Sunday's Show and Tell...6/8/25

[AS-1]

Chesapeake & Ohio H-7 2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake", a Lionel JLC Edition, NWB un-run (2003)

 

[Sped Man]

What a week! Still working on the house. I spent the week painting the entire porch and installing step covers.

GI Joe arrived this week. Looks awesome. Can't believe how expensive toys have gotten. To all of our CABE members I have only one thing to say, Go Joe!

 

[billyjones]

My cattle fencing installation started yesterday!
We are fencing in 5 acres to get some cows!
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nice work bro!!!

 

[billyjones]

A voice inside my head said I needed this.. lmao..

 

[billyjones]

Picked these up recently from a fellow caber here..

Sept 67 Sting-Ray
68 Foremost Swinger

 

[BFGforme]

Grabbed a set 2” s7 tires for a new project! Thanks Mark @mrg

 

[catfish]

A few things this week.

 

[SirMike1983]

Bicycle registration

 

[volksboy57]

I sold stuff at @JAF/CO swap and was able to pick a few choice items from Jim.

Some badges to add to the collection. Thanks Jim!

This Elgin Oriole! Thanks Jim!

this Shelby wishbone frame, again Thanks Jim!

And a nice section of blockchain. Thanks @Jose 711 !

and some cushion grips from a trade.

 

[Carltonator]

4 FOOT ANTIQUE BARBELL
I just received this barbell the past week…I bought it without being exactly sure what it was…and now that it’s in hand to examine I’m still not sure…to begin with It’s all wood…the bar and the globes…That I knew going in…so I kind of figured it was a prop…I was expecting it to be lighter than it is…but it weighs 27lb…which nixed the plan where I was going to display it….someone was having fun with the 200lb they wrote on the globes…the bar looks very good but probably replaced at some point...BTW…painting fake weight on globes seems to have been a practice back in the day as I’ve seen others the same….see last photo…Anyway…now that I’ve studied it a little I think it’s possible it was an actual barbell…as I found reference to barbells in Europe with wooden globes…so likely they were used here in the United States too…It has an archaic look like it was made by a cooper…

In summary I speculate it was either an actual barbell someone had fun with painting on the 200lb…or it may have been a theater prop in which the 200lb was dubiously added as a spectacle for a theater act…perhaps a play…or a variety show…In the 19th century live theater was enormously popular all across the united states…so there is plenty of room to consider it a survivor from the theater…In my estimation the patina looks older than 1880’s…closer to 1860’s…It’s so old looking I’d describe it like looking at some ancient Egyptian artifact in a museum…At this point in its life It would be considered folk art…I think I’ve figured out a spot to display it in my collection…but it’s going to take a lot of moving stuff around to get it fit…I would think it may be the oldest barbell or barbell prop extant…