RARE MAGLITES

[bykfixer]

Yeah, it's not very often that something of value pops up. Well, usually it's a wrench someone forgot to put back in their box/bag, and within a week they claim their tool. We often have visitors that come and go through the plant, either in the form of customers or auditors. I suspect this light came from the latter, and they simply never bothered to try and get it back.


Got the story on that black minimag. My father was down in Kentucky during the mid to late 1990s, visiting a family member at a hospital. Some more family wound up visiting at the same time, one of which worked for the Eagle Building Products company. Apparently he had a few in his vehicle, and chose to give one to my father. During it's use over the next decade or so, it's said that the light was holy reliable, and only replaced/set aside when newer and better technology came along. Fast forward to today, and now it lives comfortably in my display of all things neat.

The story is the best part of things we collect. It's like those refigerator magnets from all of the places you've been.

 

[Monocrom]

Got the story on that black minimag. My father was down in Kentucky during the mid to late 1990s, visiting a family member at a hospital. Some more family wound up visiting at the same time, one of which worked for the Eagle Building Products company. Apparently he had a few in his vehicle, and chose to give one to my father. During it's use over the next decade or so, it's said that the light was holy reliable, and only replaced/set aside when newer and better technology came along. Fast forward to today, and now it lives comfortably in my display of all things neat.

Coolest promotional item my dad got was a couple of Advertising folding, thin razor knives where the blade could not be replaced. And, did not lock open. I got one, lasted about a year. Mom got one. Used it as a make-up sharpening pencil for easily over a decade until it got too dull and too many chips in the blade. No clue what company it advertised for.

Nowadays it would be a liability. "Here, have a pen instead."
My accountant does that. Real nice click-mechanism pens with a stylus tip on top of the clicker. And a nice rubberized grip.

 

[leukos]

A couple of my Mags from the 90's went in the trash because of alkaleaks. I could not get the tailcaps off with a wrench. I imagine a lot of older Mags suffered similar fates back in the day.