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I've got a chance to buy an antique 19th century fingerbox like pic related.

£900 worth it or should I try and haggle?

Also, general fingerbox thread, faggots, get in here.
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Fingerbox?
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Bazinga
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Nice fingerbox u got there
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>>675281412
You should totally go for it man. I got one like the pic you posted and it cost me $1200. Sounds to me like your getting a good deal. Just make sure its authentic when you get to look at it in person.
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>>675281412
honestly if they aren't lying about it being an antique, it might be worth more. I'm kinda doubting the authenticity though because most who get their hands on a fingerbox like that will hold on to it or ask for much more money...
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That's a shitty 1960s reproduction, op.
Do you think a genuine Bockdorff fingerbox would actually have a diagonal laminate on the tray?
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>>675281412
I mean, it looks like a good fingerbox but its only got one hole, maybe a little shallow, so I'd try and haggle, maybe £800? That seems like a normal price...
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>>675281815
And who are you...? A fingerbox expert?
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>>675281815
>This
Haggle down. Its a decent fingerbox but not a chance that its 19th century
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>>675281820
I hear they made them smaller back in the day because there was less oxygen, so the conventional contents would have stunted growth?

Any /his/torians can confirm?
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>>675281998
I think, think that it was just the style that fingerboxes were made back then...
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>>675281412
I grandpa brought one back from fighting gooks in the war, shits worth diamonds now. You should go for it op. Thats fucking incredible, you'll be lucky to get 800 for it
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nice fingerbox
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>>675281412
When my grandmother died I inherited one similar looking to the one in the pic. Never knew how much it was worth! Good quality though, I still use it everyday.
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I picked up this from a car boot sale, it's in pretty poor shape but I plan to refurbish it as a summer project.

Very deep box, don't see that often in contemporary models.
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Depends on your current fingerbox. My dad used to collect antique fingerboxes when I was a kid, so AMA about fingerboxes.
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>>675281998
I can confirm that >>675282141 is right.
Although, there is a pretty neat history to why the 19th century finger boxes were the size that they were.
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Guys what's a fingerbox? Do you stick your dick in it!?
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My uncle bought this back from Denmark last year, they put them outside of their houses for children to use before school. Pretty neat, huh?
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>>675282840
>not an antique
wtf are you doing?
still pretty neat though
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>>675281412
Be careful. There are a lot of fakes from the Renosco period. Forgers have become very adept at copying them. If its authentic it would be easily worth that.
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>>675282838
Don't be disgusting.
You would soil the contents if you tried that...

I want you to go away now and think about what you've said.
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i fucking love how all of you are playing along
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>>675282838
>>675281473

fuck off
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>>675281412
aaaqh man, haven't seen one of these in ages. I sold my fingerbox a couple of years back, still miss it to this day...
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>>675281473
>>675282838
AHAHAHAHAHAH fucking new fags xDDdDD
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>>675283036
Why wouldn't we, fingerbox is great for socialising!

For my 13th Birthday, I had my four best friends around for pizza and we played fingerbox all night long. DAE?
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>>675283036
playing along?

>>675282961
it would be worth at least double that. For sure a fake.
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>>675283263
yea yea yea i will just let you do your own thing i suppose
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>>675283011
What contents!? Do they have ashes from the jews from the first and second reich? Would I get diseases if it got on my dick?
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These threads are autistic as fuck
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What do you guys think about homemade finger boxes? Yay or Nay?
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Well shit, in that condition, you can get way more than that.
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>>675282838
I used to put my dick in mine until my dick got too big. feelsgoodman.jpg
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>>675283328
Depends what you set the difficulty to, you know.

Most children start off with A:20b or A:20f and work up from there, I'm running at H:18k right now so it really isn't for the feint of heart.
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>>675283386
When done right they are pretty sweet. Never cut corners making them take your time.
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lol I cant believe anyone had these. I just thought they were something the kids in my town had.
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>>675283386
Some people think it's cheap and don't like the low-quality but I think it adds a lot of character.
Not to mention, with the secondary market the way it is right now, more and more kids simply can't afford to buy the professional shit.
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http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fingerboxes
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why everyone has a wood fingerbox while you can have this one made of metal
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>>675283567
Shit man, H:18k?

I got to N:04n and called it quits, nobody has time for that unless you're getting sponsored for it.
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>>675283567
ok so where can i get one? i cant find one in amazon
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>>675283570
This is my project that ive been working on for about a year now. coming out good man, just need the fingering and im done
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>>675283995
yea but it loses character its so sterile
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6 finga boxxx
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>>675283995
but it isn't as nice... what do people think about e-finger boxes?
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>>675283997
or if youre streaming it and got a lot of followers i guess. anyways only a handfull of people in this world has the mental fortitude to be a professional fingerboxer
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>>675284005
>wants to get into fingerboxes
>Amazon

Oh what it must be like to be a kid in 2016.
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>>675283995
Metal severly detracts from the tactile quality of the contents and limits the range that you can insert.

Wood insulates so your game won't be affected by heat or electrical aspects of the contents.

Metal outer casing is fine but at that point, it's only aesthetic and honestly, I find it looks dull.
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>>675282840
>>675283995
>>675284019
Is this like a thing...?
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What is a finger box, new hipster sheet?
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>>675283995
>>675283995
That's a plastic one, dipshit.
Trust me, I have one from the Cold War era that my Grandfather stole from the soviets.
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my friend got this one and when I told him why it sucks, he called me anti-semitic.
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>>675283927
nice troll site m8, but only an idiot who who never heard of a fingerbox would take that b8, and literally everyone knows what a fingerbox is.
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>>675284210
Fuckin' newfag doesnt know how to Google
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>>675281412
Man I had one of these as a kid. Actually it still might be in storage somewhere. Wasn't sanded down too well though, I got a splinter from the corners once
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>>675284244
The soviets needed their fingerboxes, man.

Without that small pleasure, what else did they have to live for?

I recall an anecdote of orphans in Petrograd, trading their shoes and gloves to buy one fingerbox. Shit's heartbreaking.
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>>675284199
if you dont know what this is just get out while you still can, it will be best for you, im just here playing along
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My dad brought this one from a special operation in russia. What does /b/ think?
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