures taken at Fort Langley, showing some of the gardens and what I have collected. The suspension displays are 10 ft crossarms, topped with foreign insulators. The pin type displays are 11 rows X 12 feet long. The short one is 8 ft. long, and the multi-parts were built bleacher style from cross arms. I am hoping here to put the multi's on more of a hitching post style setup. Basically 2 uprights 3 ft. high, with a 10 foot crossarm holding 6-7 multi's, bolted onto the top of the uprights. I expect there will be 10 of the hitching posts. Hitching posts were commonly found outside Saloons, Stables and Ranch houses in the olden days, and were used to hitch your horse to.
