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  1. Steve(Can)

    Hopefully, I can get the poem typed that I promised!

    No worries, Ma, happy to help. The offer stands if you or your daughter are able to scan them... you could always proof read, and make changes and correct any typing boo-boos afterwards. :thumbup:
  2. Steve(Can)

    Hopefully, I can get the poem typed that I promised!

    My grandmother's was a treadle, my mother's, a wedding gift, was the the little featherlight that fit in a case and could be easily packed to quilting bees. A few years ago, I picked up an old Singer 201, a model that was available with a pot electric motor and a nice desk and stool for storing...
  3. Steve(Can)

    The first time my grandfather and grandmother spoke...

    My grandmother was a grand lady of the faith and a real firecracker. There were some things she would not abide by, at the top of that list, snakes and drinking alcohol. Whenever she came across a snake in her raspberry patch, she'd run for the kindling axe from the woodshed and chop that poor...
  4. Steve(Can)

    Permission to come aboard...

    This place was something in it's heyday, then left abandoned and looking like the day they left it... papers strewn around, old bottles still on the shelf.... wonder if that old player piano in the corner still cranks up? If you don't think anyone will mind. Hey, the smileys don't work in...
  5. Steve(Can)

    Hopefully, I can get the poem typed that I promised!

    Ma, that is beautiful and very well written. Just in time for Easter! When we were very young, my mother used to sew our clothes. Easter was a special time and each year she would have a nice new dress for each of my sisters, a matching vest and pair of pants for me, and an outfit she made for...
  6. Steve(Can)

    Permission to come aboard...

    As a longtime member on the forum, I rubbed shoulders on the Views Forum with a few of the fellows who regularly posted here. Wayne (BC) Fred Kelley, Royal, Swampy George-CT, General Ray, Mike R.... This was a bustling little forum in those days, and though I never posted much, I often...
  7. Steve(Can)

    Lead "handle" (???) with threaded iron core from 1812-era tavern site

    And now ladies and gentleman, put your hands together for the legendary.... Led Priest! :clap::wave::yo::hot::yo::buds::super::crylol::wave::bouncy::clapping::crazy::please::spin::clap:
  8. Steve(Can)

    Some kind of plug

    Excellent article... From the link below: Lead spigots The excavation of the SS Republic yielded over 950 pieces of widely assorted hardware including brown and white porcelain doorknobs, door hinges, file rasps, brass or pewter keys and door locks, as well as over 200 individual spoons plus...
  9. Steve(Can)

    Some kind of plug

    Looking like @fwcrawford was on the right track with keg spout.... From the link below..... Another, no threads but a similar handle and leather washer. Also pewter. For what it's worth, this Ebay listing claims it is a Vicksburg Siege Relic: lead or pewter spigot used fro tapping whisky...
  10. Steve(Can)

    Some kind of plug

    This is close: From the link below: ANTIQUE 19TH C. CAST PEWTER KEG BARREL SPIGOT Little cast pewter barrel or keg spigot - numbers and letters on shaft are too worn to read. 4" long. T shaped key handle unscrews out completely. A cork insert at its tip provided the on/off function. Mid...
  11. Steve(Can)

    Some kind of plug

    Is there a screw hole in the bottom?
  12. Steve(Can)

    Lead "handle" (???) with threaded iron core from 1812-era tavern site

    Just a thought on the lead priest from ebay UK. The handle is bamboo, hollow, and as you mentioned, would likely have an threaded bolt secured into it and into the lead pommel. If that is so, then it would certainly fit with what you mentioned about the threads going through 95% of the legnth of...
  13. Steve(Can)

    Lead "handle" (???) with threaded iron core from 1812-era tavern site

    A perplexing brass "doodad"...yikes! :surrender: Great finds, FH, thanks for posting! :ROFLMAO:
  14. Steve(Can)

    Hatchet head?

    Good for you, yes priceless! Please post any additional info you find out about it and if and when you find a good home for it. Can't imagine any museum in the country not wanting it for their collection. A find of a lifetime, good job, the bigd81! :thumbup:
  15. Steve(Can)

    Hatchet head?

    That is an incredible find, thebigd81, congratulations! Is it headed to a museum? Thank you for posting, just incredible! :clap:
  16. Steve(Can)

    Lead "handle" (???) with threaded iron core from 1812-era tavern site

    ...and one currently on ebay UK that looks pretty close to yours.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333837827721?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338014673&toolid=10001&customid=dealsan
  17. Steve(Can)

    Lead "handle" (???) with threaded iron core from 1812-era tavern site

    That's an idea... wooden handle and being all beat up like it was used for hammering something... How bout a lead fishing "priest" used for knocking the head of a fresh caught trout?... something like this.... :shrug: From the link below: Lot to include vintage brass fly fishing reel, bait...
  18. Steve(Can)

    Lead "handle" (???) with threaded iron core from 1812-era tavern site

    Could it have been an eye bolt that threaded into it to attach a cord to? Other than a counterweight, also wondered plumb bob, or a weight to fish a rope down through a pipe or some enclosed space... Like you'd do for cleaning a chimney, drop the weight down attached to a rope and then pull down...
  19. Steve(Can)

    Lead "handle" (???) with threaded iron core from 1812-era tavern site

    A window sash weight? Image: Antique window sash weight
  20. Steve(Can)

    Need help with this mystery item...

    Yeah fwc, a few more angles please :thumbup: In the pics of you holding it, that rounded domed shape at the top... looking straight down on it.
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