Vintage Stuff, todays bargains
Posted: Sat May 25, 2019 12:12 pm
Today I went to a yardsale/market and bought old stuff, I have grown found of these old stuff with history and patina. I really love the craftmenship, history and the attention to details put into these common things back then. I was downtown just to get my package from the mail and I accidentily walked into a market and went through it and picked up some fresh homebaked bread.
Went through and I walked by and fell for the patina and its just cool. Its a vintage John Bull tyre repair deluxe kit for small cars and motorcycles. John bull was a tire manufacturer starting in 1930s was later bought up by Dunlop in 1959. I will use it for some guncleaning patches it looks better than plasticcontainers.
And then I found old woodenbox, walked by at first but then I saw it was looking old and well built and once again I fell for the great patina, thought it was an old cigarbox and looked into it, its an old tool/toy manufacturer from Birmingham called Richard Timmins and Sons, this box has a label in it manufactured by Richard Timmins Anderssons and adress to pershore street birmingham giving me some info with google can date it to 1850-1887. 1887 the company was bought and renamed to Winn, Timmins & co. The box have had some toolkit in it. Really cool think I will use for my blackpowderstuff along with my old Remington and Colt also made in the 1860s
This was in my package:
A drinking cup made from horn made around 17/1800
Some small gunpowderflasks made from horn one is dated 1818
Greasecontainer made in tin probably around 1800ish
Time to make some sandwich from homebaked bread and fresh coffee and head to the range.
Went through and I walked by and fell for the patina and its just cool. Its a vintage John Bull tyre repair deluxe kit for small cars and motorcycles. John bull was a tire manufacturer starting in 1930s was later bought up by Dunlop in 1959. I will use it for some guncleaning patches it looks better than plasticcontainers.
And then I found old woodenbox, walked by at first but then I saw it was looking old and well built and once again I fell for the great patina, thought it was an old cigarbox and looked into it, its an old tool/toy manufacturer from Birmingham called Richard Timmins and Sons, this box has a label in it manufactured by Richard Timmins Anderssons and adress to pershore street birmingham giving me some info with google can date it to 1850-1887. 1887 the company was bought and renamed to Winn, Timmins & co. The box have had some toolkit in it. Really cool think I will use for my blackpowderstuff along with my old Remington and Colt also made in the 1860s
This was in my package:
A drinking cup made from horn made around 17/1800
Some small gunpowderflasks made from horn one is dated 1818
Greasecontainer made in tin probably around 1800ish
Time to make some sandwich from homebaked bread and fresh coffee and head to the range.