A word on traditional sealing wax: It's a mixture of colourant, beeswax, and shellac. Shellac is the ingredient that makes the wax hard and...
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The pastry wheel thingy is called a "jagging iron". The other end is also for crimping, though. More decorative and pretty-fying, rather than...
Unless mine eyes deceive me - it once had sconces on it.
So when do we get to see the whole piano? :P
I do know how to overhaul a sewing machine. I've done dozens of them.
The shears are done. I'm gonna send them off to be sharpened. The machine is up and running. I'm waiting for the good word from some friends about...
Siedel & Naumann was a prolific German manufacturer. They made almost anything mechanical. Sewing machines, typewriters...I think, even...
The paint was already off the handles. What you're seeing is the rust.
Before... [ATTACH] Five hours later: [ATTACH] Still letting them soak away. Will check on them again when I go to bed.
So. Like. I picked up this thing, right? And it's heavy as all hell? And I lugged it home...like...literally lugged it home...humped it back...
Yes. Well, I mean it can be used for anything, really, but larger telescopes were usually nautical.
Using the first photo as a guide: L-R: Lens-cap with adjustable shutter (missing shutter). Glare-and-moisture shield (that thing that slides up...
Train bells have to pivot back and forth. I don't see that here. Ship bells typically have the name of the ship on it. Don't see that, either....
They still make bar-locks like this. My cousin's got two of them on her front door. I mean, they're cool, but the vast majority are reproductions....
I am wondering - do custodian helmets serve an entirely traditional/ceremonial role? Or are there still practicalities behind why they're still...
A piece of silverware by the original House of Faberge (or failing that, one of them fancy easter eggs!)
Clean the hinge, and the box, and then use two-part epoxy glue to stick it back together. Originally, it would've been riveted, but then I dunno...
Where I live, here in Australia - owning stuff like clubs, batons, truncheons and pocketknives do not, as far as I know, require any sort of...
So far as I know, batons and such are legal to own here. Antique and vintage ones are traded fairly frequently. Brass knuckles, and certain types...
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