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Got this rare bottle Recently. Got it cheap because it was pretty beat up. Here it is after cleaning. Looks much nicer now. LEON. UniondirtyCloseup.jpgUnionCleaned.jpgUnionCleanedCloseup2.jpg
 

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It's real dark amber, hard to read. Pics in sunlight. LEON.P1000020.JPGP1000021.JPG
 

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Beautiful! Hey Leon, have you ever roughly calculated how much $$ it costs in electricity to tumble a bottle per day?
 

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Thanks for the compliments. Never have figured out cost of electricity. This one I had to tumble twice & took a week.
 

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I've tumbled several hundred bottles and never really noticed any change in my electric bill. (I always wondered about that myself before I first got started.)
 

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Looks nice, but a little over-tumbled. It's too smooth looking, and the already weak embossing looks tumbled smooth. It's lost part of it's historic look and texture. Honestly I'd pay more for the uncleaned version.
 

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Tumbling not for everyone, some like it some don't. The embossing is still pretty big & bold but it will flatten the top of the letters. This bottle was heavy duty scratched up & beat & needed a heavy duty tumble to get the big scratches out. I prefer a bottle that's more stained & dirty & needs a light tumble. Those always come out better & look more original. LEON.UnionCloseup.jpgUnionCloseup2.jpg
 

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