Vintage Stuff Manmade Archives

21 Oct

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

World famous slide rules

April 15, 2024
By K@VMS
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How does a slide rule makes this list of world famous slide rules? Read on and find out! Most people heard about the slide rule as a predecessor to the hand held electronic calculator. But besides the...

02 Apr

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Vintage Manly Tools, Vintage Stuff Manmade

Vintage camp stove collecting information

April 25, 2023
By K@VMS
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Vintage camp stove collecting can be a fun and rewarding hobby for outdoor enthusiasts, historians, and collectors. Collecting vintage camp stoves allows you to appreciate the history and evolution of...

18 Jan

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Vintage Manly Tools, Vintage Stuff Manmade, Vintage style

Great vintage collection: miniature oil cans

October 28, 2022
By K@VMS
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They are small, can be carried in your hand or pocket and were an important part of the industrial revolution: miniature oil cans! Often made of tin measuring about 2 - 3 inches or 5 - 7 cm and quite ...

20 Oct

Background Reading, Collecting vintage, Vintage Manly Tools, Vintage Stuff Manmade

Collecting vintage diver equipment

December 13, 2022
By K@VMS
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Vintage diver equipment When look for quality, this is often found with items that have to reliable in their use. For instance watches have to be very precise in their timekeeping and carpenter hand ...

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 ...

16 Jan

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Vintage Stuff Manmade: Toy soldiers different molds

January 16, 2018
By K@VMS
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Different types of molds / casting moulds Around the 1970’s there were only a handful of mold makers, producing starter kits and series of molds. We will look into them more closely below: Zinnbriga...

26 Dec

Background Reading, Mancave ideas, Vintage Stuff Manmade, Vintage style, Vintage toy information

Vintage Stuff Manmade: Toy Soldiers

January 16, 2018
By K@VMS
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Winter 1970. Only a few channels on TV. Fireplace lit. You are 14 years old and finaly your dad is home for a longer period of time since business is slow due to bad weather. Out of nowhere your dad a...