RAF Aircraft hatch mounted in Lead wood bowl

This is a military aircraft access hatch with original service stencils for DTD 585 and Hyd Oil. .
DTD is Defense Technical Department and 585 was the military grade for Hydraulic Oil.
It has the original dark Grey paint from the aircraft fuselage and interior has a grey/green paint.
There are pots on the grey paint where the oil has dripped and softened the paint.
There are no markings to confirm exactly what aircraft it came from.
The hatch is 4.5 inches diameter
The paint colors are from a 40's to 70's Royal Air Force (RAF) or Royal Navy (FAA) aircraft.

We have hand turned a bowl from a blank of solid Lead wood.

We have used the original holes to add a new aluminium hinge that we have rivetted on.
At the other end of the hatch we have replaced the Dzus fastener and carved a mounting hole into the bowl. This means that if desired the hatch can be secured using the working dsuz fastener.
The dzus can be turned with a coin or a flat screwdriver blade.

In its unsecured position the bowl still closes and can be opened easily.

The bowl can be used as a Vide poche/pocket tidy or for storing items.
The size of the bowl is 6 inches (15cm) in diameter and stands 3 inches (7.5 cm) tall.
The interior of the bowl has a 3.25 inch (8cm) opening and is 2 inches (5cm) deep.
The bottom has a brown leather base.
A unique item

Price £95 plus postage

WW2 Spitfire wing aluminium part repurposed as Pen Rack

Original WW2 piece of aluminium from a Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire that has original part number and inspector stamps on it.
We have mounted it on a hardwood base ( Pink Ebony) that is shaped to match the original part. The wood is dense and strong and has the words Supermarine Spitfire etched into the front edge.

We have routed nine holes in the base to act as pen base holder.
The spitfire part is riveted and doweled above the base on two African Blackwood risers.

It can be used as a pen or tool rack. There are four small holes either side of a central slightly larger hole.

The part number stamped on it (30008) was used from the Mk1 onwards. The part number is 300 ( Mk 1) and 08 for bottom outer main plane/wing. This does not mean that it was form a Mk1 as the same part will likely have been used in later marks. The inspectors stamp ( HM&S/MM&S) is not easily recognizable but likely from a metalwork sub contractor.

We have no details on which machine this part was taken from.

It measures 38 cm wide; 4.7 cm deep and 8.2 cm tall.
Price £120 plus postage

WW2 Supermarine Sea Otter Pen Pot Desk Tidies and Relic

WW2 Supermarine Sea Otter pen pot or desk tidy.
Sea Otter was designed by RJ Mitchell as a replacement for the Supermarine Walrus ( Ship Borne reconnaissance and air sea rescue aircraft).
These are pieces of Stainless Steel from the aircraft structure and are all marked with part numbers starting 309 and Inspectors stamps with SR ( contract built by Saunders Roe).
The Sea Otter was flown by both the RAF and the Royal Navy.
There are two pots available listed separately.

WW2 Supermarine Sea Otter pen pot or desk tidy.
1. This is the slightly larger one at 13.5 cm long; 7 cm wide and 7 cm tall.
2. This is the slightly smaller one at 12 cm long; 8cm wide and 6.5 cm tall.

The wood is new and is a hardwood called Anjan.
The bolts and castellated nuts are new but match those on it originally.
There is one large central hole and 4 pen holes.
Name and profile etched into base. Price £65 each plus postage

3. This is a piece of Stainless Steel from the aircraft structure and is marked with part numbers starting 309 and Inspectors stamps with SR ( contract built by Saunders Roe).
The Sea Otter was flown by both the RAF and the Royal Navy.
This is 15 cm long; 7.5 cm wide and 2.5 cm thick.
The wood is oak. Price £40 plus postage
Aircraft parts were found at Llandow airfield in the Vale of Glamorgan where post 1945 many aircraft were scrapped.

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Consolidated B-24 Liberator metal detecting find. Stainless steel fuel tank filler neck with part number 32G1715.
With the original rubber seal made by Firestone - between the metal and the wood.
Mounted using stainless steel bolts onto a hand turned American Black Walnut bowl with undercut hollowing.

The wood is 8 inches x 3 inches.
A useful pot.

Price £95 plus postage

Ww2 Battlefield Relic Mounted On Wooden Plinth

Piece of a karabiner 98 K that has been cleaned and displayed on a wooden base. The patina is due to the rusting from being in the ground. No moving parts due to rust.
The wood base shows signs of age.
The label is etched plastic with its name and image of the gun.
24cm long, 14cm wide and 10cm high

Price £100 plus postage

1930's German Aircraft Propeller VDM Pitch control Bowl ME 109

A VDM propeller spinner back plate From a Messerschmitt bf 109
Made of steel but with three planet gears that freely rotate.

Part also has a Brass inner bearing that was around the propeller shaft.

Mounted in a hand turned 10 inch by two inch leadwood bowl.

The leadwood is extremely heavy and dense but is beautifully polished.

The part was made in the 1930;s

Each of the 3 planet gears has a number engraved it 1,2,3.

We have cleaned and polished the steel part before applying a wax finish.

The bowl in the centre is 6 inches diameter and 1 inch deep.

The whole piece is 10 inches diameter and 3 inches high.

The bowl has a ridge that holds the back plate in place.

Price £240 plus postage

Avro Shackleton Propeller part mounted in hardwood bowl

Propeller part removed from Avro Shackleton WL754 when she was consigned to the fire dump at RAF Valley in the 1980's.

The part has numerous DHL - De Havilland Lostock inspector stamps and part numbers so we assume from the Propeller.

Mounted into a hand turned Padauk custom made 10 inch x 2 inch bowl.
Uses the lower retaining nut to safely hold the upper bronze dome in place.

25cm diameter and 8 cm high . Weighs 3.1 kg

Price £95 plus postage

Hawker Sea Hawk Spent shell chute desk tidy

This is the 20mm cannon shell chute from a Hawker Sea Hawk.

It has been mounted to allow it to be used as a desk tidy.

The Sea Hawk was a jet fighter used by the Fleet Air Arm and also flown by the German air force post war.

They were used by the RAF at the Suez crisis.

This was the ejection chute for the spent 20mm shell casing. It was intended that the shells were ejected so that the spent shells did not block teh gun for future firing.

it is made from steel to take the heat from the fired shell.

The original green paint.

It is marked with an AW ( Armstrong Whitworth) inspectors stamp and part number C176197.

Armstrong Whitworth made Sea Hawks for Hawker.

From the Sea Hawk part numbers we can see the part on the hinged door on the side fo the fuselage.

We have created a black walnut wood base 10cm by 20cm and the whole item stands 15cm high.
We have laser engraved the aircraft name on the front.

The base has green felt on the bottom.

Price is £130 Plus P&P

Bowl made from an Airspeed Horsa relic mounted in Zebrano wood.

Original sections of reinforcing plates from a WW2 Horsa glider.

The Airspeed AS 51/AS 58 Horsa was a large troop carrying glider that was used extensively by the British in their invasion and assaults on Europe. They saw service in Sicily, Normandy and Arnhem

They were made of wooden frames with plywood skins. The wooden structure had several metal plates that were necessary to reinforce the joints and heavy strain points.

This plate came form the excavation of a glider remains and were to be used in a failed restoration project.

We have electrolytically de rusted the steel to remove surface rust.


This steel circular plate is similar to the large washers visible in the roof of the Horsa in the last image.

We have turned a 6 inch x 2 inch piece of Zebrano wood to make a custom bowl to hold teh relic.

It can be used as a Vide poche/pocket tidy or for storing small items.

The internal hols is 6 cm x 2.5 cm deep.

The size of the bowl is just under 6 inches x 2 inches.

The colours of the rusted steel match the Zebrano.

A unique item

Price £80 plus postage

Box - Carl Zeiss Vintage Aircraft Camera Filter German Air Force

An original vintage Carl Zeiss Jena reconnaissance aircraft camera filter.

Mounted in a Burr Maple box - useful and unique storage.

This 120 mm wide Zeiss camera filter is marked with Carl Zeiss Jena Gelbfilter Fliegertruppe. - Yellow Filter Air Force.

Fliegertruppe was the name given to the German air force in WW1 up until the Luftwaffe .

These large reconnaissance cameras were used from WW1 and even up until the 1960's.

This one was found in the Welsh Valleys in the 1940's

The filter had lain on the ground and water has partially dissolved some of the yellow filter.

The filter spring catch has the original grey paint and there are traces of black on the securing ring.

The filter rim is aluminium and is ca. 2.5 cm deep.

We have made a custom burr maple box that measures just under 6 inches in diameter and 3 3/4 inches tall.

The inside of the box is ca. 2 inches deep so is useful for storing items.

The box has been oiled and waxed.

The filter originally had a bayonet fitting onto the camera lens and was held in place using the sprung clip. We have added an extra ridge around the rim to allow the clip to hold the filter in place.

A unique and historic storage box.

Price £130 plus postage

Royal Navy shell fuse transit cap in wooden base

Original WW2 American fuel cap used as a lid in desk bowl.
The hand turned polished round bowl in rosewood has been shaped to hold the filler cap and allow i to turn and lock in place.
The original green paint and red stencil reads "Fuel Tank" and "83 US Gallons"
The locking flap lifts and locks down as needed.

Inside of bowl has brown leather inset. Can be used for storage of small items.

The locking catch works and has Air Associates stamped into it. On the back is an inked inspectors stamp. AA Inc. Air Associates were manufacturers of aircraft parts and clothing during WW2 and post war supplied a range of aircraft parts and clothing in a catalogue.

Cap diameter 11cm, Bowl diameter 14cm, total height 7cm
Price £115 plus postage

Desk pots in lignum vitae hard wood on metal missile fins

Desk top pencil pot made from an original missile fin.
The fins have the part number on the original green paint.
The cylindrical pots with lids have been hand turned from a section of lignum vitae hardwood. They have groves turned into the body.
22cm high and 6 cm diameter
The variants are:
1. Two groves
2. Three groves

Price is for one pot.
Price £50 each plus postage

Browning M2 50 cal

In 2009 we were invited to a dig at a local RAF WW2 disposal site.

We found many items from T-6, P-51, Lancaster, B-25, P-BY, Oxford; Magister etc. a well as a few other pieces.

This is the retracting slide from a Browning M2 "Fifty Cal" that we pulled out of the hole in the ground. It had been underground for 70 years but it is from a wartime RAF aircraft.

We have derusted it, polished and blued it. We have mounted it on a beach wood board using two japanned screws. The lever still folds but the slider is static.

A very nice wartime relic from an allied aircraft. Due to its condition it is not considered a weapon.

The board measures 32 cm x 12.5cm.
It measures 32 cm long ( 1 foot) x 11 cm wide (4.5 inches)
Price £125 plus postage

Wessex Bowl

Info coming soon.

B 24 Bowl

Original metal casting from a B-24 fuel tank filler.

This relic was a metal detecting find on a Royal Air Force airfield in the UK where post war surplus B-24 were scrapped.

These aircraft were built in the USA and flown to Europe and were being massed for use in Tiger Force - the Allied force preparing to fight Japan.

After Japan surrendered the aircraft were surplus to needs and disposed of in the late 40's.


This is part of the fuel tank filler cap that can be seen in the parts diagram. It was attached to part 19.

We have hand turned a bowl form a solid blank of Sycamore and created a space for the metal ring to sit.

It can be used as a Vide poche/pocket tidy or for storing small items.

The size of the bowl is just under 6 inches (15cm) in diameter and stands 2 inches (5 cm) tall.

Price £70 plus postage

Me 109
This is a section of a genuine fuselage from a Luftwaffe wartime Me 109.

The piece of fuselage has the original RML paint.

Next to it is a piece of rib structure.

The aircraft details have been laser etched into the hard woodwood

£ 60 Plus P&P