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    This was in my grandfather's shed until the 70's with assorted electrical parts in it. He fought at Gallipoli and Ypres but not sure where he got it.
    I then used it as a gig box to carry leads, spare valves and strings in. It then was used to store electronic bits and pieces. Stood up well after all these years.20160401_235614.jpg20160401_235556.jpg20160405_122525.jpg

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    Very nice Turtle , would probably look good stripped back and lacquered but I think it was always army green .

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    Plus medieval ha ha
    so many motar and pestles so many from 1750 till now
    name it I probably have it somewhere lol lol
    EDIT ;;and Rubiks cubes from a 2 right up to an 8 sided one

    Just shows you how well made gear was way back in the day
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    @VK2FMIA seems a tad strange this shell was used in WW1
    date of manu was 1889,,, WW1 started in 1915 thats 25 yrs apart
    I cant see them saving ammunition for that long,, not saying its not genuine
    it is,, maybe it was an empty shell he found at the time, would of been plenty
    lying around Id think
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    Think stock pile , in them days they hoarded shells and ammo , armies world wide still do , it's a wonder the powder was still good to fire it .
    Nearly bought a knights outfit in WA I think it was but which shipping etc changed our mind , would look good at the bottom of the stairs .

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    Found this brass name plate off an old explosion proof safe. Cleaned it up a bit.

    Chased up the history of the makers : M.G. Dyke & Sons operated in Victoria from about 1880 until they were bought out by Chubb around 1970. At one stage in the late 1800's they stopped making safes and made pot belly stoves.

    * Just found this workshop receipt/invoice for some lock work from the same company. Check out the date and header details.
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    Very nice nameplate Bazz.

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    Quote Originally Posted by threedogs View Post
    @VK2FMIA seems a tad strange this shell was used in WW1
    date of manu was 1889,,, WW1 started in 1915 thats 25 yrs apart
    I cant see them saving ammunition for that long,, not saying its not genuine
    it is,, maybe it was an empty shell he found at the time, would of been plenty
    lying around Id think
    Seemed a bit odd to me as well. Did see another shell the same as this one online yesterday from the same year but different WW1 battlefield. Most of the munitions factories would have been destroyed by then. I think by the end of the war they where using whatever they had.
    "Yet, upon the whole, the space I traversed is unlikely to become the haunt of civilized man....." - Charles Sturt

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    I know from researching my bayonet that a lot of arms were re-purposed, especially bayonets
    they can date back to the 1600s.
    My bayonet was introduced in 1901 for Prussian machine gunners ,in 1910 it was designated for Colonial troops
    then eventally many others, was made in Solinger under Kaiser Willhelms reign.
    It has heaps of infomation on it via all the markings, I love researching this kind of gear.

    I researched an old file I found from an empty house and dated that to about 1760 as special steel was the first stainless
    that they made. It was in as new condition, probably used by a blacksmith. key words were warranted steel [forged]
    If there is a story behind the object all the better, I love the history of the object
    and would hate to see it all burnt or thrown down the tip.
    I even researched an old knife I thought was from my grandma but found it dated much
    earlier and was most likely my great grandma's
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    Here's a ripper that a member here had made up [big fella],, think it was W.H.Thayer who invented it.
    Its a 8 in 1 kitchen helper, pre electricity,,, Can even be used as a trivett, its always in my Tucker box

    https://au.pinterest.com/pin/104568022575645105/
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