It's about 21mm x 33mm. The front bears 2 lines of 4 characters each: IM^I & 1929; The back says BEHA-WERK WIEN XIII. Based on the few items it...
This has puzzled me since I first joined our forum. How is it that some members can post pics that zoom way more than really necessary, but a...
~4 3/8" long, ~1 3/9 wide, ~7/8" thick, ~3/4 ounce. Very few tool marks, an' those don't seem to be from a file or a wheel. Nicely polished,...
Ulster Knife USA. The 'ordinary' blade has been badly abused, but the hook-blade is quite sharp on the inside edge, an' I have this faint...
This bowl came to me with the previously posted 'similar' pair. ~8 dia., ~1 1/4" height, 4 3/8" inside foot-rim, ~10 3/4 oz. Something about the...
Provenance is Dutch East Indies acquisition, pre WWII. #1 is 8" dia., with a 4" inside foot-rim, ~1 3/8 rim height, 9 3/4oz. #2 is 8" dia., with...
This is the second item from my friend, Anne. The cotton string is perhaps 10 feet long, and has a few knots in it. Each of the interior leaves is...
This is the first of several pieces owned by an old friend, who is nearing her end an' wishes to know what specifics I can glean from y'all about...
What a beautiful human...such a loss.
My first exposure to the shape was in a Tavern near San Diego in 1963. Beer was served in it; it held a quart, an' was called a Schooner, an' sold...
Years ago, when I acquired this knife, I was told a name for the MOP-looking plastic that makes up this grip. It may have been a Kinfolks...
There's 15 feet of it, all in one chunk. It weighs about a gram per inch, which is ~2 1/2 links. The short piece is 2 1/2" long. I had hoped for...
~9 1/2" long, ~1 1/4" wide, ~5/8" thick; weight is ~12 1/4 oz. The color is best shown in pic#5. I would like to hear about what the stone may be,...
Carbon steel blades & (probably) plated handles, one with a single mark within a wee dimple: a right-facing head with either a Mohawk haircut or a...
They're all brass except for the steel (floppy) staple on the back. ~1 1/8" diameter, no makers mark. What can y'all make of the characters around...
Google image search wants it to be a pistol cleaning rod, which I doubt. A word search for sack needle yields nothing that looks like it. I wanna...
Resin replicas, to be sure...but so evocative! The pawn is marked BMPL; the other 2 are marked BM. I gotta find out who's marks those are. The...
I haven't played chess in 60 years, an' though it was a youthful fascination I was never remotely competent. But these two, an' another pair I'll...
Marked "Julius King Optical Co. Pat Nov 28, 1882 & Mar 12, 1889" 5 3/4" fully collapsed, ~9 1/2" extended; the extension tube is ~5/16" diameter,...
It had been inna ground long enough to have the appearance of a longish lump of iron-oxide, with just a hint of its present configuration...
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