All About Pocket Knives

royal0014 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:14 am
I would love to see your collection Willie!
Especially running steam or other engines

Yes....

Let's see a few pics of your steam goodies!!

Meridian_Mike wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:41 am

royal0014 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:14 am
I would love to see your collection Willie!
Especially running steam or other engines

Yes....

Let's see a few pics of your steam goodies!!

Third it!

A fourth vote in favor of steam engine and stationary gas engine goodness.

Dan In MI wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:48 pm A fourth vote in favor of steam engine and stationary gas engine goodness.

WillyCamaro wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 4:17 pm

Meridian_Mike wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:41 am

royal0014 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:14 am
I would love to see your collection Willie!
Especially running steam or other engines

Yes....

Let's see a few pics of your steam goodies!!

Third it!

Ok gents, fair enough! Here are a few of my large lumps. My Minneapolis traction engine at work on a thresher, my Little Giant steam air compressor, and my International Harvester “Famous” gas engine.

Steamboat Willie wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:07 am Here are a few of my large lumps.

Old machinery always fascinates me. Thanks for sharing that excellent trio!

A well chosen nick name. Thanks for posting your machinery .

Man..... those are just too cool.

Thanks for sharing with us!

Steamboat Willie wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:07 am Ok gents, fair enough! Here are a few of my large lumps. My Minneapolis traction engine at work on a thresher, my Little Giant steam air compressor, and my International Harvester “Famous” gas engine.

WAY COOL!!

Ok gents, fair enough! Here are a few of my large lumps. My Minneapolis traction engine at work on a thresher, my Little Giant steam air compressor, and my International Harvester “Famous” gas engine.
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WoW!!! VERY KOOL!!!
John

I do not normally buy antique Chinese soapstone carvings. But this one is a bit above board.

COOL!!!

Those Chinese carvings are so detailed!

mrwatch, that looks like some of your work. Thanks for sharing.

The Wife says I collect DUST! ftd

I found this Buffalo nickel while running Bouncing Betty (see What Did You Use Your Knife For thread- viewtopic.php?f=2&t=65286&start=525 ) and this seems like the best thread to post my question. What can I do to clean this up without ruining it?

Thanks for your replies.

Steamboat Willie wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:07 am

Dan In MI wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:48 pm A fourth vote in favor of steam engine and stationary gas engine goodness.

WillyCamaro wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 4:17 pm

Meridian_Mike wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:41 am

Yes....

Let's see a few pics of your steam goodies!!

Third it!

Ok gents, fair enough! Here are a few of my large lumps. My Minneapolis traction engine at work on a thresher, my Little Giant steam air compressor, and my International Harvester “Famous” gas engine.

I'm green with envy over your steam tractor!

I love to attend the Somerset, VA Steam & Gas Pasture Show yearly, it's a lot of fun. I love the smell of coal in the morning.



Here's a video I made-

1967redrider wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:45 am What can I do to clean this up without ruining it?

Coin collectors, I'm sure, would emphatically say "nothing." I've always heard it said that cleaning a coin ruins its numismatic value. However, it'll always be worth face value, and some people like the buffalo nickels for making jewelry.

For cleaning, my suggestion would be starting with the simple and fairly gentle mixture of warm water and blue Dawn dish soap, and move on to more drastic methods as you feel necessary.

Dan In MI wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 2:20 am

1967redrider wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:45 am What can I do to clean this up without ruining it?

Coin collectors, I'm sure, would emphatically say "nothing." I've always heard it said that cleaning a coin ruins its numismatic value. However, it'll always be worth face value, and some people like the buffalo nickels for making jewelry.

For cleaning, my suggestion would be starting with the simple and fairly gentle mixture of warm water and blue Dawn dish soap, and move on to more drastic methods as you feel necessary.

Thanks, Dan. I was thinking soap and a toothbrush, then gun cleaner like Hoppes #9 and a toothbrush entered my mind. Not sure if that would kill it though. Looks like 1920 to me. Whichever family member lost it, once upon a time, was probably upset because a nickel would actually buy something back then.

I found some WWII steel pennies in my basement not long after I got here. They still have quite a bit of rust on 'em. Probably tomorrow, I'll give 'em a soak in white vinegar and see how much, if any, of the rust is dissolved. I hadn't considered Hoppe's No. 9!

I don't actively seek out old coins, but if I find a wheat penny still in circulation, I set it aside. Same with Bicentennial quarters and 1978 coins.

1967redrider wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:45 am I found this Buffalo nickel while running Bouncing Betty (see What Did You Use Your Knife For thread- viewtopic.php?f=2&t=65286&start=525 ) and this seems like the best thread to post my question. What can I do to clean this up without ruining it?

Thanks for your replies.

Coca Cola will burn a lot of that corrosion right off. I clean brass valve seats with it, works great!

Steamboat Willie wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 2:54 am

1967redrider wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:45 am I found this Buffalo nickel while running Bouncing Betty (see What Did You Use Your Knife For thread- https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kn ... &start=525 ) and this seems like the best thread to post my question. What can I do to clean this up without ruining it?

Thanks for your replies.

Coca Cola will burn a lot of that corrosion right off. I clean brass valve seats with it, works great!

Thanks! I do that with battery posts when the blue stuff starts to build up.

Just carry it in your pocket a week or so.

I like old clocks. I can't say I'm a "collector" but I have a few and will buy one if I like it. Here are some. (Sorry about the rotations, don't know what happened. Maybe they'll be right if you click on them.)Top to Bottom
Serh Thomas, mahogany case, C.1920's
Ansonia "Medina" 5' walnut, regulator wall clock, 1882
Ingraham, c. 1890's oak Kitchen clock
Westbury, c. 1890's oak Kitchen clock
Back of 1911, Smith's Enfield brass engine room clock
Face and beveled crystal of Smith's Enfield
Sessions, Banjo clock, c.1920's
American Clock Co., C. 1860, Cast iron figural clock. I have a photo of Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot John Wilkes Booth seated at a table with a very similar clock.

All the clocks work very well. I knew an old clock maker who regulated each one for me. He died about twenty years ago. Don't know what I'll do if one goes bad. I wind each one a couple times each year, so far, so good.
J.O'.

I think i may have a new hobby/ADDICTION, i have developed a keen interest in sharpening stones. Looking at some Youtube clips from people who collect them, some of the old stones just look beautiful in their old wooden boxes. Another thing i cannot afford.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 3:04 pm I like old clocks. I can't say I'm a "collector" but I have a few and will buy one if I like it. Here are some. (Sorry about the rotations, don't know what happened. Maybe they'll be right if you click on them.)Top to Bottom
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Ansonia "Medina" 5' walnut, regulator wall clock, 1882
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J.O'.

I love your Ansonia...
I have one of those early Ansonias....
Sorry for the bad picture.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 3:04 pm I like old clocks.

Meridian_Mike wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 1:35 pm
I have one of those early Ansonias....

Nice old timekeepers! They have so much more character than an LCD encased in plastic.