So umm please slap me down if Im wrong here but I had a good laugh at this one, where is the proof of age? it looks like someone got bored with a RR spike...

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Looks like a very nice piece at a reasonable price, tempted.

Wesley,

Look at the location. It's in India and the description is post 1940. So less than 70 years old. It's clearly targeted to collectors, not a users. The seller has a bunch of funky ironwork listed. I kinda like looking at it.

That boy is a TRADER!

He has his 'aging' prosess right and it's described acurately as post 1940(could be/probably is last week?)The clever little tyke!

Ian

Could you make that for less than $125 I can't.

I for one am not being taken in by that sort of thing.
I`m saving my money to spend on fine design like the snake candle holder further down the page.
Just a few more box tops and it`s mine! :)

Could you make that for less than $125 I can't.

I`m willing to help a brother out here Tim.
I can send you a flat rate box of my home made charcoal with 2 for real RR spikes buried in it.I know you have hammers and chisels and stuff hangin` around cause I saw them in Sam`s pics he took of you guys.
All you need then is time buddy.
You can repay the postage after you sell the second spike on Ebay. :)

In the US maybe something like that (cleaned up and useful) would be that price ..or more if you made it for sale. Southshore...I think yours would have a flat top ready to use.

When I was in India I saw many fab shops, but only a few smiths. The smiths I saw were actually pretty good given the products they could sell.

I saw a locksmith in an open air market...he made "simple" steel sheet metal locks with one to five mechanisms (with one-five keys). I was tempted to buy his whole kit and set it up as a wall display in my shop. All his tools, less the files, he had made and he brazed the steel sheet with a small charcoal fire right on the street side. I did get a few locks and even talked him down a dollar or two..not sure why as they were inexpensive and he could use the sales.

I think I looked to him as others look to me when they stop by my shop....its all relative.

Now if I could just find an old filemaker's tool kit.....I like the look of them.
Ric

look again at the size its small .. got some time in file work tho... not a piece i think i could sell not at that price ... but my coustomers are cheap.. and that isnt a piece to use but for decoration... probably isnt hard and its real small .... might work for silver work but not finished fine enuf for that ..overall i wish him luck selling that if it sells i might make a few... figure no more than two hrs to make one...but i bet it dont sell...

Yeah that's funny. His date usage could be within a 70 year period. It's like he's using informercial marketing tactics. Looks cool, but not for me.

If you don't think its worth $125 make an offer. Its really a piece of folk art so its value is highly subjective. If it were a real working tool it would have a good face on it.

...maybe we're working with the wrong material then, it would appear wood is where it's at.

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