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Jim Horton 11-21-2015 09:13 AM

6' long slide ruler

Electronic test equipment liberated from the Japanese Navy docks by sailor in the first wave of the
US occupation fleet in 1945

Jim Horton 11-21-2015 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by herr_oberst (Post 8870085)
I have a pair of Nike driving shoes built especially for Michael Schumacher.

They were built by hand; Nike would present him with a batch and he would try them all on to end up with a smaller batch that he would race in. The rejects went back to the developers at Nike to shred. These somehow missed the shredder.

;)

yellowperil 11-21-2015 10:33 AM

I have a 4 ft. yardstick
 
Because,http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448134344.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448134369.jpg

masraum 11-21-2015 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by herr_oberst (Post 8879842)
^ The actual name is a "last"

Really, I always thought the last was more of a complete wooden foot that is used to give the upper it's shape.

No, I don't own this.
http://quintessentialduckeggblue.com...t2-377x342.jpg

To try to stay faithful to the thread...

This is something that I do own, headphones for a walkman from ~1983 that you can carry inside the walkman (assuming there's no cassette in it. The walkman is long gone.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448151223.jpg

herr_oberst 11-21-2015 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by masraum (Post 8886809)
Really, I always thought the last was more of a complete wooden foot that is used to give the upper it's shape.

No, I don't own this.
http://quintessentialduckeggblue.com...t2-377x342.jpg

Those are also lasts.

sc_rufctr 11-21-2015 05:28 PM

I still own an use a Leica R8 with DMR. I bought the DMR in 2006.
That's ancient as far as digital cameras go.

It's been 100% reliable and I don't think I'll ever part with it.

A recent example. (Summilux R 80mm F1.4)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448159202.jpg

The beast!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448159322.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448159386.jpg

porsche930dude 11-21-2015 06:02 PM

Iv got alot of unusual one of a kind items. Many of which iv made myself. Probrobly the coolest are my Goliath tank and 1/3 scale Willys jeep

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448161093.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448161136.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448161181.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448161249.jpg

Craig T 11-21-2015 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porsche930dude (Post 8887019)
Probrobly the coolest are my Goliath tank and 1/3 scale Willys jeep


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448161181.jpg

This is just too friction cool! Where the hell did you find that? I have a new grandson who's gotta have one :D.

Scuba Steve 11-22-2015 04:24 AM

I have lots of tektites. This is terrestrial material ejected during the bolide impact - my parent's back yard is full of them. Their point of impact was found below Chesapeake Bay about 35 million years ago.

They're basically dark brownish, dense lumpy rocks about the size of a walnut. Obviously different from the white Texas hill country limestone so I noticed them when I was still a little kid.

motion 11-22-2015 04:30 AM

I have a bunch of dinosaur fossils I bought from a paleo about 20 years ago, when my kid was into it. They've lived in a shoebox ever since then. I should dig them out and take a photo.

I bought a Spanish galleon sort of coin from a flea market about 35 years ago. I don't remember the details. I looked up the value about 15 years ago and it was quite high - many thousands of $$$. I dug through my house for 2 weeks and could never find the little bugger. I have no idea if I still have it or not.

bmcuscgr94 11-22-2015 05:44 AM

Mine is a $2.50 gold coin my great grandmother gave my grandfather to carry went he went to France in WWI. He wore it on a chain around his neck. He said it was to buy himself out of trouble it needed. It was the only thing he every told me about the war.

Tidybuoy 11-22-2015 08:16 PM

My next item to post:

I found this at a yard sale many years ago and was planning on giving it as a gag Christmas gift. However, I just couldn't part with it. It's getting its first use on this thread.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448255641.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448255666.jpg

I'll trade for the mini Jeep and Tank :)

TGTIW 11-23-2015 04:49 PM

I'm a fan.

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...psfvsokrsg.jpg

GWN7 11-23-2015 05:11 PM

I have a buffalo skull in my front yard. It belongs to my ex wife. She had to have it when she left husband #3 but it smelled and she couldn't put it in her apartment. Been there 8 years now.

I used to have a gold watch which was given to my great uncle by the towns people where he lived for his service in WWI. One of my sons friends decided to become a junkie and it grew legs.

stealthn 11-23-2015 06:37 PM

Interesting thread, I have an Apple Newton, I guess that is it... :D

nota 11-24-2015 12:14 PM

mid 1800's bronze hand cannon from china

and my grand dads single shot ball and cap pistol

Ayles 11-24-2015 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TGTIW (Post 8889479)

What is it?

SilberUrS6 11-24-2015 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ayles (Post 8890608)
What is it?

Lightsaber replica. And a high-quality one.

mistertate 11-24-2015 05:11 PM

Dirty movie on super-8

NutmegCarrera 11-24-2015 05:47 PM

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1448419553.jpg

Not sure if this is THE MOST unusual thing I own - but it's probably in the "Top Ten".

Anybody out there that can identify? I'd be surprised if any other pelicans have seen or used one before. Surprise me!


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