Imagine a forum in a few years hence when all the repurposed and shabotaged items go to a second owner
Did you unscrew this piece?[ATTACH]
It's all in the vodka
Real photo postcard. Hand tinted. R&Co. Circa 1910. [ATTACH]
or fishing reel or typewriter or electric motor or toy train or clock or ...
I would expect 'fairly old' to have some surface darkening
He was listed in the 1880 census as a harnessmaker He did the farming thing for a while The left half of this shop is shoe repair Great grandpa...
Great great grandpa in his Nekoosa shop around 1927 [ATTACH] The antique chairs looked old back then
Spoilt brat [ATTACH]
Riff raff [ATTACH]
Not really a place for asking questions. Just a place to put your old, original photos into the inner webs. Maybe a title or description.
Manchester 1936 Copenhagen
Probably pre-war I'd call it a toasting set Those tiny chips can be sanded out by the right person
Bronze does not rust Muriatic/hydrochloric acid (Lime Away) will take it off but will also remove any patina
I never saw these before [ATTACH] Just plated [ATTACH]
Tin helps them bind I guess the zinc could be leaching from brass. I don't really want to gouge it to see if there's yellow underneath.
It's a little heavier than pure zinc. I was thinking mixed with lead.
I guess it's WWI German uniform thing and about worthless
The holes look like it was sewn on something [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Any ideas what is was from? About an inch across.
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