Thanks for that. I knew if anybody knew, it'd be you :) When I won it (along with some other silver) I was seriously questioning if it was real...
I would not normally add something like this to my collection, but it was too cute for me not to share... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Just because I can't stand things looking ugly...I made one last final repair: [ATTACH] I used a TEENY TINY PAPER-THIN scrap of silver sheet to...
I really didn't know what to think, or to expect, when I tried to fix this thing. I really was pleasantly surprised when I found out that it fit...
Thanks for the responses, everybody! Repairing the stick was certainly an interesting adventure. I didn't have the facilities to solder the...
Here you can see the repair someone else did at one point in the stick's history. It just wasn't substantial enough and broke off shortly after I...
Picked this up about two weeks ago. It's silver and bamboo. The flattop handle/grip is an addition I made, when a previous repair by another owner...
Looking for cheap sources of MoP to fix the handle? Easy. COASTERS. MOTHER OF PEARL DRINKING COASTERS. There's LOADS out there and they're...
Old sewing machines are a magnet for dust and fluff (I've cleaned loads, I should know!). That said - these machines are nigh bulletproof. The...
Personally, I've always maintained that these sets are modern knock-ups designed to look like "real" Victorian-era vampire sets...which they aren't.
I'm not that bothered whether it's lab-grown or natural, so long as I know what it is. Perhaps at another date I'll take it to get reassessed and...
That, he couldn't tell me. He asked me what others had said, and I told him. "Wrong colour and refraction for amethyst. It's a sapphire. It's a...
It took nearly three weeks, but I FINALLY took the ring to a jeweler who knew what he was talking about. The guy was a goldsmith and jeweler who...
Trivets. They are called trivets. They were also used for resting antique flatirons on, too.
Looks like an opium pipe.
There's an antiques fair down the road from the shop today. I might go and photograph both...if the space on my phone will let me, that is...
The lens is easily replaced, should you ever want to. Take to a competent optician's shop and they'll do it. All it is, is a simple magnifying...
Wudjer lookit that lining!! I thought it was upholstered in tribble pelts!
I daresay it's pinchbeck. The lens is looking rather dinged-up. No matter. You can get that replaced. Take it to your local optometrist and see...
I'm not bothered whether it's lab-grown or natural, honestly. Just so long as it is an actual stone, and not just a fancy piece of blue glass they...
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