They used to be called Hand Drills.
As promised. They're not quite as ugly as they were before the crummy leather got striped...but the view through them is really fine. Jena glass,...
The eBay listing is for a through-hull fitting, an overboard drain for a bilge pump. I'm without clue about the OP item.
When did you get it? I don't think it's contemporary or even recent.
Roger that! Very attractive, really charming.
This is just an opinion...but I call those field glasses rather than binoculars. Within my vernacular, binoculars have prisms in the light path;...
AJ, there was no intent at serious offense, and I apologize without reservation to those who took any offense! Mea Culpa. Your call is...
I'm in deep sympathy, JD...some of the deeply aged things I have destroyed in a moment's inattention haunt me still.
Y'all some kinda Feathered NUT?
Naw...LL Bean Chamois, in blue.
If wishes were fishes...I'll allow that you may have something there. Either way, 'tho, it's still a sweet piece of street art...don'tcha think?...
That's IT! Been inna street ever since then...well, only 12 years. Prolly worth a mint, huh? Sure glad it's under glass...hate to think about...
An' so do I...Sisters Create; has a fine ring to it. Welcome, Brenda...you're in good company here!
I knew there was a term for such...Nail Onna HEAD!
Now we're cruising'! This is a broadcast appeal for translation skills equal to this task. Thank you in advance!
Not only that, but once you begin, where do you stop? That road goes ever on...
Almost certainly not Japanese...a Chinese courtier or other Imperial official.
I'll accept that it may have been cast-off...or even have fallen off...but it ain't torch cut...nor metal solder. Tsk! Have you thought about...
I love it...but don't don't put any of those I love on a pedestal. It's on a shelf with other treasures...behind glass, I gotta add, to avoid...
If you can, please rotate #2 pic 180 degrees...an' I really look forward to a translation of that inscription! Thanks, a very nice 'box'!
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