Old Ways Pics

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[USMCMom]

This is a fascinating thread! And it has confirmed my suspicion that there are quite a number of folks who are habitues of both this Fountain Pen Forum and the Badger and Blade shaving forum (including myself).

 

Now here is a picture of my 1941 Underwood manual typewriter. In this photo, it is sitting on the writing surface of a 100+ year old roll top desk. Sorry, no pen paraphernalia in this photo.

 

Looks very much like the typewriter I used when I helped my mother type a manuscript for someone at age 9 or 10. We had a one similar to that and an old (wasn't too old then) Royal.

[USMCMom]

Not old as in pre-WWI, but definitely vintage.. 2 piece hollow celluloid buttons, Esterbrook, Rookwood.Obviously unedited, poor light-out of focus, just a fun shot, from a quick online game from long ago.

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I have quite a few old canning jars and other jars full of old buttons ...

[ehoh]

I love seeing the family history in some of these heirlooms! Here's one of my typewriters, a Corona from perhaps the 1940s. It was part of someone else's history, though, not my own.

 

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[pen2paper]

Not old as in pre-WWI, but definitely vintage.. 2 piece hollow celluloid buttons, Esterbrook, Rookwood.Obviously unedited, poor light-out of focus, just a fun shot, from a quick online game from long ago.

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I have quite a few old canning jars and other jars full of old buttons ...

Clean, dry, sweet grass baskets, (like old sewing baskets-or Ikea, set of 3 in bath department), are a better choice for old buttons..

Tray above is acid-free mat, mounted with plastic covered copper wire aka telephone wire. Resides in an airy collectors slip-back frame. Acid free boxes (photo) with air holes are good in dry climate. Mylar D sleeves (comic/magazine) are a good choice for non-plastic buttons.

 

Great grandmother's frequently used their baskets, so the contents had lots of air flowing through - which is why good examples of celluloid, like those above, still exist.

 

See: the teal/rose gradient color next to the football? this color shift is original, as designed., But, on unstable celluloid, as they deteriorate, the color shifts, they become brittle, powdery, crazed, gooey, crumble. Odor of deterioration is vinegary-camphor.

 

You'd be surprised at the value of the two-piece hollow buttons, especially the realistic, and pictorials.

I couldn't afford to replace the bug.. it's the only one I've seen.. collector faces light up when they see it.

The pink multi-piece flower in the center is rarely found this pristine.. usually missing pieces, and melted.

Six months in a ziplock bag, or jar with lid, and they'd be ruined - speedier that plain celluloid, because a few have metal shanks, and one has metal embellishment.. I have other more interesting two piece hollow's, but this group won a competitive ribbon, so sort of enjoy it as is : )

 

This tray remains in an airy environment.. the rest of my celluloids are airily stored with celluloid-only.

Metalized plastic's separate from all others.. Other non-metallic Synthetic Polymers together. Pearl with Pearl, Metal with Metal, Wood with Wood, etc. In other words, By Material, not color.

this is lengthy, but lots of families still have their family button basket - lots of interesting history in there.

Others have picked up buttons over the years, crafting with some, but realizing a few are just a little too special to glue onto something. Also, there is a correlation to our appreciation of vintage pens. The early esties are remarkable for their stable celluloid. Not all celluloid fares so well.

 

 

 

[DrPJM1]

Remembering WW1

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[kathleen]

Old Ways

Cooking from scratch, very old earthenware bowl, and old eggbeater

 

[Gobblecup]

Nice picture, and a different set of "Old ways" objects Kathleen!

[Shangas]

Another "old ways" picture. My grandmother died last year at the ripe old age of 97. She has left us her beautiful 1951 Singer 99k sewing-machine to remember her by. Gran was a professional tailor and seamstress for nearly 50 years, and used this machine every day of her life, so as you can guess, it's been well-used. It's a bit battered here and there, but otherwise...well...

 

There's a couple of missing doodads, and the machine needs oil, but otherwise, it's pretty good. I'm in the process of trying to restore it to working order. Here it is:

 

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[ticoun]

Here's a pic I have already posted in an other thread a while ago, but thought it would be nice here too.

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And here's one I shot today. Everything but the table and the spoon are old. The cookbook is dated 1915 and the dishcloth is at least 75 years old.

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1500th post!

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[Shangas]

After cleaning the Singer THOROUGHLY, top, bottom, in and out, over and under, and lubricating the hell out of it with the oil recommended by the local sewing-machine shop, I have got the machine running again!

 

I've done a few test-stitchings on just some old scraps of cloth, and it's running like a top!

 

Now I just need a few accessories (a new plate and a new manual etc) and it's all complete!

[pen2paper]

check the forum Pattern Review, there may be a PDF of the manual, and a source for the parts you need.

The machine is beautiful!

[Shangas]

I have found the manual online. I just need to print it out, now.

 

I have found a replacement slide-plate online as well. I just need to place an order, is all. Soon, it shall be complete!...I hope.

[Shangas]

The plate arrived this afternoon! The machine is complete!...

 

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Behold its aged beauty:

 

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[ticoun]

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The watch is not old at all though, I bought it new in 2005 for 10$. :embarrassed_smile:

[Shangas]

Some of my latest offerings:

 

Globetrotting, oldschool:

 

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Doing a bit of writing...

 

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[hermanlab]

When I was a young boy my handwriting was without character and uninspiring. At the age of 12 my grandfather gave me this old typewriter, which turned out to be a life-changing event in many ways. Many reams of paper passed through it until the computer age finally touched my life. I loved that old machine. I still have it and it still works as well as back then. It was a distinctive way of writing which set me apart from most other correspondents I knew. The only problem was that I could not use it at school. And so I discovered that writing with fountain pens added that element of sophistication where typewriters could not go. In fact, it did more than that. I discovered that a fountain pen is a tool that can restore art into the act of writing. The more I used them and the deeper I fell in love with the quality of their lines, the more my handwriting improved. I sometimes think that after World War III is over, that old Remington will be back in use again - together with all the fountain pens of course. I took this picture perhaps 10 years ago or more, never thinking I'd post it online one day. Incidentally you may notice a fountain pen in the right hand corner. That's an old Sheaffer that a boy gave me when I was 17 after someone sat on it and broke the barrel across the thread.

[Shangas]

What a charming photograph! The Remington No. 16 is quite a famous machine. I had a chance to buy one once, but at the price being offered, I turned it down!!

[hermanlab]

What a charming photograph! The Remington No. 16 is quite a famous machine. I had a chance to buy one once, but at the price being offered, I turned it down!!

When one is used to the touch-typing pleasure of computer keyboards, this old machine is hard and heavy to use. After an hour of typing you can feel it in your arms. It is also extraordinarily heavy. I can still hear those old keys striking far into the night, long after the family had gone to bed in a peaceful home in the deep countryside where I grew up.

[Shangas]

Typing on those old antique typewriters is a BIG difference from typing on a modern computer keyboard. It certainly takes a lot more effort! When you're not used to it, it can quickly become very tiring!

 

But that's a beautiful photograph.