Pretty sure it's first edition in good condition. Still has the tissue paper covering the illustrations. Couldn't find out too much about it...
The length of the sword is approx 41 inches and the blade alone is 35. Blade is curved and I'm using a tape measure. It's weight is just under 2.2...
Spent the last fifty or so years in a basement or closet. Seems to be a model 1864 which is pretty common, I guess. Could never find a makers...
Took about an hour to clean three. Had been awhile. Had to bribe my daughter with pizza to help.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Actually got around to some silver cleaning this past weekend. Was working on a set of ice cream bowls, (at least I...
Appreciate the effort. Seems only die hard SF Giants fans know anything about it.
I have had these a long time. Two smaller ones marked Alpaco Mexico. Pretty sure the larger one is as well, but only see the last three letters...
Put this on another site a couple years ago. Learned it was Japanese happi, possibly from the San Francisco baseball games in Japan, after WW2....
Never really knew what these were for. My wife says candle holders, I don't think so. They're only 2x1.5 inches. The opening is an inch and a...
Salad bowls, I think. They have the beehive mark of Ackermann & Fritze. The signed artist is "Kaufmann". I looked online and found one example and...
I've had these two little sewing tools for awhile. They were in the same little envelope, when I got them out of my grandmothers basement. Correct...
Hard to see in picture but in the bottom left of the postcard, someone has written in pencil, Bethel. Must have been the post office or something,...
Had these for awhile. My mother received the larger of the two, for a wedding gift in the fifties. Birds feel painted on. Not too sure about the...
Begs the question. Is this Katherine the "Collins" from your past?
Couldn't open the link, but I think this one would be too young since the postcard was marked 1880. Appreciate the effort though.
Wonder if a leather belt can be made to work with it?
Appreciate that. Wasn't even sure that was a mark or not.
Very impressive SBSVC. Hope you didn't spend too much time on that but that is really cool. That has to be the Geo Quien on the postcard. I just...
Had for twenty something years. Pretty sure it's a woman's belt buckle. Was in an old jewelry box of my grandmothers. I know the mark is a long...
You should try to trace the name. Not too sure where in germany my family is from, but hopefully I will, when I get some family info from my uncle.
Separate names with a comma.