Beautiful Objects - What have you come across lately?

[Noteddy]

Saw this today. I do not drink or make coffee, but I want to hold this in my hand. I want to have it on my desk to touch as a stress reliever. I'll never forget the feeling of polishing a pair of 1034's before building them.



Beyond bikes, (or not) what beautiful objects have you come across lately?

[omnigrid]

I found a nickel from 1919 in my pocket. Indian on front, Buffalo on the back.

This little piece of metal of not-much-value had been floating around in circulation for nearly a century.
I wonder how many people had this nickel in their possession over the last hundred years.

[Jacques]

Saw this today. I do not drink or make coffee, but I want to hold this in my hand. I want to have it on my desk to touch as a stress reliever. I'll never forget the feeling of polishing a pair of 1034's before building them.



Beyond bikes, (or not) what beautiful objects have you come across lately?

I got excited seeing this, then kinda bummed to find out it wasn't one piece.

[WMdeR]

Beautiful objects I've seen recently:
(note this is an aesthetic list, not necessarily adulterated by how the object functions, and doesn't include living things.)

-Drive side René Herse Crank.
-reidel stemless wine glass;
-parker 51 aeromatic in blue-grey with a rhodium cap;
-Leica iiif with the 50mm collapsible lens;
-Eames Chair (with metal legs).

Cheers,

Will
William M. deRosset
Fort Collins, CO

[miwuksurfer]

I have become enfatuated by these domestic contemporary straight razors...

Hart Steel American-made Straight Razors

[Generalcuz]

Beautiful objects and stuff.....



And riding a friend's high wheel post ice cream ride enough to justify putting mine back on the road.



And picking up some old school machinist tools. (For sale for anyone who is interested)

[WFSTEKL]

Don't hate me.

[CallMeJay]

I have become enfatuated by these domestic contemporary straight razors...

Hart Steel American-made Straight Razors

Similarly, I've recently converted to a double-edged safety razor. Its a few minutes of clarity every morning.

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[cs124]

Don't hate me.

I don't!

[fixednwinter]

I've always found rangefinder cameras (using 35mm film), favored by photojournalists before and after WWII, to be gorgeous objects. I used them myself to do documentary work in the early '90's in Asia, just before the advent of widely available digital cameras.

I came across a repair person in the US who is doing first class work to restore Contax rangefinder cameras. He usually has a couple on hand like the one below.

The dominant professional rangefinder was the Leica M series. The most coveted and professional version was a black paint MP, made specifically for photojournalists. Amazingly, Leica Camera is still making a version of the MP today, albeit with some modern updates.

[false_aesthetic]

I've always found rangefinder cameras (using 35mm film), favored by photojournalists before and after WWII, to be gorgeous objects. I used them myself to do documentary work in the early '90's in Asia, just before the advent of widely available digital cameras.

I came across a repair person in the US who is doing first class work to restore Contax rangefinder cameras. He usually has a couple on hand like the one below.

The dominant professional rangefinder was the Leica M series. The most coveted and professional version was a black paint MP, made specifically for photojournalists. Amazingly, Leica Camera is still making a version of the MP today, albeit with some modern updates.

Dude, was just given a S2. 9/10. Was gonna post it. Glad others love rangefinders.

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[fixednwinter]

Dude, was just given a S2. 9/10. Was gonna post it. Glad others love rangefinders.

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WOW!!! That's a beauty!!! Hope you put some Tri-X through that machine. Nice one.

[bikinchris]

Dude, was just given a S2. 9/10. Was gonna post it. Glad others love rangefinders.

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GIVEN? Okay, I envy you.

[metanoize]

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[vertical_doug]

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I just came across this guy in Tokyo have an exhibit of his copper tea sets. It was pretty interesting watching him hammer out a pot.
The old guy is the 6th generation and his son is now the seventh generation to take up the craft.

[Mabouya]

Don't hate me.

And here I was, thinking heroin-chic skinny arms were out...

[jr59]

I got a couple of beautiful thing come across my path of late;

[chancerider]

[henry g.]

Some bits destined for an xCr Firefly frame

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[guyintense]

Preston and Norris, both English