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So, I've been hunting various classifieds and eBay for the front mounted bottle cages and bottles for my hetchins to wear at L'eroica.....having been outbid by stupid amounts on the various 'Reg' and 'coloral' ones that turn up from time to time, by large amounts of money, It was clear that I needed to do something else.
I want twin ones, which are hens teeth, apparently.
I managed to find a couple of NOS, cheap, single cages from somewhere, for about 4quid each, and they will form the basis of my twin setup.....excuse the crap picture
http://i929.photobucket.com/albums/ad131/stedlocks/92749327-2024-4DDC-B87D-C0642DD0060A-22694-00000D358288E123.jpg
I then also tracked down some aluminium water bottles from a company called 'muscletech' that look very similar to the kind I was searching for...here is one, next to a bottle of Loxley ale for comparison...
http://i929.photobucket.com/albums/ad131/stedlocks/0EE8116D-6964-4D7D-99BC-06491CB4073A-4321-000008C596118744_zpsa7f4d0f6.jpg
Now I don't want them looking new, and I obviously don't want that black lettering bollox all over them, so I decided to see what I can do with various things.....first of all, 45 minutes with the course emery cloth by hand, and I had this.....
http://i929.photobucket.com/albums/ad131/stedlocks/89696396-A9E0-42E9-92F6-95F3D1FB39E5-4321-000008C59C4203F2_zps301b44ad.jpg
I worked it harder in random places, to put some deeper scratches in the aluminium......they were spray painted silver and not anodised, so that was a result!
I then decided to miss out the normal first stage of polishing with the course sisal wheel, so as to leave the deeper scratches in, and moved directly onto stage 2, a white wheel with a green cutting compound. About 20 minutes of light polishing, and I am left with this.....
http://i929.photobucket.com/albums/ad131/stedlocks/93BB908F-F0D4-4F25-B286-CF2861B7AC18-4321-000008C5A49909C4_zps314c71b9.jpg
A nice, deep, semi shine, with a good amount of vertical scratches left in situ.....for that vintage, pull it out and put it in a lot, look......
That's all for now.....I've got to fuck off and locate some corks and other bits.
And it's just dawned on me that I haven't even tried them in the cages yet....I hope they fit! More later.....