Just beautiful objects

[AstonZagato]

NDA said:

Brother D said:

I do love the craftsmanship by H&H

Quite beautiful.

It seems a shame with shotguns (I shoot) that you're never really around them long enough to enjoy the craftsmanship. You can't ogle them on the peg (might miss a bird), then they're in a sleeve and ultimately in the safe.

The only times is when you have a loader, when he/she will be able to admire the craftsmanship, or when you are cleaning them.

[TheGreatSoprendo]

ChemicalChaos said:

Wow! Where did you get that from?

From the Vulcan to the Sky online store.

http://www.vulcantotheskystore.co.uk/art-deco-styl...

[ChemicalChaos]

glenrobbo said:

Have we had one of these yet?

Top one is a Griffon engined version though with the longer and bulged engine cover, cannons and different wing. Not quite as pure as the earlier marks

[glenrobbo]

The later Spit (top pic) also had the bubble canopy and slightly pointier fin, not sure about the wings being different?
There was a clipped wing variant for faster roll response at low level, but in my view completely ruined the aesthetics.

I think both marks I have posted are beautiful.

[Pesty]

TheGreatSoprendo said:

From the Vulcan to the Sky online store.

http://www.vulcantotheskystore.co.uk/art-deco-styl...

I love mine

[InductionRoar]

The Garden of Earthly Delights is probably a somewhat too predictable choice so I would go for this as being one of the most beautiful items ever made.

Close up detail of the middle panel.



The fully opened triptych.



Closed



On a more modest budget that aluminium Vulcan is tempting me...

[ChemicalChaos]

Tempting me too, it would go beautifully with my cast ali Lockheed Constellation I posted earlier in the thread. Then again, I have just spend several hundred pounds on helicopter bits so maybe I'll wait for a while.....

[dvs_dave]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

dvs_dave said:

That gear ring belongs in The Wing'd Horse of ChavTat thread.

Anyway, always quite fancied a Mokume Gane wedding ring. I think they look lovely and I appreciate the craftsmanship involved in creating one.

It Screams "Trying too hard" to me, which is what a gent should never do / wear IMHO

Meh, not as bad as trying hard to look like you're not trying too hard, which is what people seem to think being a gent is all about these days.

Edited by dvs_dave on Monday 23 January 04:10

So is my actual wedding ring. With a brushed finished to match that of my collector watch. Suitably subtle and gentlemanly to placate the snobs on here, that's for sure!

It still like doesn't take away from my opinion that mokune gane jewelry is interesting and nice to look at. Perhaps you should educate yourself a little about the art and craftsmanship involved before casting your aspersions.

Edited by dvs_dave on Wednesday 25th January 15:21

[Blown2CV]

dvs_dave said:

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

dvs_dave said:

That gear ring belongs in The Wing'd Horse of ChavTat thread.

Anyway, always quite fancied a Mokume Gane wedding ring. I think they look lovely and I appreciate the craftsmanship involved in creating one.

It Screams "Trying too hard" to me, which is what a gent should never do / wear IMHO

Meh, not as bad as trying hard to look like you're not trying too hard, which is what people seem to think being a gent is all about these days.

Edited by dvs_dave on Monday 23 January 04:10

there are a lot of these modern 'rings for men who think jewellery is for girls' products about. Lots of tyre tread patterns, bits of carbon fibre, ceramic, black metal, game of thrones/lord of the rings/celtic patterns, skulls, dragons. They're a bit like cygnet/sovereign rings for a slightly younger generation. My wedding ring is a plain platinum band.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Blown2CV said:

They're a bit like cygnet/sovereign rings...

I'm guessing that you don't mean either of these:





Not knowing what a signet ring is probably deserves mention in the Council thread.

[Bonefish Blues]

Got a Gold Sov in it, innit.

[P5BNij]

Pesty said:

TheGreatSoprendo said:

From the Vulcan to the Sky online store.

http://www.vulcantotheskystore.co.uk/art-deco-styl...

I love mine

You've prompted me to dig this out Pesty - I took it at Gaydon the last time it flew over Warwickshire, awesome is an overused word these days but how else can you describe this wonderful piece of history...

[Jimmy Recard]

NDA said:

Quite beautiful.

It seems a shame with shotguns (I shoot) that you're never really around them long enough to enjoy the craftsmanship. You can't ogle them on the peg (might miss a bird), then they're in a sleeve and ultimately in the safe.

Just get them out a bit more regularly to check/oil/clean!

[texaxile]

Sorry of previously posted. Not mine but wish I had one, a polished meteorite.



Or a polished petrified wood sphere:

Edited by texaxile on Monday 23 January 20:09

[Max5476]

AstonZagato said:

NDA said:

Brother D said:

I do love the craftsmanship by H&H

Quite beautiful.

It seems a shame with shotguns (I shoot) that you're never really around them long enough to enjoy the craftsmanship. You can't ogle them on the peg (might miss a bird), then they're in a sleeve and ultimately in the safe.

The only times is when you have a loader, when he/she will be able to admire the craftsmanship, or when you are cleaning them.

The answer is to bring the engraving into your car



A pair of these and matching car are on my lottery wish list.

[NDA]

Lovely.

[Blown2CV]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Blown2CV said:

They're a bit like cygnet/sovereign rings...

I'm guessing that you don't mean either of these:





Not knowing what a signet ring is probably deserves mention in the Council thread.

Not knowing anything about a chav thing qualifies me for the non-council thread.

[Sway]

Blown2CV said:

Not knowing anything about a chav thing qualifies me for the non-council thread.

A signet ring was at one time the very definition of 'non-chav'.

[Blown2CV]

Sway said:

Blown2CV said:

Not knowing anything about a chav thing qualifies me for the non-council thread.

A signet ring was at one time the very definition of 'non-chav'.

and yet for decades it has been:

http://www.argos.co.uk/search/signet-ring

[InductionRoar]

texaxile said:

Sorry of previously posted. Not mine but wish I had one, a polished meteorite.



Or a polished petrified wood sphere:

Edited by texaxile on Monday 23 January 20:09

Where would somebody purchase one of these objects? I suspect the meteorite is rather price prohibitive though the petrified wood could well be justified via some man maths.