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Scrit GDPR opt-out	Door handles Jan 30^th, 2006, 5:58pm Does anyone know of a source for Art Deco style door levers and plates? I need to source seven identical ones so flea markets and antique dealers look to be out of the question. Scrit
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jasonB GDPR opt-out	Re: Door handles Reply #1 - Jan 30^th, 2006, 6:23pm I use these people occasionally, they are not cheap but the quality is first class. http://www.doorhandles.co.uk/acatalog/PRODUCT_DETAILS_ART_DECO_226.html Jason
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Scrit GDPR opt-out	Re: Door handles Reply #2 - Jan 30^th, 2006, 6:51pm Thanks for the recommendation Jason Scrit
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jasonB GDPR opt-out	Re: Door handles Reply #3 - Jan 30^th, 2006, 7:49pm Just found these, think they look nicer. http://www.doorfit.co.uk/pages/content.php?menu_id=2&sub_menu_id=1&product_id=42... Jason
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TIMBA-WOLF Board Moderator Offline Timba-Wolf..... Var@*sh, should be banned!! Posts: 7158 Total Thanks: 15 For This Post: 0 KENT,(under a tree!!!!) United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Joiner	Re: Door handles Reply #4 - Jan 30^th, 2006, 9:27pm or even these, seeing as JB has already used 2 of my 4 main suppilers!!! http://www.ironmongerydirect.com or http://www.woodfit.com
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Scrit GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 15 For This Post: 0	Re: Door handles Reply #5 - Jan 30^th, 2006, 10:38pm Thank you for your help gentlemen. Hopefully this will save me from having to buy-in from the USA Scrit
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jasonB GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 15 For This Post: 0	Re: Door handles Reply #6 - Jan 31^st, 2006, 7:36am Wolf, I didn't post those two because they don't do any art deco lever handles Jason
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Scrit GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 15 For This Post: 0	Re: Door handles Reply #7 - Jan 31^st, 2006, 7:48am I've found an alternative to one of the above suppliers for those of us in the frozen north: Bernard's Ironmongers on the Wirral Scrit
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CWatters Super Member Offline "Daddy fick it" says James Posts: 5150 Total Thanks: 58 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: Door handles Reply #8 - Jan 31^st, 2006, 11:17am Perhaps not as nice as the ones posted by others but.. http://www.worldofbrass.co.uk/cgi-bin/trolleyed_public.cgi?action=showprod_KNB20...
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Scrit GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 58 For This Post: 0	Re: Door handles Reply #9 - Jan 31^st, 2006, 12:58pm Actually CW I think theyr'e nearer to the thing I had in mind. Brill! Scrit
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TIMBA-WOLF Board Moderator Offline Timba-Wolf..... Var@*sh, should be banned!! Posts: 7158 Total Thanks: 15 For This Post: 0 KENT,(under a tree!!!!) United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Joiner	Re: Door handles Reply #10 - Jan 31^st, 2006, 3:40pm JB, do you have all the catalogues for both Woodfits, and IM Direct, as the woodfit cats came in a big parcel of books folders etc, inc fancy/ornate handles and IM direct has a seperate one for order in handles and plates etc!!! there was a fifth supplier, but i'll be damned if i can find the catalogue!!!!
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Scrit GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 15 For This Post: 0	Re: Door handles Reply #11 - Jan 31^st, 2006, 3:57pm I had thought that I was going to have to use van d**e Restorers in the USA who have a very interesting collection of hardware and such like. Scrit
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TIMBA-WOLF Board Moderator Offline Timba-Wolf..... Var@*sh, should be banned!! Posts: 7158 Total Thanks: 15 For This Post: 0 KENT,(under a tree!!!!) United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Joiner	Re: Door handles Reply #12 - Jan 31^st, 2006, 4:07pm they do stock a nice amount of gear, but the crystals are best!!!!! nice !!!
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jasonB GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 15 For This Post: 0	Re: Door handles Reply #13 - Jan 31^st, 2006, 4:56pm Wolf, for Woodfit I have the A5 size cataloge and a thinner Knobs & handles one, For ID I only have the A5 catalogue. Were you thinking Isaac Lord or Martin & Co as the other supplier ??? Jason
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Scrit GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 15 For This Post: 0	Re: Door handles Reply #14 - Jan 31^st, 2006, 6:27pm Hi Jason Martin's are good on the traditional stuff but don't do much by way of 20th century from what I've seen. Scrit
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Reply #15 - Jan 31^st, 2006, 7:00pm

hi JB, i mean these people, http://www.doorchic.co.uk/site01/index.asp

got quite a good designer range, had to use them on more than one occasion, i do use ol Issac's, but not a lot, as they lost a set of specially done butts early last year!!!! that i sent baack as wrong colour,(order state BRASS- got S/steel!!!) and had REG'd the post, they stated they were lost in post, yet i had a signature!!!! coughed up after being threatened to be sued!!!!!!!

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jasonB GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 15 For This Post: 0	Re: Door handles Reply #16 - Jan 31^st, 2006, 7:54pm Scrit, found another one on this site, can't link direct but if you go to Beardmore collection then period door there is a nice deco lever. Used to use Beardmore a lot when I worked for a contractor that did high class work up in town. http://www.beardmore.co.uk/ Jason
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jasonB GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 15 For This Post: 0	Re: Door handles Reply #17 - Jan 31^st, 2006, 7:56pm scrit found another one, can't link drirect but if you go to beardmore collection then period door there is a very nice lever there. Used to use them a lot when I worked for a contractor that did high class work up in town. http://www.beardmore.co.uk/ Jason
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TIMBA-WOLF Board Moderator Offline Timba-Wolf..... Var@*sh, should be banned!! Posts: 7158 Total Thanks: 15 For This Post: 0 KENT,(under a tree!!!!) United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Joiner	Re: Door handles Reply #18 - Jan 31^st, 2006, 8:36pm WOW! an echo!!! LOL i think we will have to get a best of suppliers list up!!! some how some time!!! Time being the operative word of course!!!
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Scrit GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 15 For This Post: 0	Re: Door handles Reply #19 - Jan 31^st, 2006, 10:48pm Wolf - that's a darned good idea Scrit
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jasonB GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 15 For This Post: 0	Re: Door handles Reply #20 - Feb 1^st, 2006, 7:47am Almost 12hrs since your last post Wolf, have you finished the list yet ??? BTW don't put thei worktop supplier on your list, scroll down to the photos, think it was put together with flour & water paste http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=281182#281182 Jason
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Scrit GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 15 For This Post: 0	Re: Door handles Reply #21 - Feb 1^st, 2006, 7:51am Any idea who these cowboys are, Jason? Just so that I can avoid them. Scrit
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jasonB GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 15 For This Post: 0	Re: Door handles Reply #22 - Feb 1^st, 2006, 5:23pm Probably East European or Chinese cowboys as thats where the cheap oak flooring is comming from. Will see I I can get a name. Jason
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