Andyh2o2's photos

Gibeon meteroite sphere, no, it didn't land like that! 90% Iron 8% Nickel 0.4% Cobalt 0.04% Phosphorous Around 4 billion years old according to the age of crystallisation of the iron-nickel. Arrived in Namibia sometime vaguely in prehistory. The silver grey lines are the Widmanstätten pattern, a crystal formation only created by slow cooling over millions of years. This one weighs 20g.

A substantial lump of fools gold from Rioja, Spain. I paid £20 for it sometime in the 1990s. As I was on the dole at the time it was a major purchase, I walked round the rock and mineral fair and looked at it at least 8 times before shelling out. Thank goodness that supermarkets threw out perfect food and had accessible skips. A very satisfying object though. The Rock Exchange, Britain's premier mineral and fossil fair at Lady Manner's School, Bakewell. www.visitpeakdistrict.com/Bakewell-Rock-Exchange/details/... The bit about eating food out of supermarket skips isn't a joke. Absolutely tonnes of good, perfectly safe, food goes to landfill from supermarkets every day - you do risk arrest, or getting covered in bleach as I did as they attempted to make the food inedible.

A reissue of the Vostok Amphibia 1967 watch. Reflection of the strap on the back.

Link wires

The "Fisher", finest surgical steel razor by the German company Solingen. Very sharp. Well used and virtually at the point where it won't take an edge any longer. It has been over-enthusiastically honed in a previous life.

"Peerless" straight razor, George Wostenholm & Son, Sheffield, England. Slight rust. Very sharp. The razor is made from high quality, crucible cast, carbon steel. It is fully hollow ground, has celluloid scales with a centre plug, has a round point, is double shouldered with a straight spine, and has a curved tang. Made at the Washington Works, the block of land between Bowdon Street and Eldon Street, below Wellington Street. The site of the Washington Works is shown here on Google maps: maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=212462362669873385808.0004... The company became part of the Eggington Group in 1986: www.eggintongroup.co.uk/history/the-history-of-george-wos...

Mondaine Railway Watch Automatic with both old and new leather watch straps.

Old band poster, December 1996

CatA Helping with OU work

CatA Helping with OU work

Trench whistle recovered from The Somme.

Grandad's Kienzle travel alarm clock with Radium painted figures and hands. Doesn't glow brightly now as the Zinc Sulphide has deteriorated. Well used.

Crack, add Tequila, Triple Sec, lime juice, sour mix and a lime wedge for a frozen Margarita.

Poor birds, hope none of them left legs behind frozen to the bowl...