Sometimes it feels like Ralph Kovel is sitting on your shoulder whispering "You always regret the things you don't buy!"
You've definitely found a piece to the puzzle. I wonder what the "B.B." after Nadzab refers to.
It's been hanging on the wall since the day I brought it home.
The art alone charms me. That sun is wonderful all by itself. I posted it a decade or so back on an eBay board. Someone suggested the artist...
This was left behind in a pile of unwanted items at an auction. I count it among my coolest things ever. What a story there must be behind it....
Since bovines are mentioned, I thought I'd weigh in on cow tags, which it isn't, in my opinion. It's not too big for a cow tag. The larger tags...
I'm not sure about this particular maker, but many others used casting methods that left the characteristic gate marks up to 1890 or so.
The electric welds say post-WWII to me. Electric welding goes back much farther, but wasn't common.
Most likely mild steel, from the looks of the weld. Still, it is iron which has been wrought. In modern use it should be OK to call it so....
It's a machine base, no doubt. It looks like it has oddments of metal on top and on the sides. Can we see more pics please? I have a...
Sweet! Look more like cast iron than wrought. Wrought would probably show some graining somewhere. Are the ends sawn off?...
Well it looks like way old iron to me. It varies a lot by environment of course. Harness fragment is a possibility.
To be sure, I know nothing of typography, but have been looking at a few online resources. It looks like the font of the numerals is...
If it's 300+ years old, it's been polished from many to a zillion times before. Someone got tired of doing it and lacquered it. I've...
That one looks suspicious too. The shape isn't quite right for a skull cracker, but it's close. Both ends are typically identical. The material...
From a particular geographic region of the USA? The 'armulet' and gorget don't quite look right to me. Is that a pipe? The two pendants are...
Yes, a bannerstone. Another fairly scarce item in very good condition. Hole seems very true. I'd check the inside of the hole for drill...
Check to see if any edges are ground. They'll feel slightly duller. One or more edges would have been ground so you didn't cutcherself....
I used to commit a bit of knappery myself. It's a well-made item. This piece was made by a skilled knapper, and sorta looks too nice. Also,...
Corner tang knife. Any provenience? Archeologically unusual, but not unknown. Sometimes faked.
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