ditchman Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 Made late 1890's..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windswept Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 Writing slope? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 Just now, Windswept said: Writing slope? nope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 Pistol case ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant1 Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 cigar box , urn for your exes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 It appears to be a wooden box with a brass inlay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 Ginger chopping board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general grievous Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 Had to google it but I’m pretty sure it’s a laptop but I can’t quite see because there’s a big lump of wood covering most of it up. Happy to help if you need any other bits of tech identifying. I’m a dab hand with mobile phones and I can spot a calculator at 20 paces. GG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 i will let it run for a bit and then post some more pics up....................................i just hope you wont be disapointed .....i bought it in a flea market in yorkshire about 30 years ago for £10 quid..... 26 minutes ago, ant1 said: cigar box , urn for your exes. fat sarah wouldnt fit in there............anyway she is still alive in outer mongolia living in a yurt with a troupe of throat singers.....sucking blood from a horses leg for a breakfast snack....and getting drunk on fermented yaks milk...on a friday night 31 minutes ago, JKD said: Pistol case ? i wish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 Could be for drinks , medicines or a presentation box for something or rather , a tenner 30 years ago was good money , if you had got it at Acle market you would had got for about £3.50 instead of going all the way to Yorkshire . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 1 minute ago, marsh man said: Could be for drinks , medicines or a presentation box for something or rather , a tenner 30 years ago was good money , if you had got it at Acle market you would had got for about £3.50 instead of going all the way to Yorkshire . i was doing a job for Aldi up there.....we were contracted to raise the banks of a stream that went past a new Aldi stall...Aldi used their own design team...and used a Hek-Ras moddelling progammne to calcuate the flow of the run off.........we looked at the design and told them it should be at least 600mm higher....they wouldnt have it ...and went on to explain they were the top of their game in Europe at designing and calculating run off....... we built it as per spec ...got it signed off ...got paid......3 weeks later ther was a foot of water in the store...as the run off had surcharged the stream and topped the new built banks.......... arrogant ********'s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 On closer inspection, is there a pull out/slide out section on the left of the item ? Coin or medal storage/display ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 Canteen of cutlery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 7 minutes ago, JKD said: On closer inspection, is there a pull out/slide out section on the left of the item ? Coin or medal storage/display ? no.... just a plain box on the outside..............i will post the results up just after 9 ish.. Just now, JohnfromUK said: Canteen of cutlery. what for bloody fairies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow white Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 Got one very similar but don’t know what it was used for before someone gave me mine with dry flies inside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 A set of draftmans instruments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diver One Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 Draftsmans instruments OR engineers slip gauges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 Granny's ashes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 Custom made mole coffin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 well 2 of you were spot on............. i always wonder how beautifully made these are without the aid of computors...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 I was given a similar set when i started to do Engineering drawing in school, used them quite a bit then my brother used them as well, think they are still in a box under a bed in my Mum's house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 Very nice indeed 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 You will need to stop drinking your Brasso, use it instead to clean these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 13 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: It appears to be a wooden box with a brass inlay. Quite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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