When my husband and I went to visit my in-laws for Thanksgiving, my father-in-law gave us a box of old flashlights. His father was a bit of a hoarder. When they cleaned out the shed, they'd find 20 hammers, fourteen hacksaws, thirty tire irons. My father-in-law took the flashlights he wanted and gave the rest to us. We do plan on cleaning these and replacing the bulbs with LEDs and going exploring with them. Excuse my shitty light box.




This one comes from the United States Department of Mines. It's an "intrinsically safe" flashlight, meaning it's safe use it in methane rich environments. Feel free to insert a fart joke now. We also scored an intrinsically safe telephone from Department of Mines. This isn't the telephone forum, though.




My father-in-law handed these to me and said, "LOOK! His and hers dildo lights!"


This one was found in the trunk of my grandfather-in-law's car. By all accounts, it's never been used. It's so clean.


I mean, look at that! This thing is from the 50s and looks brand new!


This is my favorite. This little light converts into so many configurations. You can see on the back that there's a belt clip. You can remove the bulb part and refasten it to the front of the light. Then, by opening up the side, you can also make a head lamp.


The handle pops up, too.


Truck is the most unhappy pit bull in the world.


This gigantic light is taller than a pit bull. I imagine when it's full of batteries, it weighs more than a pit bull, too. It separates in the middle and one could add more sections if one were so inclined.

Awwww truck is awesome. I wish I had room for him or I would steal him from you.

As for the box o'lights, that's awesome. I particularly like your FIL's dildo joke.

Posted by velcrozeppelin As for the box o'lights, that's awesome. I particularly like your FIL's dildo joke.

I tried to only take one, because they're cool and I thought he might want to save one for someone else. He said, "No, no, don't be selfish. Eli needs one too."

Sara, I understand now why you were jumping up and down in your seat! What a collection!

Flashlights in general do tend to be phallic, but those dildo lights are particularly special. I should mention too that dildo-based illumination is a subject close to my heart: what else would you call this diffuser but 'the dildo', honestly?




And now there's a new verision, for larger lights! Being a thoughtful and creative person, I call it the 'big dildo'

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I love the hunter one and especially the one that turns into a headlamp. These are all so awesome. I am so jealous of you and your super life and your super collections of super things.

Ho ray for penis diffusers

Hey Sara.

The last light in your pics, my granddad used to have the exact same one, but it had none of the extensions. I forget how many batteries it took, but yep, I remember it fondly. Precursor to Maglite, I guess. I took it camping once, and then gave it back to him. Too heavy for kids.