Jon's Hobby Collections

This item is one of the cutest vintage hardware item ever I collected so far. Ordered by my grandfather from China in the 1970s and resell them in my family gas store. My aunt recall that he use this mini stove to boil water or tea while working on his job. He use to boil water using this in front of the shop, where they use to stack up the gas cylinder. She remembered this because my grandfather didn't know that this act is very dangerous as there were many gas cylinder surrounding him. Lucky nothing bad happen during the time. All of these items here are all brand new and have not been used at all Currently, there are not many more of these vintage stove set left as all this are the remaining old stock. The remaining of this set, I plan to sell the entire set on Carousell with a price tag of 90 Singapore dollars and click here for the link. This set comes in 3 parts which is the burner, glass covering the burner and the small pot. With this 3 items standing, the h

Made from real solid teak wood, this piece is rare and hard to get. Used by my aunt as a computer desk in her shop and the condition of this item is still in a very good shape. As you can see clearly in the picture, there is no sign of wood chip or broken off part. This piece surely is a must go item and it must before the shop close in November this year. The dimensions of this desk is 125 cm x 45 cm x 128 cm and I guess you can surely fit this into every corner of your house. besides that, this piece also comes with a full set of keys for all the lockers to the desk. The keys are all made in China using brass material. On the surface of the desk, there is a glass protection layer. You can choose to change the glass protection layer if you want. The estimated age of this desk is more than 50 years old. The price of this desk is 200 Singapore dollars and it is first come first served. The exact location of the meet will be send to you via email once you show interest by emai

Here is one awesome old school food storage cupboard which my grandparents used in the past 30 years. According to my mum, there was another one of these food storage cupboard but it is a much older than this. She recall that my grandpa threw it away before she bought this cupboard. That older cupboard was in bad condition and maybe some termites could have ate some parts of the wood. Food cupboard like this are built to keep files or other insects from landing or infesting on the food. These wire mesh place on the cupboard doors enable exchange of air in the cupboard and also prevent other insects from coming in. Normally these wire mesh is also covered with another thin cloth which act as a secondary protection and that cloth also helps to prevent dust from entering the cabinet. Another method of protecting the food is the rattan tray that cloth covered. Unfortunately, I don't have the picture of it, because my grandma didn't keep one of them. These rattan food co

CAAC in long form means Civil Aviation Administration of China which was China first aviation company that manage commercial airlines. This paper fan that I have here is from CAAC airlines which ceased its operation in 1988. It was a gift of appreciation when for those who choose to fly with CAAC airlines. Now it has been taken over and split into 6 different airline companies in China. The paper fan was really special to me because it was my grandmother's first aeroplane flight and visit to China, somewhere in the early 1980s. She visited Beijing, China and some other small towns. Today, this paper fan is still lying on my display cupboard and I don't have any intention to let it go on sale, although it can really fetch value despite some foxing on the paper.

Here is a short list of 2019 Deepavali packets from various bank across Malaysia. Alliance bank Deepavali Packets Comes in 2 different designs and colours. Front design Front design Back design Back design Hong Leong Bank Deepavali Packets Each pack consist of 2 different colours and 5 of each colour are present in each packet. Colour 1 Colour 2 Maybank Deepavali packets Front design Back design

This is my mum's study desk which she used in the 60s. This desk is made from 100% solid teak wood and also this piece comes with locks too. The measurements of this desk is 82 cm in length and 103 cm in height and this piece weighs about 16 kilograms. The condition of this desk is still in excellent good condition. But sadly, I am running out of space at home to keep this piece in my house. This piece is still currently position at my aunt's shop in the town on Johor Bahru. As the shop will be closing down soon,  I have to help my aunt to let go this piece fast. Currently, I am letting it go at Ringgit Malaysia 300 (100 Singapore dollars), but you have to bring your own transportation to my aunt's shop. If you need any further inquiries, feel free to drop me an email. My email address can be found in the profile section. Thanks for viewing, I wish you all a great day.

In my old post, I blog about restoring my vintage charcoal iron and now here it is. You can find the post in this link  https://jonhobbycollection.blogspot.com/2019/09/charcoal-iron-restoration.html . Now, everything looks as good as new. But there are still some parts which I cannot polish them due to pitting of the brass and the presence of some impurities inside this brass material. The brass material do contains a very small quantity of impurities such as iron that causes the brass to be dented and causing some small holes. Below are some photos taken during the restoration process. The first picture shows that I went into a workshop to get rid away of the rusted iron bar which is sitting on the back of the body of the charcoal iron which act as a hinge for the opening and closing of the iron. I manage to find a copper rode which can fit into the hole nicely and this can act as a new hinge. At the workshop also, I manage to find a copper metal hook which can also be use