The blade isn't THAT bad, really. I daresay if you polish it - VERY carefully, you could restore its original appearance. But you'd need to be...
Pears. Oranges. Apples. Bananas, etc. Soft, fleshy fruit. I wouldn't try to crack open a coconut with that thing.
The size suggests a naval or maritime use (I'm guessing this thing is about 2-3ft long, minimum). The lens-shield or housing around the eyepiece...
It looks like it's missing at least one part.
Well when I mean that they're expensive, I meant more the antique ones. Modern telescopes are quite cheap. Most of the ones I've seen almost look...
For much of their history (and one might argue, even now) telescopes were very expensive items. If you couldn't afford to buy one yourself, then...
Very nice, but 925 dollars!? Yikes! :o And the Phoenix is the bird of fire. It should be holding matches in its beak, not snuffing out the flames!!
Yes, I bought another one. If it's any consolation, I also sold one, to atone for my sins. Came complete with the original leather lens-cover,...
That's not a foot-warmer. It's a Chinese ceramic pillow.
Not a bench or stool, and certainly not a shrine. I suspect some sort of display-table or some such. It's very beautiful, whatever it is!!
I knew it was a Jewish something! my first thought was a mezuzah, but then it's the wrong shape for that! :P
I'll just...leave this here... [MEDIA]
Is it haunted? Did some punk-ass teenage dolls toss molotovs through the windows? Awwww...shucks.
Re-leveling wonky silver things can be tricky, but it can be done. Get a small hammer, a block of wood, something to wrap around the wood (piece...
I'm reminded of a quote from Edward VII who once said that "We all pray to the eternal father, but I must be the only one cursed with an eternal...
This is Challah... [IMG] The knife is for slicing and serving the bread. I have seen one of these knives - BIG one - with a solid silver handle....
Goddamn it!! It was worth a shot... :'(
Agree. Too difficult to answer. We need specifics.
I'd rather not let it INTO my head to begin with... *shudders* But I gotta say - silver dollar cufflinks are bloody huge...
TRUMP!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Oh I can so see that happening...Oh jeez... I'm never gonna get that out of my head now...
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