John Deere Tiller Blade

Today's favorite find....in Ohio we have A LOT of corn fields.  So we also have a lot of equipment to work those fields.  This piece is a tiller blade from a John Deere tractor.  I think it's really cool looking.  Reminds me of the Alice in Chains sun logo they used.  I think this could be turned into a neat upcycled piece, a clock or something, or even just as it is with some painted decoration.  It is heavy solid cast iron.  I like that the paint is worn off the blades, showing that it's been used. I think this tractor's sexy lol.

Vintage Pinup Girl Lighter

My favorite find today......a lighter.  Did you know that there are lighter museums?  I had no idea until I started to try and research this piece.....never did find anything specific about it, but I did find hundreds of very cool lighters in my search.  

This particular one is marked 'Japan' and 'National'.  Features 4 pictures of a pinup girl.  I'm not sure if it's the same girl each time or not.  They are all brunettes and one image looks very much like the infamous Bettie Page.  Research leads me to wandering.....Bettie had an interesting life  - born in the 20's, mother was divorced, father molested her, she got a bachelor's degree, worked as a secretary, did the pinup thing, became 'born again', diagnosed schizophrenic - just interesting.  

While I learned all about Bettie Page, I couldn't find a thing on any company named 'National' that made lighters. 

Here's the lighter: