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A couple of days ago Mr Postman brought me this a near complete vintage staking set that id bid on on the bay and didnt expect to win. It looked like it had spent the last 20 years in a damp shed every punch had welded itself into the wooden base and were in a little rusty but after 2 days ultrasonic cleaning and polishing are now nice and ready to use. I've had to dry the base out slowly in a very low heat oven and then re-drill every seating hole but for £40 and a bit of elbow grease I'm now the happy owner of something I didn't own and will stop me bugging the local professional watch repairer for the use of his which I'vs always been very grateful to him for.20160526_001732.jpg20160526_001829.jpg

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I'm jealous ! Seems a very nice set, for a very nice price and in a very nice "wrapping" !!

Did I already mention "very nice" ? :biggrin:

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1 hour ago, rogart63 said:

And if you polished that crystal you can see in to the future :)

...and drink wine in the meantime. :)

I love that set!

Cheers,

Bob

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