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22 Jan

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Vintage style

Top 5 vintage things for men

January 24, 2023
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What are the best vintage things for men? When a man is buying his stuff he unconsciously takes a few rules into account. First shopping must be easy, when there are not a lot of shops close together ...

21 Dec

Background Reading, Design trends, Vintage style

Vintage industrial design

January 4, 2023
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Vintage industrial design is the reason why one item looks and feels so much better than the ordinary basic item. This article tries to explain how this works. Industrial design history Industrial d...

01 Dec

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Picking vintage in Denmark

December 16, 2022
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I was actually wondering if it would be possible to pick up some vintage items in Denmark. We were lucky enough to find a beautiful home in the middle of Denmark about a 1,5 hour drive from the Germa...

09 Nov

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Great collection: The mechanical vintage stapler

November 9, 2022
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Before we went almost entirely digital and left no more paper made paper trail we all used to have one. There is a certain pulling you in when you encounter one of these. Unfortunately you see them le...

18 Jan

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Vintage Manly Tools, Vintage Stuff Manmade, Vintage style

Great vintage collection: miniature oil cans

October 28, 2022
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They are small, can be carried in your hand or pocket and were an important part of the industrial revolution: miniature oil cans! Often made of tin measuring about 2 - 3 inches or 5 - 7 cm and quite ...

20 Oct

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Vintage Manly Tools, Vintage Stuff Manmade

Collecting vintage diver equipment

December 13, 2022
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Vintage diver equipment When look for quality, this is often found with items that have to reliable in their use. For instance watches have to be very precise in their timekeeping and carpenter hand ...

05 Jul

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Vintage style, Vintage toy information

1500 items on Vintage Man Stuff – Celebrating with ALF

July 5, 2021
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In celebration of the 1500th item added to VintageManStuff.com today (July 5th 2021) I awarded myself this piece of Vintage Man Stuff. It is an original ALF series puppet/Doll holding his stuff (2 mus...

15 Jun

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Vintage style

Great vintage collection: Early automatic wrist watches

June 15, 2021
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Some ancient history and perspective Before the early automatic wrist watches, there were pocket watches.These marvelous pieces of engineering were somewhat bulky since size was restricted only by th...

30 Jan

Background Reading, Collecting vintage

Great vintage collection: Pocket slide rules

January 30, 2021
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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...

16 Sep

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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...

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