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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: skylab on March 09, 2015, 04:19:35 PM

Title: Very large shipwreck wrench
Post by: skylab on March 09, 2015, 04:19:35 PM

Would love to have this wrench!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SHIPWRECK-VISCAYA-CRUISER-ORIGIN-wbr-AL-WRENCH-HISTORICAL-ARTIFACT-VERY-RARE-/171713426533?&_trksid=p2056016.m2518.l4276 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/SHIPWRECK-VISCAYA-CRUISER-ORIGIN-wbr-AL-WRENCH-HISTORICAL-ARTIFACT-VERY-RARE-/171713426533?&_trksid=p2056016.m2518.l4276)

Title: Re: Very large shipwreck wrench
Post by: Papaw on March 09, 2015, 04:48:52 PM

Translation-

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Remembering the war in Cuba and who gave me this as a relic in the port of Kingston Jamaica the day July 20, 1898 vowing to be the Viscaya after going under in Santiago Cuba ".

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"This wrench was picked up the next day the bombing expressed Cruise ship Viscaya July 3, 1898.
The Vapor Wanda correspondents. who witnessed the destruction of the fleet of Admiral Cervera "

Wonder if this is real. A good story, anyway.

Title: Re: Very large shipwreck wrench
Post by: EVILDR235 on March 09, 2015, 07:35:46 PM

In Portland Oregon  The Museum Of Science and Industry OMSI has a large blacksmith wrench made from a meteorite. i would love to have that.

EvilDr235

Title: Re: Very large shipwreck wrench
Post by: turnnut on March 09, 2015, 09:27:21 PM

Papaw,  I also have thoughts on story.  why ?

(1) he offered no paper work for provenance. I think that is the word I want to use.

(2) I went to his listings, he has two of them listed, they look the same and the price is the same.
      ebay item # 171713495724
         "      "    # 171713426533

and the seller is not in the U.S.A.

Title: Re: Very large shipwreck wrench
Post by: Bill Houghton on March 10, 2015, 10:25:48 AM

I like the case.

Title: Re: Very large shipwreck wrench
Post by: Plyerman on March 10, 2015, 05:15:44 PM

As an aside, I googled Cruiser Viscaya (also spelled Vizcaya) and read up on it a little. Very interesting history, back in the Spanish-American War days. Back when this country didn't take no crap from nobody.

Title: Re: Very large shipwreck wrench
Post by: Papaw on March 13, 2015, 01:35:06 PM

Price reduced to $1499!