September 2020 - Vintage Man Stuff

16 Sep

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Vintage Design item, Vintage Manly Tools, Vintage style

Great vintage collection: the electronic calculator

November 17, 2020
By [email protected]
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When doing your math homework you were happy with every tool dat could make your calculations quicker. In the 1970's you could choose between learning to operate the slide rule (see vintage collection...

15 Sep

Vintage Manly Tools, Vintage style

Vintage manly tools: the coffee grinder

June 3, 2021
By [email protected]
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Grinding roasted coffee beans is hard work when doing it by hand. So let's call it a manly job! I like to share some information here on the art of coffee grinding for a great cup of coffee....vintag...

04 Sep

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Uncategorized, Vintage Manly Tools, Vintage style

Great vintage collection: circular slide rules from Holland by ALRO

September 4, 2020
By [email protected]
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Slide rules are a field of collecting in their own right, read the article Great vintage collection : slide rules, for general information on this calculation aid. In this article I will be looking in...

02 Sep

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Vintage Design item, Vintage style

Collecting Vintage: The Durobor or Dur-o-bor Coffee maker

September 27, 2020
By [email protected]
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There are many ways to make slow coffee. At the birth of the Durobor stands the methode commonly known as "drip style coffee", where hot water runs through a filter holding the coffee grind. For insta...

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