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Yakko77

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I Emailed Kimber Mfg. and asked then if there is a Mr. Kimber who founded the company, if so, does this person have any involment in the current line of firearms today. Here is the reply I got:

"Kimber's founder is Australian, born in a town in the south called
"Kimba", which is an aboriginal word meaning "bush fire"....and is
pronounced "Kimber"."

Isn't that interesting?!?! I always figured "Kimber" was a name of a person but I guess not. Just a little FYI for you all!!!



:D :cool: ;)
 
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hksigwalther

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Interesting how Australians pronounce words ending in -a as 'er'. Mick Doohan always called Honda, "Honder" when he raced for them on Moto GP 500. (5 time World Champion I might add.)
 
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adept

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i believe that it's the reverse new englander accent. in new england, you remove the "r"s as they are special and must be conserved. so to be a proper new englander you would pronounce car as "Kaah" however it is proper new englander to have "idears", and to go to "florider".



Adept <living in the state with where you have "beeah">
 
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Yakko77

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"Mr. Kimber's" real name is...

Here is the second reply I got from Kimber when I asked for the name of the person who founded Kimber Mfg.

"The founder was Jack Warne. He is no longer involved with Kimber. His son is affiliated with Warne Rings, I believe."

There you have it folks, that "Kimber" name on the slide could have been "Warne".

Till next time...




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Yakko77

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Greg, not Jack

Oops!!!

I have been corrected by a member of the 1911forum. Go to www.woodgrips.com and click on "meet the president". The man who made it all happen is named Greg Warne, not Jack. :rolleyes: ;) :D
 
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Yakko77

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ATeaM

HAHAHA!!! Yes, they should change the name to "Warne". That way, when they change the name on the pistol slides too, all of us who have "Kimber's" will have a weapon that'll be that much more valuable. It would be an interesting stunt if Kimber actually did it but it won't happen................probably. ;) :D :p
 
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