Comments on: More Campaign Furniture Pieces to Explore

By: mollmorg

mollmorg — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:23:08 +0000

Glad to see some interest in this neglected style. I have made a couple of these pieces over the years, the originals are quite expensive. I love the simple yet elegant feel to them.

By: Jack Plane

Jack Plane — Sun, 27 May 2012 02:03:29 +0000

This image supports an earlier comment I made about brasses on ‘campaign’ furniture being scraped flush after the brasses and (steel) screws were installed (un-clocked). There are visible file marks and the screw slots have clearly been reduced. In fact, the screw on the far right appears to be devoid of any slot whatsoever.

By: Eric R

Eric R — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:30:06 +0000

Fatten you up ?!
Man, that’s going to take a LOT of grits !
Hell, I eat sandwiches as thick as you.

And I can see trying one of those cool shaving boxes some where down the road.

Thanks Chris.
Hope you enjoy your “research trip”…lol…

By: Christopher Schwarz

Christopher Schwarz — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:20:13 +0000

Good grits don’t need cheese….

By: Christopher Schwarz

Christopher Schwarz — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:19:43 +0000

The small boxes had corner joinery — the brass was just there to add some panache and reinforcement.

On the till in the floor chest — it would hold the lid up about 1″ from the carcase — so it didn’t work like a blanket chest.

By: Christopher Schwarz

Christopher Schwarz — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:18:07 +0000

Nah. It only drives me crazy on my work.

Time and let not time….

By: Christopher Schwarz

Christopher Schwarz — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:17:25 +0000

Joel,

Been coming to Charleston for 22 years — my dad lives here on the peninsula. I’ve eaten enough fried green tomatoes to fill a grain silo. She crab soup. &c.

By: Joel Jacobson

Joel Jacobson — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:28:45 +0000

Grits? Bread pudding?

If you’re in Charleston, and don’t try the fired green tomatoes – shame on you.

By: esincox

esincox — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:28:00 +0000

Bet all those un-timed screws just drove you batty, Chris.

By: Foglemam

Foglemam — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:08:02 +0000

“mike@phoenixclassics.com says:
May 25, 2012 at 7:48 am
Will somebody tell an Englishman what grits are?”

Think Polenta but with larger grit size and much more corn flavor. Instead of regular ground dried Corn it is made from ground dried Hominy. Hominy is (are?) corn kernels soaked in an alkaline solution to supersize them.