By Nick Morrison
Orkney Mens Shed meeting ,22nd of June.
This meeting was well different.Morgan asked us to bring along any artifacts and heirlooms especially if there was a bit of history with it.
As you see from the pics , an intriguing and eclectic selection was produced. One item we could only guess at and are asking our readers for help with its identification.




Mystery Object

Some truly beautiful wooden bowls made by one of our number.
Anyone know what these are? 50p piece shown for scale

These 2 “pins” are safety pins that prevent the ejection seat from firing when you are trying to extract the pilot after an accident. From a Buccaneer bomber.
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Gould and Reeves were block cutters and engravers- who also provided joinery items, this mystery object could be – I’d have to see more of it- related to preparing paper for fine prints.
A quick google provided an advertising leaflet for their services, and a woodblock in the V&A collection..
Thanks.
Interesting selection