Share your favorites on Show & Tell

WWII souveneer

In Games > Backgammon Sets > Show & Tell and Military and Wartime > Show & Tell.
Backgammon Sets12 of 18Old backgammon?My Latest Find
13
Love it
0
Like it

mrcolorzmrcolorz loves this.
vcalvcal loves this.
NewfldNewfld loves this.
tom61375tom61375 loves this.
trunkmantrunkman loves this.
MattyGMattyG loves this.
BudekBudek loves this.
miKKoChristmas11miKKoChristmas11 loves this.
pw-collectorpw-collector loves this.
officialfuelofficialfuel loves this.
kerry10456kerry10456 loves this.
walksoftlywalksoftly loves this.
vetraio50vetraio50 loves this.
See 11 more
Add to collection

    Please create an account, or Log in here

    If you don't have an account, create one here.


    Create a Show & TellReport as inappropriate


    Posted 11 years ago

    blunderbuss2
    (199 items)

    Long gone Col. friend gave me these ivory dice with neat carrier. he got them off of a German soldier. Kept them for decades & still use them with my backgammon board.

    logo
    Backgammon Sets
    See all
    Vintage Wooden Backgammon Set and Chess Board from Lebanon Handmade Real Inlays
    Vintage Wooden Backgammon Set and C...
    $225
    Vtg Bakelite Brown/Butterscotch Swirl Backgammon Chip/Checker Set JUMBO 1 3/8
    Vtg Bakelite Brown/Butterscotch Swi...
    $499
    VTG Crisloid Bakelite Backgammon Set with Blue Moon & Yellow Swirl Chips 1.25
    VTG Crisloid Bakelite Backgammon Se...
    $934
    Handmade Backgammon Board Set Vintage Antique Chess Table Wood Pieces Dice Game
    Handmade Backgammon Board Set Vinta...
    $289
    logo
    Vintage Wooden Backgammon Set and Chess Board from Lebanon Handmade Real Inlays
    Vintage Wooden Backgammon Set and C...
    $225
    See all

    Comments

    1. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 11 years ago
      Merci! Actually, I made the board except the hinges. The leather scene is from an 18th cent. print of the roadsted in St. Eustatius where I lived at the time. This is salvaged after hurricane Hugo (back when) hit. It was a really nice board before that. The reverse says "PROFESSIONAL TOURIST" (a palm tree) & "ASSOCIATION" which i formed in Jamaica in the 80's. The latch is a brass copy of the Luger shoulder stock latch. Also has hidden features I don't need anymore.
    2. vetraio50 vetraio50, 11 years ago
      Can I ask a question? "Roadsted" refers to the harbour? The 'sted' can mean place in Norwegian. Is it a safe place, a deep harbour? The Quill looks amazing!
      http://www.wordnik.com/words/roadsted
    3. walksoftly walksoftly, 11 years ago
      Nice work!
    4. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 11 years ago
      vetra--, you did your homework I see. As you know, the island is dutch. Believe in Eng. it would be roadstead. Actually the bottom there in "Statia" is sand & drops off rather quickly so not very good for anchours. The early dutch built dikes away from the shore, filled in & built their warehouses etc.. That way the ships could come up to the quays to load & unload. Said to be the richest spot on the planet in the 18th cent.. Surrendered 22 times without firing a shot so for centuries inhabitants thought their flag was all white.
      Yes, the Quill is an interesting place. A beautiful classical volcanic cone shape.
    5. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 11 years ago
      Kevin, acey deucey is for people who rely on luck, not strategy.
    6. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 11 years ago
      NOTE: I made the "stones" from limbs from the same red cedar tree. Strange how the wood in 1 branch was red with white streak & the red branch had a streak of white. Nature!
    7. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 11 years ago
      Thanks Sean, but you should have seen it before it was found in a puddle of water after hurricane Hugo. It also has secret compartments to hold 60 $100 bills & mechanism for a single shot .22 under the latch. Never got around to installing barrel & chamber though. 1 ebony strip is the trigger spring. May just finish that. I've lived thru a lot of dangerous times in places.
    8. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 11 years ago
      BELLIN, they are just dice & only dangerous to you pocketbook.
    9. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 11 years ago
      That's funny Steve, especially as a girl once called me "the Hemingway of Alabama".
      Actually, I was making notes for years until it struck me that I was traveling around with "evidence" that could be turned around to hurt me. A writer contacted me & we made a deal so I gave him my notes. The question was if to go fact or fiction & I agreed to go factual as it would draw more money. Of course I couldn't give him a solid address & after an escapade his address etc. was lost so guess only a few will know my history when I kick-off. Tell people if anybody bothers to put up a marker, to have it read, "Others dreamed, he did it".
    10. walksoftly walksoftly, 11 years ago
      You've probably done stuff I haven't even dreamed of. lol
    11. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 11 years ago
      Steve, you're an artist & so am I. I paint in shades of grey.
      need another ghost writer!
    12. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 11 years ago
      Not familiar with chiarosure rules. I go by the established international rules. Steve, I walking wounded right now & have to crash! Demande.
    13. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 11 years ago
      Love #18 Hems.

    Want to post a comment?

    Create an account or login in order to post a comment.