Tuesday, April 21, 2015

A Vintage Swedish Blow Torch & Vintage Bliss Tuesdays Linky Party #31


I haven't been thrift store shopping in the last couple of weeks. Probably a good thing, since I've been reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing and setting goals for myself in terms of purging excess stuff from the house. I'll be posting about that in future. Maybe if I tell you guys I'll actually stay on track!

In the meantime, on with the Vintage Bliss Tuesdays party! I am sharing a look at a strange and essentially useless (but kind of cool) item that we have in our house - this vintage Primus blow torch, made in Sweden by BA Hjorth & Co.


This one belongs to my husband and it just kind of sits in the basement wherever we have room for it. I can't even imagine using this thing. Actually, I can imagine spills, flames, accidents and burns. But that's just me. As my friend (a psychologist) once told me, I tend to "catastrophize."

There's more about the Primus brand of lamps and stoves here if you're interested.

Do you have any strange objects in your vintage collections?


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6 comments:

  1. Thank you Joann for Vintage Bliss 31. I have a similar style of blow torch that belonged to my Dad. I would never want to try to use it.
    Joy

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  2. If you want to start another collection there is one in the barn. Dad ays it's not as old as the one pictured, but I would say over fifty years. You could use it instead of the broiler. lol

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  3. It looks interesting ,cool stuff :)

    lovely Greetings <3

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  4. I think your blow torch is very cool. I can't imagine putting it anywhere in my house, but it is still very cool. Thanks for hosting the party again.

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  5. I think it would look great as an accent on a bookshelf, etc. as long as there is no fuel in it!

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  6. pretty sure I'd be catastrophizing to! it's cool to look at but I do not want to see it working--good luck on the downsizing, I'll be cheering you on!

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