Junger Norden 1938 Stralsund

[Ron C.]

Ron

[der bingle]

Ron

one of my favorite pieces.....a curiosity with two different makers......my example has both makers ground out and then was originally silver coated over by manufacturer.......how do you figure that one out?

[Ron C.]

one of my favorite pieces.....a curiosity with two different makers......my example has both makers ground out and then was originally silver coated over by manufacturer.......how do you figure that one out?

Truthfully, strange as it may sound, I never noticed the two different makers until you pointed it out. I have no idea.....did makers ever do some kind of joint manufacturer deal? I like it too. It is the only one like it that I ever came across. I know there were bound to be many made though......just I never found but one. Actually, I never did just go out looking for tinnies, and didn't collect them; however, they kept showing up so I just threw them in a box. Later, when I started looking at them, I saw there were so many different ones and some where what I considered really good looking designs. I started paying more attention to them when I was looking for other stuff..........still don't have all that many though.

Ron

P.S. I forgot to ask (none of my business but I just wondered) why the name der bingle? Are you a Bing Crosby fan (your Avatar even looks like him)? I always liked him and his pipes. I even wrote to him to find out what they were and where he got them. I found out that he had some custom made for him by Charing Cross in London. I had some made by a couple of pipe-maker friends of mine with the long thin shanks similar to the style he liked. Sorry for being nosey......just wondering.

Ron

[der bingle]

Truthfully, strange as it may sound, I never noticed the two different makers until you pointed it out. I have no idea.....did makers ever do some kind of joint manufacturer deal? I like it too. It is the only one like it that I ever came across. I know there were bound to be many made though......just I never found but one. Actually, I never did just go out looking for tinnies, and didn't collect them; however, they kept showing up so I just threw them in a box. Later, when I started looking at them, I saw there were so many different ones and some where what I considered really good looking designs. I started paying more attention to them when I was looking for other stuff..........still don't have all that many though.

Ron

P.S. I forgot to ask (none of my business but I just wondered) why the name der bingle? Are you a Bing Crosby fan (your Avatar even looks like him)? I always liked him and his pipes. I even wrote to him to find out what they were and where he got them. I found out that he had some custom made for him by Charing Cross in London. I had some made by a couple of pipe-maker friends of mine with the long thin shanks similar to the style he liked. Sorry for being nosey......just wondering.

Ron

Not at all Ron. Bing is my favorite entertainer, and the father of Frank Sinatras career, and every other popular and jazz singer. Blue Hawaii was written for Bing for the flick Waikiki Wedding in 1937 when Elvis was 2 years old. listen to both... and there you go Elvis copies Bing........I concur this piece must have been handed down from maker to maker. for what reason, I don't know. the stamper looks the same on all ive seen.....Bing was a favorite in Germany long before the war......theGERMAN DECCA catalog FOR 1939 PROMENENTLY displays Bings records for sale.....you have a great collection, Carl

[Ron C.]

Not at all Ron. Bing is my favorite entertainer, and the father of Frank Sinatras career, and every other popular and jazz singer. Blue Hawaii was written for Bing for the flick Waikiki Wedding in 1937 when Elvis was 2 years old. listen to both... and there you go Elvis copies Bing........I concur this piece must have been handed down from maker to maker. for what reason, I don't know. the stamper looks the same on all ive seen.....Bing was a favorite in Germany long before the war......theGERMAN DECCA catalog FOR 1939 PROMENENTLY displays Bings records for sale.....you have a great collection, Carl

Carl,

Thanks. I knew he was one of the best ever.....used to listen to him on radio all I could during WW2 and after. He was even better when I could later see him on TV, he seemed to sing with such natural ease and he was also good at comedy as well. I didn't know the other though. He was a good actor too, and I don't think anyone ever did Christmas songs as good as him.

Thanks for your comment about the stuff I kept, but I don't have near as much as I once did and I can't pick it up anymore like I did. The vets are gone in large numbers now......and a lot of the fun went with them. I come from a state and a town with a very small population anyway, and it is not wise to head up some of the places where I used to look for stuff.......in some parts of WV they don't take kindly to strangers showing up looking for things in today's world.

I used to think Bing was singing about WV......."...the blue of the night meets the gold of the day......", our state colors are blue and gold.

Thanks again,
Ron