Anybody into Sad Irons

[Stardust]

looks like a yard sale aj .... how much do the mason jars go for?
that clown is scary passthebottle..... []
lions and tigers and bears...
oh my!

 

[whitefeather]

Oh Ok I think it is had a saber in it of some sort...

whitefeather

 

[whitefeather]

Oh well...[] AJ. but I do know where you got the sharping stone came to you, x-mas from the children and I[]. I Give .... you win[8D]. On to the next adventure.

Whitefeather

 

[ajohn]

Star,It's a pretty common mason jar.Goes for about$10.00-$15.00 if it's whittled.I think their cool looking.
whitefeather,your close

 

[Stardust]

i think they are cool i just got some at my local thrift and have them on my stove back. the look neat.they like me dtere and always give me a good deal.
thanks for the info. they hold stuff like that for me. when your nice to people it pays back. []

 

[cobaltbot]

Being a history nut as well as a bottle nut I for one love bringing home rusty metal junk. I bring home sad irons and always place the heavy stuff in the bottom of my pack, then put the bottles on top. I once brought home a 57 pound cannonball and thought my little daypack was going to split in two! I love finding irons as well as the trivits that kept them from burning stuff. A couple of these are in rough, almost gone shape but I still might try and restore the one on the right. Wrought iron sad irons and trivits are generally older and scarcer than the cast iron ones. Supposedly people had more than one sad iron to keep one heated as the other cooled off. Early trivits were very hollow as the less metal the sad iron sat upon the less of a heatsink factor it provided.

 

[cyberdigger]

A guess: the top piece that held a wooden sign, like for a tavern or some store?

 

[tigue710]

I'm guessing either part of a one man saw or part of a clamp...

 

[cobaltbot]

guillotine[X(]

 

[cobaltbot]

Our 1883 house is filled with neat old hardware for the doors, hinges. etc. Whenever I hear they are going to sadly implode another old house, I try and get permission to go in and strip out any cool hardware.