Re: [lace] What???????on eBay
So Agnes's husband, Mike and I were right Not that that will make us big headed of course vbg Sue in EY On 14 Feb 2011, at 23:53, Margery Allcock wrote: I had a reply about the lace police bobbin after I asked how big it was: = Hi, I have had a lot of people asking about this item and I think it's not clear what the item is, just to make sure this is a Police wooden baton/truncheon. And to answer your question it is: 44.5cm just the wood, with the strap 47.5 Thanks - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] What???????? on ebay
Ebay Item number 120684810020 http://tinyurl.com/65wmcgr Is this a joke? Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] What???????? on ebay
How bizarre! Very odd. Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. On 14 Feb 2011, at 08:06, Jean Nathan wrote: Ebay Item number 120684810020 http://tinyurl.com/65wmcgr Is this a joke? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] What???????? on ebay
So what is it? Maureen E Yorks - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] What???????? on ebay
It simply looks like a piece of treen done for fun or for practice. Patricia in Wales - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] What???????? on ebay
Police? A truncheon perhaps, though there is no scale to judge how big this item is. Certainly not a bobbin as we know the term and I don't think that it has the characteristics of the type of turning called bobbin that is used in furniture. See this chair on ebay to see what I mean. http://tinyurl.com/5s4v659 Eve Poole, Dorset, UK On 14/02/2011 08:06, Jean Nathan wrote: Ebay Item number 120684810020 http://tinyurl.com/65wmcgr Is this a joke? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] What???????? on ebay
It does not give a size, but my husband thinks it is an old truncheon that English Bobbies (i.e. policemen) use to carry around with them. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK It simply looks like a piece of treen done for fun or for practice. Patricia in Wales - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
RE: [lace] What???????? on ebay
It seems to have a strap attached to the top. Karen in Malta -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of scotl...@aol.com Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 9:56 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] What on ebay It simply looks like a piece of treen done for fun or for practice. Patricia in Wales - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] What???????? on ebay
If the size is right then I agree with him!! Sue in EY On 14 Feb 2011, at 09:27, Agnes Boddington wrote: It does not give a size, but my husband thinks it is an old truncheon that English Bobbies (i.e. policemen) use to carry around with them. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
RE: [lace] What???????? on ebay
Maybe then that's why they called it a bobbin - because it used to be carried around by a Bobby!!! Karen in Malta -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Sue Duckles Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 10:31 AM To: Agnes Boddington Cc: Arachne Arachne Subject: Re: [lace] What on ebay If the size is right then I agree with him!! Sue in EY On 14 Feb 2011, at 09:27, Agnes Boddington wrote: It does not give a size, but my husband thinks it is an old truncheon that English Bobbies (i.e. policemen) use to carry around with them. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] What???????? on ebay
That is the wrist strap. If you ever watch old Charlie Chaplin movies, you'll see the policeman twirling his truncheon with wrist movement, and the strap around the wrist. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mTgX_SFqZEfeature=related This shows how to make your own (should you ever need to) Agnes Boddington It seems to have a strap attached to the top. Karen in Malta - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] What???????? on ebay
Maybe it's what the lace police use when you break the rules! In reality I agree that if the size is right it's an old police truncheon and as the modern ones are sometimes called batons maybe the seller got rather confused between baton and bobbin - and then if he/she had seen a picture of a lace bobbin (with no indication of size) decided that the word lace always goes with bobbin! There are plenty of images of police truncheons at http://tinyurl.com/4rbhvr3 However to be worth anything I'd think that it would need to have decorative painting on it. Brenda On 14 Feb 2011, at 08:06, Jean Nathan wrote: Ebay Item number 120684810020 http://tinyurl.com/65wmcgr Is this a joke? Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
RE: [lace] What???????? on ebay
I've asked the seller how long is the wooden part of this item. When she replies, then we'll have a better idea of what it could be; and maybe we could suggest to her that it's not a lace bobbin as we know them? Margery. == margerybu...@o2.co.uk in North Herts, UK == -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Brenda Paternoster Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 10:34 AM To: Jean Nathan Cc: Lace Subject: Re: [lace] What on ebay Maybe it's what the lace police use when you break the rules! In reality I agree that if the size is right it's an old police truncheon ... - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] What???????? on ebay
Hello Lacefriends, not being a specialist for English neither remembering what the police in old Charlie Chaplin movies used I could imagine that such a word in English exist. Here in Germany the clapper/tongue of bells is named Klöppel - bobbin. Also the sticks drummer use are named in German Klöppel. Languages are very complicate sometimes. And the word Klöppel exist as a family name too here. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] What???????? on ebay
In the US, those were referred to as Billy Clubs. Police no longer carry them. Clay On 2/14/2011 3:06 AM, Jean Nathan wrote: Ebay Item number 120684810020 http://tinyurl.com/65wmcgr Is this a joke? Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] What???????? on ebay
At 07:39 PM 14/02/2011, Maureen Bromley wrote: So what is it? They got the wrong word - obviously meant to write baton David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] What???????? on ebay
If it is a truncheon or police baton it does not have a decent handgrip and may well slip out of the hand if used to hit, prod or restrain. Good lace making, Joepie, -Original Message- From: David C COLLYER Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 1:09 PM To: Maureen Bromley ; Jean Nathan ; Lace Subject: Re: [lace] What on ebay At 07:39 PM 14/02/2011, Maureen Bromley wrote: So what is it? They got the wrong word - obviously meant to write baton David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] What???????? on ebay
I assumed that if this item was described as a bobbin it was of similar size. I then imagined it could be a novelty retirement gift for a bobby :-) As he was losing his real baton he was given a miniature one. Patricia in Wales - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] What???????? on ebay
Well, that must mean it's a very old one... decent handgrips would have been a more modern development, in all likelihood. Or perhaps it's a home-made version, for uses I dare not consider? Clay On 2/14/2011 9:09 AM, J-D Hammett wrote: If it is a truncheon or police baton it does not have a decent handgrip and may well slip out of the hand if used to hit, prod or restrain. Good lace making, Joepie, -Original Message- From: David C COLLYER Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 1:09 PM To: Maureen Bromley ; Jean Nathan ; Lace Subject: Re: [lace] What on ebay At 07:39 PM 14/02/2011, Maureen Bromley wrote: So what is it? They got the wrong word - obviously meant to write baton David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] What???????on eBay
I wonder if, as Jean suggested this morning, it is a tongue-in-cheek title (rather than a joke as such, Jean) - and is something that was given to a lacemaker who just happens to be in the police? After all, if you think of the number of times on Arachne that we have referred to the lace police, there is probably a member of this list who has it on sale sitting back saying nothing but with a very wide grin on her face! In fact, I can think of one possible candidate, not in the police as such, but a lace supplier who is/was a JP! ??? As has been said, a novelty item for a lacemaker, if it is bobbin sized, given in fun! -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] What???????on eBay
Curiosity got the better of me and I sent the seller a question. It was an error in the title which she says she has now corrected. It is indeed as I suspected, just an old police truncheon. Claire Kent, UK Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. On 14 Feb 2011, at 17:25, Jane Partridge wrote: I wonder if, as Jean suggested this morning, it is a tongue-in-cheek title (rather than a joke as such, Jean) - and is something that was given to a lacemaker who just happens to be in the police? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] What???????on eBay
So I come home and see all the emails about this item and click on the link and . it's gone from ebay!! L Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ --- On Mon, 14/2/11, Claire Allen cla...@bonitocrafts.co.uk wrote: From: Claire Allen cla...@bonitocrafts.co.uk Subject: Re: [lace] What???on eBay To: Jane Partridge jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk Cc: lace@arachne.com Date: Monday, 14 February, 2011, 20:34 Curiosity got the better of me and I sent the seller a question. It was an error in the title which she says she has now corrected. It is indeed as I suspected, just an old police truncheon. Claire Kent, UK snipped - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] What???????on eBay
I had a reply about the lace police bobbin after I asked how big it was: = Hi, I have had a lot of people asking about this item and I think it's not clear what the item is, just to make sure this is a Police wooden baton/truncheon. And to answer your question it is: 44.5cm just the wood, with the strap 47.5 Thanks - 2008mariajose = Margery. == margerybu...@o2.co.uk in North Herts, UK == - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
