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Reply #20 - Apr 22^nd, 2009 at 3:27pm

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I wouldnt be supprised if it goes over $300.......as far as I know the wire handle jobs are the real McCoy. They aint exactly thick on the ground.

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Reply #21 - Apr 22^nd, 2009 at 5:37pm

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I cannot recal who sent me this oe even where it came from but it's an extract from an old Furphy catalogue. I thought it was Astro actually.

This is what the old Furphy Jaffle Irons looked like. Note the wire handles.

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Reply #22 - Apr 22^nd, 2009 at 6:11pm

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Wire handles do not make this a true Furphy JI. They can be made without to much trouble ( but there is a difference) There is a member on this site who has the genuine article. I had a look at mine, a copy made whose knows where. This has a kangaroo on both sides..but the one on EBay has a Kola on the top only. My two bobs worth.
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Reply #23 - Apr 22^nd, 2009 at 6:22pm

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Would that be a Koka Kola Muzz!?? Grin

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Reply #24 - Apr 22^nd, 2009 at 6:30pm

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I have two of the new Chinese Furphy Jaffles and have just done a fairly close comparison with the photos of that current one on ebay.

I don't think that they have come out of the same mold. The details in the ebay one are much more distinct. One little bit that really stands out are the claws on the Koala. On mine they are just a clump but on that one you can actually see the claws.

Interesting though. Last one I saw of these on ebay went for over $200. I think I would like to examine it before bidding myself.

I had a few very interesting conversations with a few different people at the Woodgate Fair and they are saying that clever reproductions of old camp ovens are starting to appear.

Could this be one as those inside photos look pretty newish to me.

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Reply #25 - Apr 22^nd, 2009 at 8:39pm

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That is a very interesting observation Derek.
On every side there is yet another imitation. Is that not what the Orientals were famous for: making a cheap copy/replica and making capital from it?
As a clapped out sapphire miner, now a tiring opal miner I can tell you that ALL gemstones (including opal) are being replaced by synthetics.
But there is a rub. All genuine gems have a fault within the stone somewhere. It is their "fingerprint". The most valuable have this authenticated by digital photo. technology.
The synthetic... perfect stone, colur, brilliance, hardness... but alas... no fingerprint to show...
Back to my point.... With "authentic" copies of all manner of CI/CO's possibly getting on the market, this should make all of those genuine and antique C/O's with the inevitable "hairline" cracks, impossible to replicate in the new copies, worth an absolute mint?
Hmmm..
Just been checking the inventory for value... alas, only 2 with cracks found. Cry

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Reply #26 - Apr 22^nd, 2009 at 8:49pm

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Well, a vintage Mike post, a real gem of a post.

Very well said.

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Reply #27 - Apr 22^nd, 2009 at 9:07pm

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Derek wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2009 at 6:30pm:

clever reproductions of old camp ovensare starting to appear.

Yes I know of several very collectable ovens that turned out to copies.
Taking up mikels line an oven with casting faults and maybe a hairline crack is more likely to be genuine than an apparently very old oven in absolutely perfect condition.
SBB explained to me how an oven cast using a genuine pot as a mold will be smaller than the original, all you need is a genuine pot to compare it to, and a good steel rule !
Forget the high prices on eBay there is also the risk of buying a dud, I know I have !

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When I die I hope my missus doesn't sell my camp ovens for what I told her I paid for them. pd

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Reply #28 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 9:03pm

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$202.50. Come on, who bought it. Huh

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Reply #29 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 10:11pm

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Derek wrote on Apr 30^th, 2009 at 9:03pm:

$202.50.Come on, who bought it.Huh

Not me.. No single cup jaffle iron is really worth that... (I have to say that, the missus is looking over my shoulder)

A furphy, is Australian slang for a rumour, or an erroneous or improbable story. You would never get anything but the plain honest dinky-di truth here... I promise!!!! Yup, hand on my heart, promise, true blue, uh-huh true dinks, dead set!!

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