STAINLESS CHOPPERS (Apr, 1957)
Filed under: Cool, DIY, Just Weird — @ 12:18 am
Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Apr, 1957
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Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Apr, 1957
| Buy on Ebay
Wow, this is actually the second guy I’ve seen with homemade stainless steel dentures. Here is another from 1937. I wonder how common this was.
STAINLESS CHOPPERS
STEELY SMILE of John Gilpin, village blacksmith of Livingston, Mont., is really friendly although strangers are sometimes awed by it. Gilpin broke a set of store teeth 16 years ago, replaced them with rugged stainless steel.
Obligatory Richard “Jaws” Kiel reference.
Comment by rsterling78 — January 15, 2009 @ 2:02 am
I love how both of these guys are of the Clint Eastwood Old Guy Who Could Rip Your Arm Off model even before they had steel teeth.
Comment by Sean — January 15, 2009 @ 8:04 am
The solid lead teeth never caught on.
Comment by Mike — January 15, 2009 @ 7:49 pm
This may be the coolest thing I’ve seen in, like, ever.
Comment by Scott — January 15, 2009 @ 8:24 pm
It’s… it’s Palmer Eldritch!! No wait, he doesn’t have lateral-lens Luxvid eyes or an artificial hand. Whew!
Comment by fishmorgjp — January 16, 2009 @ 12:58 am
I saw “STAINLESS CHOPPERS” and thought this could either be about a) motorcycles or b) false teeth, but only one of those would be truly awesome.
You didn’t disappoint.
Comment by Chris Radcliff — January 16, 2009 @ 7:42 pm
Chris Radcliff: Or helicopters.
Comment by Charlie — January 16, 2009 @ 7:59 pm
My grandfather (1867-1949) was a blacksmith in the West Virginia and Kentucky coalfields. I’m told he made himself a set of aluminum teeth. I’m also told that twice in his later years he had to be talked down from the town water tower in Williamson, WV. You just have to wonder if having a mouthful of aluminum didn’t contribute to that urge to climb and some of his other strange behavior.
Comment by Big Bob from Tater Knob — February 7, 2009 @ 2:03 pm