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« Reply #1050 on: January 27, 2011, 11:31:06 pm » |
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Also, I'm not comfortable with altering a perfectly good vintage gadget.
They are very common here in the USA. At an antiques flea market you would see quite a few, seldom more that $5-10. I don't think you would be destroying an antiquity in other words. |
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« Reply #1051 on: January 28, 2011, 07:03:22 am » |
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So this might be a bad time to mention that I'm considering pulling those binoculars apart to make a pair of dress goggles then? haha!
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« Reply #1052 on: January 28, 2011, 12:57:27 pm » |
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They are very common here in the USA. At an antiques flea market you would see quite a few, seldom more that $5-10. I don't think you would be destroying an antiquity in other words.
Certainly, but why break something that works? (in this case both a brownie box and a digital camera). And they're not common at all over here, so I'll wait for an uglier specimen before I start tinkering. And as far as binoculars go, I'm not as picky as with cameras. The close vicinity to Germany means we have lots and lots of old binoculars  |
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« Reply #1053 on: January 28, 2011, 08:40:22 pm » |
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Local charity shop has two speed keys and what looks like a J-38 - these are brass-framed antique telegraph keys. They think they are priceless antiques, and slapped a large price tag on them. I am not so sure they are worth all that. I looked on eBay, and it really wasn't a help.
Does anybody have a link I could check out, something to find a reasonable standard of pricing for these?
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« Reply #1054 on: January 31, 2011, 12:28:01 am » |
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if anyone runs across a sam browne belt with shoulder strap let me know. the local surplus store closed a few years ago because the owner died. i look on fleabay all the time but the ones with shooulder straps dont show up often or if they do they are entirely too expensive
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« Reply #1055 on: January 31, 2011, 10:25:49 am » |
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Local charity shop has two speed keys and what looks like a J-38 - these are brass-framed antique telegraph keys. They think they are priceless antiques, and slapped a large price tag on them. I am not so sure they are worth all that. I looked on eBay, and it really wasn't a help.
haha im not sure but i doubt that they are "priceless". my great grandfather died about two weeks ago and while going through his garage i found a box of keys just like that. i believe they are from when he was in WWII. so either they had plenty to go around or im sitting on a gold mine. also check out these bottles i got at a resale shop for $1.50 usd each. |
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« Reply #1056 on: February 03, 2011, 01:30:26 pm » |
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if anyone runs across a sam browne belt with shoulder strap let me know. the local surplus store closed a few years ago because the owner died. i look on fleabay all the time but the ones with shooulder straps dont show up often or if they do they are entirely too expensive
A few months ago you could find the Czech ones all over at surplus prices. Now just in the last few weeks the supply has dried up... You can find a set at Omaha http://www.omahas.com/product_info.php?products_id=868 34 or 35 inch waist only, but that is a much higher price than I had seen them. Col. Bubbie's Strand Surplus Senter (he spells it that way) has them in black for 40 bucks. Shua - after you find out what they are worth and want to sell them, contact me. Cheers! Chas. |
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« Reply #1057 on: February 04, 2011, 01:32:11 am » |
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i know, they used to be everywhere. they were on ebay for a long time. i even saw a lot of at least 4 of theb all together being sold as "leather straps" for only a few dollars on the bay. the army surplus store near me had a whole rack of them. now that surplus store is closed and the few you find on ebay (if they even have any with the straps) are prohibitavly expensive
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« Reply #1058 on: February 04, 2011, 05:28:40 am » |
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Back in the '90's when surplus East German army boots were selling for just $20 a pair I should have picked up a couple extra pairs. They were mostly waterproof so I still have an unmodified pair I wear in the winter when the snow is deep. A pair I modified to simulate 17th C. bucket-top boots (well worn and badly needing some polish) |
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« Reply #1059 on: February 05, 2011, 03:02:46 am » |
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Back in the '90's when surplus East German army boots were selling for just $20 a pair I should have picked up a couple extra pairs. They were mostly waterproof so I still have an unmodified pair I wear in the winter when the snow is deep. A pair I modified to simulate 17th C. bucket-top boots (well worn and badly needing some polish) Sir, I own about 10 pairs of boots, mostly cowboy/buckaroo style, so I am seldom covetous of footwear, but that is the finest pair of piratical cobblery I've seen. How did you add the leather bucket-tops? I don't suppose you have other photos... |
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« Reply #1060 on: February 05, 2011, 07:02:54 pm » |
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I used to be in a 17th century reenactment group, so these were inspired by an article on bucket-top boots in Military History Illustrated from back in the 1990's. The article showed that the tops of 17th c. bucket tops were sometimes made in three pieces: the main shaft, and then two pieces of leather to form the upper "bucket". I cut the leather for the "buckets" to a shape based on the illustrations in the article. To attach the buckets I simply cut out the thread from the stitches around the top of the original boots to separate the top of the lining from the outer leather. I then inserted the bottom edge of the buckets between the outers and the lining and then I simply stitched them together using the original holes. I used aluminum(?) tanned leather that was pre-dyed on the "finished" side since it was the closest thing I could find to pebbly finish of the original boots. Part of the reason I let them get so scuffed/dirty was to disguise the difference between the leathers which is more obvious with the buckets unfolded as you can see below. Here's what they look like with the buckets unfolded The leather I used for the buckets was not thick enough to properly butt-stitch so I compromised and put another strip of leather down the front to create the seam down the front. The back edged of the buckets are not stitched together making it easier to fold and unfold them. I just have a leather lace at the top of the back to hold them together. Front view |
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« Reply #1061 on: February 05, 2011, 07:05:43 pm » |
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I used to be in a 17th century reenactment group, so these were inspired by an article on bucket-top boots in Military History Illustrated from back in the 1990's. The article showed that the tops of 17th c. bucket tops were sometimes made in three pieces: the main shaft, and then two pieces of leather to form the upper "bucket". I cut the leather for the "buckets" to a shape based on the illustrations in the article. To attach the buckets I simply cut out the thread from the stitches around the top of the original boots to separate the top of the lining from the outer leather. I then inserted the bottom edge of the buckets between the outers and the lining and then I simply stitched them together using the original holes. I used aluminum(?) tanned leather that was pre-dyed on the "finished" side since it was the closest thing I could find to pebbly finish of the original boots. Part of the reason I let them get so scuffed/dirty was to disguise the difference between the leathers which is more obvious with the buckets unfolded as you can see below. Here's what they look like with the buckets unfolded The leather I used for the buckets was not thick enough to properly butt-stitch front seam so I compromised and put another strip of leather down the front to cover the seam down the front. The back edges of the buckets are not stitched together this makes it easier to fold and unfold them. I just have a leather lace at the top of the back to hold them together. Front view |
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« Reply #1062 on: February 06, 2011, 04:19:38 am » |
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Went to a swap meet today, not a lot of stuff to see but I did pick up:
- A trigger handle for a gas torch, complete with threaded fittings so it can become the handle for a ray gun.
- A small pressure gauge and a large pressure gauge.
- An old soda siphon bottle.
- An old 1/2 pint cream bottle (for my GLW).
- An old industrial lamp shade.
Not a bad little haul, next week will be better and the 25th of February it is the 'mother of all swap meets' again. Twenty miles of stalls!
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« Reply #1063 on: February 07, 2011, 06:38:41 pm » |
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Mother of all? Sorry, I beg to differ. Largest in Oz, no problems. http://www.127sale.com/675 Miles
From Hudson, Michigan to Gadsden, Alabama! Good luck with yours, though. Nice finds! Cheers! Chas. |
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« Reply #1064 on: February 07, 2011, 07:26:15 pm » |
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Now, I would love a sale like that in england. Problem is we'd run out of land after a while. Oh well, best stick to car boot sales. (which reminds me, there is on this Sunday. Must not forget).
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« Reply #1065 on: February 07, 2011, 11:03:47 pm » |
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Mother of all? Sorry, I beg to differ. Largest in Oz, no problems. http://www.127sale.com/675 Miles
From Hudson, Michigan to Gadsden, Alabama! Good luck with yours, though. Nice finds! Cheers! Chas. Okay - yes it is weenie compared to the might of the US of A in all things, but a market that takes me seven hours of walking to see every stall is still a goodish sized one. |
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« Reply #1066 on: February 08, 2011, 12:20:06 am » |
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My scout troop holds an annual flea market that's supposedly the oldest in Sweden. It's been held in april every year since 1961
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« Reply #1067 on: February 08, 2011, 11:33:07 pm » |
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Mother of all? Sorry, I beg to differ. Largest in Oz, no problems. http://www.127sale.com/675 Miles
From Hudson, Michigan to Gadsden, Alabama! Good luck with yours, though. Nice finds! Cheers! Chas. Okay - yes it is weenie compared to the might of the US of A in all things, but a market that takes me seven hours of walking to see every stall is still a goodish sized one. I am terribly sorry. That sounded... rather churlish of me, and I intended no slight. I would love to get to your flea market some time - I am sure that you have us beat for quality over quantity by miles... the incredible amount of "who would buy this?" in your average American flea is... well, incredible. Cheers! Chas. |
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« Reply #1068 on: February 09, 2011, 02:32:56 am » |
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Here in the San Francisco Bay we have have a great monthly Vintage sale (everything 25+ years old) known as the Alameda Point Antique Show , or "The Point" ( where they kept their nuclear vessels in ST 4 " The Voyage Home") , Here are a few of the things I saw this week: Folding candelabra for taking from church to church by a priest or for your alter to steampunk gods Triandum Bike ,For a Tourage à trois Flying ball governor , big iron ones and what I could afford to buy: A sundial , port hole and name plate "Buccaneer" sand casting patterns and A hospital disinfectant atomizer , think I'll "decontaminate " the natives before they board the NEVERWAS HAUL at Burning Man. |
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« Reply #1069 on: February 09, 2011, 03:30:46 am » |
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I am terribly sorry. That sounded... rather churlish of me, and I intended no slight. I would love to get to your flea market some time - I am sure that you have us beat for quality over quantity by miles... the incredible amount of "who would buy this?" in your average American flea is... well, incredible.
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« Reply #1070 on: February 09, 2011, 04:49:54 am » |
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Some very nice items there Pewtersmith however this one Triandum Bike ,For a Tourage à trois  made me think of Kittens destroying London and the ancient art or Ecky Thump |
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« Reply #1071 on: February 09, 2011, 02:05:01 pm » |
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It is all about the finds. Without the raw materials one is at a loss to create.
Flea markets are ok, but the best source of material is direct to local industries. Check with businesses in your area and offer to help them recycle their trash. It takes a lot of work but can pay off big. I have been recycling scrap steel, copper and brass for 21 years into the sculpture I create.
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« Reply #1072 on: February 12, 2011, 08:05:03 pm » |
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I went out on the prowl in The Barras (glasgow junk market) this afternoon, with the Glasgow University E. Steampunk Soc (GUeSS) and got a distressed umbrella.
Grey silk, much decayed, malacca handle with silver cap. mechanism is fine but the cloth really needs replaced.
Whilst I have masses of dead umbrella skins I would really like to buy suitable silk by the yard and make a new skin from scratch. Does anyone know where such stuff might be sold?
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« Reply #1073 on: February 12, 2011, 09:39:12 pm » |
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Does anyone know where such stuff might be sold?
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« Reply #1074 on: February 13, 2011, 06:51:43 am » |
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I did rather well today at the Yarra Glen annual swap meet.  Ten brass clock mechanisms ($1 each). Four sets of old Stromburg Carlson headphones for modding. Two half pint milk bottles (for my wife) Four pint milk bottles and old carrier (for my wife) Assorted brass bits and pieces, including flexible line and small pressure gauge that mounts from the back, not the base. Old wooden handle, and old hand drill (which I bought for the wooden handle). (not in photo) as set of 'clip on' handlebars and a headlamp with a spot for the speedo in the lamp bowl - for my high tea racer. My wife had soon put the milk bottles to good use.  Meanwhile, I assembled some of the brass parts, one of the handles and the pressure gauge into my latest ray gun.  One of my better flea market days I would say (now to get cracking on four new sets of steampunk MP3 headphones). |
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