cuff links,collar stays and stuff

[steeljack]

Maybe its an age thing , but just wondering how many older male Accy web users still have these things around , (refusing to call it a jewelery box) I have a wooden box (Aleut/Alaskan eskimo, made with a scrimshaw lid ) which is in the top of my bedroom desser, it holds a few pairs of cuff links and collar studs and stays of various lengths ,(all infrequenty used these days) , my Dads old watch , a few old sets of long forgotten car keys , a gold puzzle ring (4 gold rings which once interlocked), a ring with a middle eastern gold coin the size of a soveriegn ( never worn for a least 20 years), a tarnished 'silver' cigarette case (seen use at Accy Jazz club, Peel Park late 60s), inside are phone numbers and a couple of photos of people who I have no recolection of who they are, and some casino chips from long gone casinos , a few foriegn coins with holes in the middle from the days when i used to check the the IChing before going out for the night .
Its just a miscellaneous oddball collection of stuff collected over the years , emptied from a pocket after a good night out , means nothing to anyone apart from me (gold value apart) .
So if any other "coffin dodger" has any such stuff , let us know , and why you keep the bloody stuff

[WillowTheWhisp]

I suppose I'm worse than you Steeljack because I've still got the one that belonged to my Dad. It has the words "studs" boldly emblazoned on the top and contains similarly wondrous things including an ivory bookmark in the shape of a cockerel's head a thing from New Zealand which my Dad always referred to as a "Tiki Maori" and which I have never thought to question, a broken tie pin (???) and the ubiquitous small faded sepia photos of goodness knows who. Will I ever throw it away? Probably not. I've still got a £sd 'ready reckoner' of his too!

[steeljack]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

I suppose I'm worse than you Steeljack because I've still got the one that belonged to my Dad. It has the words "studs" boldly emblazoned on the top and contains similarly wondrous things including an ivory bookmark in the shape of a cockerel's head a thing from New Zealand which my Dad always referred to as a "Tiki Maori" and which I have never thought to question, a broken tie pin (???) and the ubiquitous small faded sepia photos of goodness knows who. Will I ever throw it away? Probably not. I've still got a £sd 'ready reckoner' of his too!

knew there was something i had forgotten ........the Tie pins ,
thanks Willow

[MargaretR]

Willow - that "Tiki Maori" thing you have -
It was probably bought from the same source as the one my mum had.
I remember her buying it at a sham mindreading show at Ossy Town Hall in the late 40s.
She used to rub the little thing on the corner of dad's football coupon - it never did any good.

[cashman]

used to have allsorts of junk like that steeljack, sadly was lost in transit from spain, only thing that survived was a few old Accy STanley Progs, which i donated to the club a few yrs ago. had old tickets fer concerts,memberships,a burn tin which had a lovely cross beaten on lid. photos of people many long forgotten, all bloody junk, so why i should be sad at its loss is beyond me,but i am.

[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by margaret@rothwell5.f

Willow - that "Tiki Maori" thing you have -
It was probably bought from the same source as the one my mum had.
I remember her buying it at a sham mindreading show at Ossy Town Hall in the late 40s.
.

Not necessarily. My great Uncle travelled the world and brought things back from many varied places, long before the 1940s. My Gran had a very scary tribal mask that he'd brought back from Africa.

[polly]

Son (25 yrs) regularly wears cuff links and has a wooden box he keeps them in. He says its a fashion thing!!

[cashman]

Originally Posted by polly

Son (25 yrs) regularly wears cuff links and has a wooden box he keeps them in. He says its a fashion thing!!

amazing how fads/fashions come around again, never thought cuff links would return.

[cherokee]

Think many young uns wear cuff links these days . My lad does on occasions .

[jaysay]

The only thing I have these days are 1 pair of cuff links and old Young Tory Party badge from the 60s and my Grandads medals from th 1914/18 and my fathers from the 1939/45

[garinda]

Since I used to work for a shirt maker, unsuprisingly I have most of the things mentioned.

Quite a few people, besides the legal profession, have detachable collars, so need studs.

All shirts will have collar bones, or stays as the Americans call them. Though in mass produced shirts these will probably not be detachable.

I do have quite a few pairs of cufflinks, ranging from simple silk knots to stylish Art Deco ones from the 1920's. As part of my job, as Creative Director, was buying thousands of pairs of cufflinks, I very rarely wore them myself for work, preferring a 2-button single cuff.

In my stud box are some old ivory collar studs, which happily you can no longer buy, at least not legally.