Wooden cutting boards

[normanaj]

chopsaw has you covered.

 

[Bearcarver]

Live Edge?
Here's a couple of Bear Jr's:

Bear

 

[Kevin DeShazo]

Would love to see it . I saw yesterday when I was at Lowe's that they now carry Butcher block and salad bowl finish . It's a finish that needs to cure after applying and should be water proof . Food safe AFTER it cures .

You request has been granted. Picked up a bottlebof Howards this morn, so nice and shiny. This isnt a single piece of wood but still is great. Got it at Home Goods, I think.

Some beautiful live edge boards and tables going on here.

 

[chopsaw]

Nice . That's awesome . Love live edge stuff . Thanks for the pic .

 

[zwiller]

Thanks . There is something about the blue color on German steins that means something. Sam might have some info . zwiller .

I am really into German culture and have plenty of old steins here too but don't have much more info, sorry. You got me digging: https://antiques.lovetoknow.com/antique-german-beer-steins

My aunt has done estate sales a long time and is well known here for appraising collectibles and antiques. Her standard technique used to value things like this are reference books and there is usually a TON of cool info in these books. You guys got me fired up so I just picked up one of the books in the link above. Let me see what I can dig up.

Those steins look great and have a few that look identical to those. I seem to recall leaving bark on required lots of work to seal or something but looks GREAT for that application.

I am not serious about it but I collect german smokers like this.

 

[clifish]

I am really into German culture and have plenty of old steins here too but don't have much more info, sorry. You got me digging: https://antiques.lovetoknow.com/antique-german-beer-steins

My aunt has done estate sales a long time and is well known here for appraising collectibles and antiques. Her standard technique used to value things like this are reference books and there is usually a TON of cool info in these books. You guys got me fired up so I just picked up one of the books in the link above. Let me see what I can dig up.

Those steins look great and have a few that look identical to those. I seem to recall leaving bark on required lots of work to seal or something but looks GREAT for that application.

I am not serious about it but I collect german smokers like this.
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Thanks, it is also a lot of work to remove the bark with out damaging the shelf. From what I read Red oak has a fairly stable bark so just sealed it with a matte varnish. If it ever starts to fall off I will pull the down and remove it all and refinish.

 

[zwiller]

Mine are all scattered around the house for some reason (that is going to change) but here's my best guess on the oldest I have. This stuff is really cool to research. Stamped Mettlach on the bottom and did some digging...

https://www.beerstein.net/item.asp?ItemNum=vbm-2580

 

[clifish]

Mine are all scattered around the house for some reason (that is going to change) but here's my best guess on the oldest I have. This stuff is really cool to research. Stamped Mettlach on the bottom and did some digging...

https://www.beerstein.net/item.asp?ItemNum=vbm-2580

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nice, next time I am in PA I am going to take pics of the bottoms for research. i am also going to ask my 89 YO father what he remembers about them

 

[TH-n-PA]

Ironically Mom just text me the same question a few minutes ago and so I sent her this pic.

 

[chopsaw]

This stuff is really cool to research

I agree . Nice to find something that looks like what you have too . Keeps you interested .
Here's the bottom of the one I posted above . Of course SMF has to flip the pic .
That writing is a bright gold color . Didn't come through in the pic . Pretty sure it translates to handmade .

 

[zwiller]

Meant to tell you guys I found the business about the blue color on steins. Basically the krauts (GASP LOL) were trying to copy chinese porcelain. They couldn't do it for a long time but eventually did and by sheer luck the cobalt they mined there was better than chinese so the blue was truer and more permanent. The steins made this way are called "faience". https://www.beerstein.net/articles/bsj-1c.htm

 

[bill1]

I'm not an appraiser by any means. But I think old steins (and by that I mean more like >80 yo) are currently under-valued. But beer and pubs are a booming business and I think old steins are set to explode in value.

I think old and genuine Hummel figurines are similarly under-valued. Plus a lot of people just throw them away when cleaning out a deceased relative's furnishings, finding them kitschy at best. So the genuine ones are rapidly becoming rare.

 

[TH-n-PA]

I am currently looking to purchase an old stein to keep next to my wooden cutting board.