Vintage style – Vintage Man Stuff

16 Sep

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

Great vintage collection: Electronic handheld calculators

September 16, 2020
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When doing your math homework there came a time you were so happy you could make calculations quicker and more easy. In the 1970's you could choose. Do I learn to operate the slide rule (see vintage c...

15 Sep

Vintage Manly Tools, Vintage style

Vintage manly tools: the coffee grinder

September 15, 2020
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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
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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 4, 2020
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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...

21 May

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

Vintage Timeless design: Parva Stapler by Romeo Maestri

May 31, 2020
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The Maestri Company Founded in Milano, Italy by Romeo Maestri in 1919 the Company first manufactured various kinds of seals like string safety seals, seals for mills and post parcels. Maestri’s wife ...

15 Feb

Background Reading, Mancave ideas, Vintage style

Your own Casino – vintage style

June 5, 2020
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How to make your social time into quality time? Time off is great, time spend with your friends even better. When enjoying time with your friends, why not make it an experience? With a few vintage it...

28 May

Background Reading, Picking in the wild, Vintage style

Picking vintage in New York City

May 28, 2018
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I was actually wondering if it would be possible to pick up some vintage items in the USA. It seems thrifting is the equivalent but just a bit different. Like in the UK and in the Netherlands there a...

16 Jan

Uncategorized, Vintage Manly Tools, Vintage Stuff Manmade, Vintage style, Vintage toy information

Vintage Stuff Manmade: Toy soldiers different molds

January 16, 2018
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Different types of molds / casting moulds Around the 1970’s there were only a handful of mold makers, producing starter kits and series of molds. We will look into them more closely below: Zinnbriga...

26 Dec

Background Reading, Mancave ideas, Vintage Stuff Manmade, Vintage style, Vintage toy information

Vintage Stuff Manmade: Toy Soldiers

January 16, 2018
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Winter 1970. Only a few channels on TV. Fireplace lit. You are 14 years old and finaly your dad is home for a longer period of time since business is slow due to bad weather. Out of nowhere your dad a...

13 Dec

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

Vintage Timeless design: B&O bottle opener

January 16, 2018
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About the Bang and Olufsen Company Svend Olufsen (born 1897) and his friend Peter Bang (born 1900), Both from Denmark started working together from the attic on the Olufsen family house late 1924. In...

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