You Never Know What You Might Find….

…at my parents’ house.

I was out visiting my Mom and Dad recently, trying to help them get stuff together to downsize their life and just generally visiting. My daughter had a blast going through all of the things my Mom has collected from around the world. (WAY too much of it came home with us, I’m afraid!)

During our explorations, we ran across a box of my Dad’s stuff. Now I’m a bit of a pen collector and near the bottom of the box was what looked like a fountain pen. I picked it up and realized it was WAY too heavy to be a pen. When I pulled off the cap, this is what I found:

 

Yep! It’s a stapler! Isn’t that the coolest thing???? I hadn’t seen one of these before, but have since found out quite a bit about them. (You can read up on it here.) I suspect this one was probably made in the 70s. There’s a little crack in the barrel that I think I’ll bind up with a bit of washi tape. 🙂 It takes 1/4-inch staples, which means the Tim Holtz’s Tiny Attacher refills work. WOO HOO!

My generous Dad parted with it and now it’s one of my favorite tools in the craft room. (You can see how I used it on a project here.)

Here’s a couple more pictures:

 

I just had to share! This is such a fun gadget. Thanks, Dad!

Have a great rest o’ the weekend!

Cheers!