Vintage style Archives - Vintage Man Stuff

22 Jan

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Vintage style

Top 5 vintage things for men

January 24, 2023
By K@VMS
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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

February 14, 2023
By K@VMS
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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

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

Picking vintage in Denmark

December 16, 2022
By K@VMS
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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...

13 Oct

Background Reading, Bar Games, Collecting vintage, Vintage style

Vintage chess set collecting information

March 8, 2023
By K@VMS
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This article offers information on vintage chess set collecting specific and general information on the chess game. Vintage chess sets are highly sought after by collectors but also by many enthus...

18 Jan

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

Great vintage collection: miniature oil cans

October 28, 2022
By K@VMS
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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 ...

05 Jul

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

1500 items on Vintage Man Stuff – Celebrating with ALF

July 5, 2021
By K@VMS
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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
By K@VMS
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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...

16 Sep

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

Great vintage collection: the electronic calculator

November 17, 2020
By K@VMS
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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 K@VMS
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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

Vintage collection: ALRO circular slide rules from Holland

December 15, 2022
By K@VMS
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This article focusses on Also circular slide rules. Slide rules are a field of collecting in their own right, read the article Great vintage collection : slide rules, for general information on this c...