It's a bird, it's a plane.....

[BigCatDaddy]

no, it's a pen knife shaped like the Concorde!! I went out Sunday morning, just to pop some battery money up at the local high school. They have curbed islands in one of the parking lots and have produced some rings in the past and always a good coin count. No rings today, but the coin count was good and got a really unique find, at least I think so. Here's the total take!

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And the reality check!!
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At first, I didn't know what the heck the thing at the bottom was. I thought it a piece of junk metal. Then I noticed some letters under the thick layer of crud, so I gave it a good scrub when I got home and saw it said Concorde and that it was a knife. I still had no idea what kind of metal was under there so I put it in a dish of Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar and let it do it's job overnight. I was quite surprised at what I found this morning. I gave it a little work with some Brasso and Brilliant Polishing cloth and here's the final product.
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It appears to be nice heavy brass and I'm guessing it was a promotional piece. I can't find any info on it, probably won't either but it's a pretty interesting piece for my collection.

 

[togamac]

Sweet find BCD! I never thought of those islands in the parking lots being a good source. Thanks for that info. Do you live where they plow snow?

 

[BigCatDaddy]

Nope, no snow in this part of Texas, maybe once every 10 years.

 

[togamac]

Hmmm. How do you suppose all that stuff ends up on those islands?

 

[senda]

Nice plane, nice knife, I like!
Congrats BCD

 

[mudpuppy]

Very nice clean up job! And a great hunt too! Its good to get out of the water every once in a while to rack up some battery clad on the dirt.
Mud

 

[widebody]

[size=large]I figure that plane is gunna be a collectors item soon if it isn't already what with the demise of the Concorde flights and planes.
very cool find.

HH[/size]

 

[fongu]

Unique find, BCD and the clad ain't bad either. HH.

 

[John-Edmonton]

I'm sorry.....I just couldn't resist. That is a really cool knife. Nice pile of loot also!

 

[William-NM]

Very cool find, BigCat! That's a good one to hang on to for a while and just enjoy. It'll probably be a high value collectible one of these days! I saw one on ebay, but no useful info on the maker or ?? Great bag o' change, too! Makes a fella wonder what them kids are getting up to on those islands!

 

[Beale]

Congrats on a very good hunt!! I love to Concorde!! Man that is a cool find! Beale.

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

Cool find BCD! It scrubbed up pretty good too!
Mick Evans.

 

[ecoast]

I'll bet that BA used to sell/give out that knife...now you can't barely even get on the plane with nail clippers!

 

[fongu]

A friend found one on ebay. I'll try the link.
http://r.ebay.com/6oQrft

 

[BigCatDaddy]

n/t

 

[artman60]

That's awesome and the fact the plane doesn't fly anymore can't hurt it's value/collectability. Congrats Artie