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Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 8:06:59 AM    passthebottle   Posts: 486 Joined: 1/23/2007 Status: offline   These are quite common finds in bottle dumps but does anybody else bother to drag these home besides me, or maybe I'm just more of a packrat than the rest of you. Don't get me wrong though, the car has to be close by, I won't carry them for miles through the woods. Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 8:08:20 AM    woody Posts: 3646 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Yes, they make good door stops and clean up well. I like your cowbells, too!!! _____________________________ Woody (in reply to passthebottle) Post #: 2

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 10:01:40 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline Some of the cast iron trivets they sit on are pretty fancy. They just dont make great cast iron like they used to. I try to use some of it around the house when I replace stuff. I'd rather pay $15 for a nice antique cast iron heating grate then buy a stamped piece of crap chinese grate at Home depot. I'll try to take some photos of stuff If I get a chance. _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to woody) Post #: 3

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 10:19:27 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline Here is a sad iron I have. My kid uses it to crack nuts... Attachment (1) _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 4

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 10:20:30 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline A trivet for irons ... Attachment (1) _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 5

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 10:21:58 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline Floor grate in living room... Attachment (1) _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 6

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 10:23:23 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline A mortise lock on bathroom door. Cast iron allowed a lot of details... Attachment (1) _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 7

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 10:25:18 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline Even small stuff like cabinet locks were made nice. Back in the days when craftsmanship were important...before the age of walmart... Attachment (1) _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 8

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 11:05:34 AM    tigue710 Posts: 4140 Joined: 7/11/2007 From: connecticut - nor cal Status: offline you gotta get you some brass screws there Gunther!  I love all the old ornate detail found in Victorian and federal fixtures.  I always restore them when remodeling or even painting for someone.  People are always so surprised what was sitting there buried under 20 layers of paint! _____________________________ •={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•= (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 9

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 11:11:41 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline Ya, all I had that small were some galv. need some small better looking ones. They typically used iron screws because the items were normally painted. _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to tigue710) Post #: 10

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 11:20:37 AM    RED Matthews Posts: 2391 Joined: 8/2/2008 Status: offline Hello again,  I really have always liked old cast iron.  I started when I was about 8 years old.  I still have my first cast iron toy which is a Hubley green race car with a removable man.  I have pieces of all kinds of old workmanship and early casting quality.  I have my Fathers cast iron tractor and thrashing machine and lots of pieces of iron things like the trivets and irons and cow bells.  My wife and children want me to start selling them off.  It is just hard for a pack-rat to give them up.  Great items, guys.  It always pleases me to realize that so many other people like the same things I do.  RED Matthews _____________________________ http://www.bottlemysteries.com/welcome/ (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 11

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 12:53:40 PM    RedGinger Posts: 6727 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline Hey Gunth, we have grates like that.  I'll have to ask Joe where he got them.  Just don't step on one the wrong way.  It really hurts your toes!  I found a door handle like yours recently in a dump.  Is it ceramic?  I'd like to install mine in a door at home.  Why are they called sad irons?  < Message edited by RedGinger -- 1/13/2009 12:55:44 PM > _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVTdY2BI3g (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 12

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 1:18:16 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline quote: door handle like yours recently in a dump. Is it ceramic? Yes, they came with the house. _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to RedGinger) Post #: 13

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 1:30:51 PM    woody Posts: 3646 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline The sad in sad iron (or sadiron) is an old word for solid, and in some contexts this name suggests something bigger and heavier than a flat iron. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 14

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 1:31:15 PM    Stardust Posts: 3642 Joined: 10/5/2007 From: Boston, MA ~ ; ) Status: offline I've got a basket of door knobs like Matt's ( are they worth anything?), have big old brackets (really neat), irons lets some of them go,   going to do some art with some of the neat things. Got some funky ideas in my head. Time to let the artist free again... why were they called sad ? I'd be sad if I had to Iron... just saw woody answered my question..... < Message edited by Stardust -- 1/13/2009 1:36:31 PM > _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9vBsIQ2_Ic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okKWzl3jCrM *´¨) ¸.·´¸.·*´¨) ¸.·*¨) (¸.·´ (¸.·' * Stardust.·´ (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 15

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 2:17:34 PM    tigue710 Posts: 4140 Joined: 7/11/2007 From: connecticut - nor cal Status: offline true, but the brass, or copper will look very nice!  The owner of a cabinet shop I used to work at bought out the stock of a very old hardware store in town so we had 100's of boxes of every type and size of brass, steel or copper screw you could imagine.  I still go there when I need to replace screws on old fixtures... he treats me good... except that he said he would call me in for furniture repairs because I did the best work in the shop, that never happened!  lol  even his work is slow right now, and most of his costumers were film producers and what not in New York or Western Ct...  I built a vanity that was sold for 12,000 bucks...  two weeks of work, at twelve dollars an hour...  !  I was not so happy with that job... _____________________________ •={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•={•}=•= (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 16

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 4:34:05 PM    dollarbill Posts: 2728 Joined: 5/6/2005 From: maysville, kentucky Status: offline Hey passthebottle and all   This is a cool post .I love all the old cast iron and metal pieces in old houses .I have an iron or 2 around here some were but there in bad shape . Matt those are some cool door locks and grates and trivet . Hers a few cast pieces .My wife has collected a few trivets and small iron skillets .Heres some pics from my old home to. bill  Attachment (1) (in reply to tigue710) Post #: 17

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 4:36:05 PM    dollarbill Posts: 2728 Joined: 5/6/2005 From: maysville, kentucky Status: offline Up stairs fire place grate Attachment (1) (in reply to tigue710) Post #: 18

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 4:38:30 PM    dollarbill Posts: 2728 Joined: 5/6/2005 From: maysville, kentucky Status: offline interior door locks Attachment (1) (in reply to dollarbill) Post #: 19

RE: Anybody into Sad Irons - 1/13/2009 4:40:23 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 11889 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline I dug  a few out of  a privy's.Most of the time we find them with out handles.I can't find the pix in my folders.There are a couple of pix on my web page. _____________________________ My web site. Lots of privy and dump dig pictures. Also dig story's I had published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine and Western & Eastern Treasure's www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com (in reply to passthebottle) Post #: 20

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