Souvenir from Bologna

[femurat]

I've been to Bologna and went to a very good street market with vintage furniture and many many different objects. It's called "Mercato dell'antiquariato di piazza Santo Stefano", every first weekend of the month. Don't miss it if you go there. Obviously I got some padlocks.



Here are a couple interesting doors and door knockers.





This door is dedicated to you, MBI!





Cheers

[ARF-GEF]

Nice4
There are so many nice locks and doors in Italy!

[femurat]

I had this old padlock laying around and I couldn't decide what kind of lock it was and how to pick it. I was looking for levers but couldn't feel them etc. so I went ahead and peeled off one side.
I could have thought better and imagine it was a warded lock. I'll clean it without ruining its patina and carefully reassemble it.






Thanks to this experience I was able to pick another one that looks almost the same. Had to dig it out and it was suddenly open.

Cheers

[MacGnG1]

wow that door hardware is amazing!

you guys get all the cool stuff in europe

[C locked]

To quote monty python and the life of brian
"You lucky bastard you lucky lucky bastard"

Also do you know the heritage of the locks you aquired

Whats it feel like to pick a hundred year old lock?

[C locked]

Also
Was it a sandwich?

[femurat]

Hey C locked, picking a hundred (or more) years old padlock may be intimidating. You don't want to break it. You must be gentle and respectful.
I don't get the sandwich question.

Cheers

[Robotnik]

Assuming with the "sandwich" question C Locked was referring to bologna/baloney, which is common, dubious-quality lunch meat in the US. Kind of like mortadella, but very finely ground and not nearly as good .

[femurat]

I didn't know that the term bologna has gone that far. Here we have very good quality mortadella, that's also called bologna! My favorite sandwich is focaccia with bologna and artichokes

Buon appetito

[GWiens2001]

I didn't know that the term bologna has gone that far. Here we have very good quality mortadella, that's also called bologna! My favorite sandwich is focaccia with bologna and artichokes

Buon appetito

Mortadella, or the original Bologna, is a treat. What is called bologna in the United States is about as much like mortadella as US beer is like German beer. At least that is my experience.

Gordon

[Squelchtone]

I didn't know that the term bologna has gone that far. Here we have very good quality mortadella, that's also called bologna! My favorite sandwich is focaccia with bologna and artichokes

Buon appetito

Mortadella, or the original Bologna, is a treat. What is called bologna in the United States is about as much like mortadella as US beer is like German beer. At least that is my experience.

Gordon

This is the same way I feel about Hillshire Farms calling their meat product "Polska Kielbasa" it isn't like any real Polish kielbasa I've ever purchased at the Polish deli down the street. It's an abomination.

sorry to hijack the thread!
Squelchtone