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  1. Shangas

    Typewriters

    I have officially ascended to the level of a vintage typewriter owner. Meet my new baby: Its first words. My apologies, it's still finding its voice!
  2. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    My latest purchase!: The Shift-Lock key doesn't work, but otherwise, it's mechanically perfect and ready for action. It's a 1920s Underwood Standard Portable typewriter :) I suspect it needs a new ribbon, or something. But otherwise, it's fine. I shall post a typing-sample in the...
  3. Shangas

    World's oldest barber

    Fascinating! He sounds like a charming man!
  4. Shangas

    Tie clip / tie bar

    For my own clarification - Are those tie-bars or collar-bars? They look like clip-on/slide-on collar-bars to me.
  5. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Today, I bought for $50, a very old (Ca. 1910s/20s) transverse-shuttle handcrank sewing-machine at the flea-market. It's branded "A.N.A.". A bit of digging reveals this to be "All-Native-Australian", a trademark of the Ward Bros. "Australian Sewing Machines Limited", importers of...
  7. Shangas

    Show off your Ebay finds and purchases

    Sorry, wrong thread! Ignore!
  8. Shangas

    A Question about Typewriter Ribbons

    Just curious, with portable typewriters without ribbons hidden underneath the typewriter body (as with the Remington Portable or the Imperial, or the Royal), but which instead had them on top of the machine (if that makes any sense), did they come with spool-covers? Or were spools left exposed...
  9. Shangas

    South Pacific Historians/researchers

    I, for one, am extremely disappointed! *brandishes fist*
  10. Shangas

    My Finest ART DECO Item

    I really like that one with the navy blue border and the dark red interior! Are these rugs nice and soft? Do you keep one of those old-fashioned carpet-beaters lying around to dust them off every now and then? Or do you just suck all the dust off with the Hoover?
  11. Shangas

    Show Us Your Junk Drawer!

    We've got SEVERAL junk-drawers in our house full of crap we only half-use. It'd take a whole day to photograph them all...
  13. Shangas

    Local Defence Volunteers (Home Guard)

    I apologise if I misled the forum, I was only attempting to share my views based on the research I'd done. Granted that it may be a bit exaggerated, but as Edward said, it wouldn't exist without a grain of truth.
  14. Shangas

    Wearing vintage at home.

    At home, if I'm not going anywhere and I'm not expecting anyone, it's usually pyjamas. I see no point in wasting perfectly clean clothes when I won't be using them for any practical purpose.
  15. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Damn it, I want that typewriter...
  16. Shangas

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I think I like this lady.
  17. Shangas

    What gives you that vintage feeling?

    In older times, it's my understanding that you could smoke virtually anywhere so long as it didn't pose a serious danger to others. Such as in gas-stations, onboard submarines, etc. Smoking was legal in cinemas, ships, airplanes even.
  19. Shangas

    A Question about Typewriter Ribbons

    Ladies and Gentlemen of the Forum... I have the opportunity to buy a nice, working, portable Remington typewriter. Ca. 1928-1938. I've tested it and I believe it to be in good condition and worth purchasing. I will of course go back and double-check. After a bit of research, I believe it to be...
  20. Shangas

    Advice Requested on a Suit Unseen

    That rather depends on what one intends to do there. No. 1s are no issue. Going in to attend the other necessity of life, is another matter...Thank god for coat-hooks...
  21. Shangas

    Original WWII Acme Thunderer Whistle F/S

    I have a bobby's whistle too, somewhere. Boy they're loud as hell!
  22. Shangas

    Cracking an old Dudley padlock:

    If they're anything like regular combo-locks, they should just snap down without needing to fiddle around with the dial. Popping the lock OPEN after it's locked, without the combination, however, is a much trickier thing. I suppose you just have to sit there with a pen, a piece of paper, a...
  23. Shangas

    Advice Requested on a Suit Unseen

    Welcome, Flash. Anyway, I'm back from trying on the suit. In the end I decided it didn't fit me as well as I'd like it to. The cloth was bunching up because of how large it was. If it was a DB, it might work, but as it is...no. As promised, here's a photograph of the suit: There is NO...

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