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jonima

South Carolina

I don't really consider myself a hardcore collector of specific things. My collections always start out the same: I just want one of a certain thing. That one thing I don't really consider myself a hardcore collector of specific things. My collections always start out the same: I just want one of a certain thing. That one thing is the start of a new collection. I have a collection of vintage, European (mostly German) coffee mills with the hand cranks on them, a collection of sad irons and trivets, and my most recent sickness, old, advertising signs and thermometers. I also scour the flea markets, not for anything in particular, but whatever happens to catch my eye as I'm walking around. I also like old tools and several other old items that are too numerous to mention here. Having served in the Air Force for 26 years afforded me the opportunity to collect many different things while stationed around the world. I'm retired now but wish I was still traveling and collecting. (Read more)

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20 gallon cast iron kettle - Kitchenin Kitchen
4 months ago
Heinrich Franck & Sons Wooden Coffee Crate Sign - Advertisingin Advertising
4 months ago
Antique Bread Machine - Kitchenin Kitchen
4 months ago
Cold War Water - Military and Wartimein Military and Wart…
4 months ago
Lumber Ruler / Grading Stick - Tools and Hardwarein Tools and Hardware
4 months ago
Restricted Area Sign (USAF in Germany) - Military and Wartimein Military and Wart…
5 months ago
Russian Air Force Hat - Military and Wartimein Military and Wart…
5 months ago
Navarro Argudo Spanish Table/Stand - Furniturein Furniture
5 months ago
The StampMaster Postage Stamp Machine - Stampsin Stamps
5 months ago
Old Pulleys - Tools and Hardwarein Tools and Hardware
6 months ago

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  1. Thanks for the love, folks! I've added a current picture of how it is now. This was taken when I went up for Thanksgiving. The original lightning rods are still on the roof.
  2. A Residentz is basically a palace. There was one in Würzburg when I was stationed there. A lot of the major cities in Germany have them.
  3. You could soak it in a 50/50 mixture of water & white vinegar to help take a lot of the rust off.
  4. Are there any holes in that piece that goes to the right? The first thing that came to mind is old, wooden door/gate hardware.
  5. Very nice! I love my Sterling gasoline sign.
  6. Awesome pieces! Love the industrial stuff.
  7. Thanks for the love folks! Manikin, I believe it was used for cooking or rendering. You can see the other protrusions (for lack of a better word) on the side near the top that look like they would ...
  8. Thanks, Bellin! It has that nice, old smell to it too.
  9. Here's one just like it on eBay from the UK. They don't seem to know much about it either. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Spring-Loaded-Retractable-Pulley-Made-in-England-1497-Victorian-Light-/3104...
  10. Could 1497 be a model number?
  11. Thanks for the love, folks!
  12. It can always be restored. If you don't want to put the money into it, they'd make nice flower planters too as is.
  13. If I was you, I'd get a metal detector and head back to the woods. If someone threw this back there, hard to tell what else might be there that's covered up. Nice find!
  14. Love the old coffee mills.
  15. Thanks for the love, folks!
  16. Found out what it is. It's an old lumber ruler / grading stick used by lumber inspectors. The measurements are in quarters since that's how lumber is measured. This comes from a friend with a degree ...
  17. You're welcome! I have two of the older ones that have the USSR stamps on the bottom. Nice collectible.
  18. It's a newer Russian nesting doll.
  19. Thanks, blunderbuss, I appreciate you trying to figure it out because it sure has me stumped. The section that just looks like a bunch of jumbled numbers is a mystery.
  20. Looking at the second picture where the brass end is to the right, the line of numbers on the top are the inches, where it looks like regular ruler lines between the numbers.
  21. The numbers are in inches but only go up to 6 and then those other rows of numbers start. Makes no sense.
  22. blunderbuss, why is that?
  23. Amber, do you know if the measuring tools used by tailors are marked like that with several rows of number together?
  24. Are there any labels or markings on it?
  25. Nice. My dad had one just like that. It's probably still in a drawer somewhere.
  26. Not a whole lot. When I was home for Thanksgiving, I noticed the one at the playground in my hometown was an American slide. It's still the same slide that was there when I was a little kid, so appar...
  27. Awesome find! Congrats!
  28. No, I didn't get one. It's a little too much for me right now. I did take a picture of my mom's though when I was up there, so at least I have that.
  29. Very nice! My parents have one of these pictures/paintings as well. Their's was takien in the late 60s when the barn was still there. Unfortunately, it had to be torn down in the 70s because it was st...
  30. There's an ad on eBay showing one from 1964. Cost $5.98 at the time.
  31. We had one exactly like this growing up. It's probably still somewhere in my mom's cellar.
  32. Thanks, Bellin, and Merry Christmas to you! John
  33. Your plates are from the city of Nürtingen.
  34. Sometimes the older ones just had a paper label above the drawer. Often times, it fell off due to age.
  35. I'm not into statues, lamps, etc, etc., but I'd love to have that piece. Awesome!
  36. Took it to the locksmith this morning. They were able to pick it and make a key to fit it. The mechanism is still in perfect working order and even the two weights that sat on top of the stack of stam...
  37. Thanks for the love folks, and thanks for the info packrat!
  38. What are you cleaning it with?
  39. I brought back some shrapnel from when we were hit down in Tallil. That's the one that one of my guys got a Purple Heart from. Made a small plaque and attached it to it along with an engraved plate fr...
  40. Nate, Google "Honda S90 Yahoo group." I just found out about that group, and there are a lot of knowledgeable people there on the S90s. Those look to be in great condition. Mine is in really rough c...
  41. Thanks! I knew as soon as I saw it that I had to have it. I just wish I could find out how old it is.
  42. Yeah, it's pretty good stuff. Never heard of it until a lady in an antique store told me about it. I used it on an old dough bowl that I have and it made it look much better.
  43. I took it apart and soaked the iron parts in a 50/50 mixture of white vinegar and water overnight (actually about 24 hours because the rust was thick on it). Took it out this morning and used a brass ...
  44. Got the one on the left all cleaned up and looking good now.
  45. Love the original S90 emblems on the gas tank too.
  46. I have a 1966 S90 that I'm hoping to start restoring next year sometime. It's the first bike I ever owned. Wasn't running when I parked it, and it's been sitting in the barn up in PA for over 30 years...
  47. Thanks, guys. I've taken the one on the left apart to clean it up some.
  48. Thanks Phil! I don't know anything about them other than that they're old, and I like how they look. I wish the guy would've had more like them that I could've bought. John
  49. pack-rat, thanks for the info! Mine seems to be a half gallon one. I doubt it's a $5000 one though.
  50. Thanks for the love, folks!
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