K@VMS, Author at Vintage Man Stuff

15 Jun

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Vintage style

Great vintage collection: Early automatic wrist watches

June 15, 2021
By K@VMS
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Some ancient history and perspective Before the early automatic wrist watches, there were pocket watches.These marvelous pieces of engineering were somewhat bulky since size was restricted only by th...

30 Jan

Background Reading, Collecting vintage

Great vintage collection: Pocket slide rules

January 30, 2021
By K@VMS
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Slide rules are a field of collecting in their own right, read the article Great vintage collection : slide rules, for general information on this calculation aid. In this article I will be looking in...

16 Sep

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Vintage Design item, Vintage Manly Tools, Vintage style

Great vintage collection: the electronic calculator

November 17, 2020
By K@VMS
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When doing your math homework you were happy with every tool dat could make your calculations quicker. In the 1970's you could choose between learning to operate the slide rule (see vintage collection...

15 Sep

Vintage Manly Tools, Vintage style

Vintage manly tools: the coffee grinder

June 3, 2021
By K@VMS
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Grinding roasted coffee beans is hard work when doing it by hand. So let's call it a manly job! I like to share some information here on the art of coffee grinding for a great cup of coffee....vintag...

04 Sep

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Uncategorized, Vintage Manly Tools, Vintage style

Vintage collection: ALRO circular slide rules from Holland

December 15, 2022
By K@VMS
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This article focusses on Also circular slide rules. Slide rules are a field of collecting in their own right, read the article Great vintage collection : slide rules, for general information on this c...

02 Sep

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Vintage Design item, Vintage style

Collecting Vintage: The Durobor or Dur-o-bor Coffee maker

December 15, 2022
By K@VMS
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There are many ways to make slow coffee. At the birth of the Durobor stands the methode commonly known as "drip style coffee", where hot water runs through a filter holding the coffee grind. For insta...

14 Jul

Collecting vintage, Mancave ideas

Collecting vintage Beer Mugs, Steins and Stoneware

December 15, 2022
By K@VMS
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There are several things I am interested in. Amongst these are drinking beer, collecting and vintage stuff. Resulting in picking up vintage beer mugs whenever I can. I think the region I live in is ve...

21 May

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Vintage Design item, Vintage Manly Tools, Vintage style

Vintage Timeless design: Parva Stapler by Romeo Maestri

May 31, 2020
By K@VMS
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The Maestri Company Founded in Milano, Italy by Romeo Maestri in 1919 the Company first manufactured various kinds of seals like string safety seals, seals for mills and post parcels. Maestri’s wife ...

15 Feb

Background Reading, Mancave ideas, Vintage style

Your own Casino – vintage style

June 5, 2020
By K@VMS
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How to make your social time into quality time? Time off is great, time spend with your friends even better. When enjoying time with your friends, why not make it an experience? With a few vintage it...

23 Aug

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Vintage Design item, Vintage Stuff Manmade

1000 items on VintageManStuff

May 31, 2020
By K@VMS
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In celebration of the 1000th item added to VintageManStuff.com today (August 23th 2019) I awarded myself this 1930 statue of a Vintage Man holding his stuff (being a ball in this case)! You can check ...