scratchline Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Enjoying a whiskey smash in a vintage "Lo Ball" glass that my wife picked up at an antique mall yesterday. Musing about an old sterling silver cocktail spoon that I left in an antique shop in Cali that I probably should have bought. Remembering an oversized (Spanish?) hand juicer that I saw David Wondrich use in a cocktail class 15 (?!) years ago. Interested in any vintage bar items that folks might like to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scratchline Posted August 15, 2021 Author Share Posted August 15, 2021 Picked this up today for the bar display. I've seen several of these through the years but the labels were pretty worn. Or they were ridiculously priced. This was cheap with good labels. There's a bottom stamp in the glass of 54 so maybe circa 1954. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 43 minutes ago, scratchline said: Picked this up today for the bar display. I've seen several of these through the years but the labels were pretty worn. Or they were ridiculously priced. This was cheap with good labels. There's a bottom stamp in the glass of 54 so maybe circa 1954. Love it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 1 hour ago, scratchline said: Picked this up today for the bar display. I've seen several of these through the years but the labels were pretty worn. Or they were ridiculously priced. This was cheap with good labels. There's a bottom stamp in the glass of 54 so maybe circa 1954. Oh my god that is hilarious. That's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scratchline Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) I stopped into an old antique/junk shop this week and the owner and I got into a lengthy conversation about my 98 Toyota Rav4. He used to sell Toyotas and passed on a lot of interesting history about the car. As I was leaving he asked if I was looking for anything in particular and I told him no but that I liked his Old Taylor decanter. He asked me to show him what I was talking about and we went back into the shop and I pointed it out. I shared a little history of the Castle and told him how they were in the process of bringing it back and how I'd gone out in the middle of winter years ago and took pictures of the abandoned distillery. He looked at the price tag (50) and asked if I'd give 10 for it which I did. As he peeled off the price tag he told me he preferred to sell things to people who really appreciated them but not to let on that he'd given me a discount if his wife asked. I don't usually go in for decanters but it looks pretty good on the bar with the Booz bottle. Pre-metric so from before the mid-70s. Edited September 25, 2021 by scratchline 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 16 hours ago, scratchline said: I stopped into an old antique/junk shop this week and the owner and I got into a lengthy conversation about my 98 Toyota Rav4. He used to sell Toyotas and passed on a lot of interesting history about the car. As I was leaving he asked if I was looking for anything in particular and I told him no but that I liked his Old Taylor decanter. He asked me to show him what I was talking about and we went back into the shop and I pointed it out. I shared a little history of the Castle and told him how they were in the process of bringing it back and how I'd gone out in the middle of winter years ago and took pictures of the abandoned distillery. He looked at the price tag (50) and asked if I'd give 10 for it which I did. As he peeled off the price tag he told me he preferred to sell things to people who really appreciated them but not to let on that he'd given me a discount if his wife asked. I don't usually go in for decanters but it looks pretty good on the bar with the Booz bottle. Pre-metric so from before the mid-70s. Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scratchline Posted October 31, 2021 Author Share Posted October 31, 2021 Were it working, I probably would have bought it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scratchline Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share Posted November 26, 2021 Okay, this is a late Victorian ice pick from a time when they took breaking up ice much more seriously. It's stamped patent May, 1892. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 4 hours ago, scratchline said: Okay, this is a late Victorian ice pick from a time when they took breaking up ice much more seriously. It's stamped patent May, 1892. Cool. Based on those wing nuts, I’m guessing that the head with the tynes can be removed? To be sharpened, replaced, or a different functioning tool head bolted on in its place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulO Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 11 hours ago, scratchline said: Okay, this is a late Victorian ice pick from a time when they took breaking up ice much more seriously. It's stamped patent May, 1892. From back in the ice man regularly delivers a big block of ice for the ice box days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scratchline Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 On 11/26/2021 at 4:52 PM, smokinjoe said: Cool. Based on those wing nuts, I’m guessing that the head with the tynes can be removed? To be sharpened, replaced, or a different functioning tool head bolted on in its place? I didn't even think about interchangeable heads for the handle. That's certainly possible. I can break it down this far anyway. Pulling each of the tines out of there would be a real job though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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