^^^^ That's what I'm thinking??
What the hell is a damascus blade...?? :o
Impossible to tell anything without photographs, and the name on the side of the machine is unlikely to be helpful. It was a very very VERY...
That lion looks anorexic.
Fully restored!! OUTSIDE: [ATTACH] INSIDE: [ATTACH] ^^^Notice new, black elastic strap sewn into the right-side fold, for holding a notebook...
I dropped the cufflinks off at the jewelers' this afternoon and explained what needed doing. Details were taken down, instructions recorded, and...
It is lovely. I'm very pleased with it :)
Well. The folio is now fully restored. I sewed in a new pen-loop to replace the other one. It's a similar colour of leather, and in time, it'll...
By my reckoning, something like this is AT LEAST 100 years old. The styling is very pre-WWII and even pre-WWI. It basically looks like an enlarged...
So. I picked this thing up on Sunday morning at my local flea-market. It was dusty, it was faded pale as sour milk, it was marked and worn and...
They certainly do! The only thing I was a bit annoyed about was this: [ATTACH] At some point, the cufflinks were damaged and were repaired...
I was contacted earlier this week by a man who was reading my blog, (<<click if you want to see it), while looking for information on an antique...
They can be repaired, but it's not always cheap. If you do decide, then only do the really good-quality ones / the ones you really like the look of.
If you do that, for the love of god, make sure the pen doesn't unscrew and fall off. It can happen, and if it does, you may have a lot more than...
You'd need to find a pen-repair tech. to do it for you. There are a few around, but their waiting lists stretch for weeks and months in advance.
They're tricky things to sell. Vest-pocket pens aren't popular these days, because they are so small (something like that is unlikely to be...
You have a 1920s vintage, Sheaffer "lifetime" fountain pen. Flattop, lever-filler. A ringtop variety known as a "vest pocket" fountain pen....
Can't wait to see it when it's restored!!
If that was brass, and $20.00, I would buy it AT ONCE!!!
Wow, I won't lie, I wish I had that. But yes, it's a wick-trimmer, as others have said. When candles burn for long periods of time, when...
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