Show Off Your Naval Treen.
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I do not, but I suspect it was a lot. I saw one at the Chicago pipe show, might have been that one. I do not recall the price though.
Westsea. The guy was in the Navy for about ten years. Then he went into salvage. He is still partners with his ex-wife who is from Taiwan.
She had a Thanksgiving party a few years ago there were four couples there, all former Navy guys and four Asian wives. When we left my wife said, “I just discovered that I belong to a club, I never knew existed.”
I went to Maidhof once and did get some New Guinea masks. I think they just closed down.
Thats too bad about Maidhofs, that was a cool place. I knew quite a few guys that were married to Asian gals when I was In the Navy, I think its a pretty big club.
I'd really like to own one of those pipe rests from the H.M.S. Victory. It would be simply great to own such a piece of history. Of course, while I am dreaming, I'd really like one from the U.S.S. Constitution.
Old Ironsides undergoes repairs on a very regular basis, there is constantly old wood being removed and replaced. You can buy pens turned from her timbers.
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I had a cousin who was on the Yosemite during WWII.
Hope you cleaned it out real well before you first dumped hot ashes in it!
I used to have a 5 inch shell as a kid I found in my grandparents house, some relative made them for WW1.
Dang, I might have to get one of those.Old Ironsides undergoes repairs on a very regular basis, there is constantly old wood being removed and replaced. You can buy pens turned from her timbers.
MuzeMerch - The Slim Line Classic Pen in Gift Box - USS Constitutio
This classic style ballpoint pen has an elegant, sleek look and feel, characteristic of the fine ballpoint pens popular throughout the decades. It is retractable and contains a Cross-type, medium point, black ink cartridge. Cross-type refill cartridges can be found in most stores. These...
Purchased this in Norfolk at an antique shop years ago. It’s from the arrival of the Great White Fleet to Japan in October of 1908z
@verporchting: Funny you should mention that since he sold me one as well along with an unpublished manuscript by Oscar Wild entitled 'Stretching Your Friends. A Complete Guide to Putting Large Things in Small Holes' apparently 'Big Bouncing Butch' Oscar dedicated the book to him when they were lovers!I’ve got a deck chair from the Titanic that George Santos gave me from back in the day when he was the captain of the ship….
Growing up in England I had quite a few friends whose Mothers were Hong Kong or Malaysian Chinese. Getting an invite to their house for dinner was very sought after as the food was amazing when compared to what we Brit's normally ate back in the early 1970s. My Mother used to say it was all 'Foreign food' and then served up liver and beacon and mashed potatoes, at that point I immediately realized the attraction of an exotic wife!!
I certainly would have assumed the worst if I hadn’t run across the word in one of Jonathan Gash’s Lovejoy novels forty years ago. In one of the books Lovejoy mentions treen, which in that case referred to wooden cooking implements dating from the Elizabethan era.
I don't know if it qualifies as "Naval Treen" but I've got several items around the house from my time in the service. Most impressive in my collection is probably the chronometer from my grandfather's last ship.
I don't know if it still works, but all of the labels from the manufacturer are still attached. My final unit happened to be birthed in San Pedro for this clock was built. I tried to visit them well I was stationed there but they had sadly closed down a long time ago.
I don't know if it still works, but all of the labels from the manufacturer are still attached. My final unit happened to be birthed in San Pedro for this clock was built. I tried to visit them well I was stationed there but they had sadly closed down a long time ago.
You have a key?
Could be worth a couple of thou.
The chronometer itself is actually English. Southwest Instrument was just the retailer.
Could be worth a couple of thou.
The chronometer itself is actually English. Southwest Instrument was just the retailer.
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