rpbcps Posted June 13, 2025 Report Share Posted June 13, 2025 Nice idea, not mine, for a desk lamp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full auto 45 Posted June 13, 2025 Report Share Posted June 13, 2025 That means I would have to drink the bottle I have. That would take me a while to drink that much Vodka and tequila. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted June 13, 2025 Report Share Posted June 13, 2025 About as good as the "Leg" lamp in Chevy Chase movie.... "A Christmas Story" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hammer Posted June 13, 2025 Report Share Posted June 13, 2025 12 minutes ago, Rekraps said: About as good as the "Leg" lamp in Chevy Chase movie.... "A Christmas Story" Chase was not in "A Christmas Story". A much better actor by the name of Darren McGavin played the dad enamored with the leg lamp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNGUY45 Posted June 13, 2025 Report Share Posted June 13, 2025 Darren McGavin, of "Kolchak: the Night Stalker" fame. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timkel Posted June 13, 2025 Report Share Posted June 13, 2025 (edited) A Garrigue 1/2 scale 1921, 1928 and M1a1 miniature Thompson lamp. It's not mine but it was up for sale a few years ago. Edited June 13, 2025 by timkel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted June 13, 2025 Report Share Posted June 13, 2025 8 hours ago, Mike Hammer said: Chase was not in "A Christmas Story". A much better actor by the name of Darren McGavin played the dad enamored with the leg lamp. As usual, I was wrong. But the lamp was there, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Sergeant Posted June 14, 2025 Report Share Posted June 14, 2025 Yes the "Major Award" leg lamp was in Christmas Story. A movie Classic, as is Christmas Vacation which featured Moose drinking glasses but no leg lamp...? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted June 14, 2025 Report Share Posted June 14, 2025 Like Full Auto 45, I have a Tommygun bottle of vodka......but no Brodie helmet. I do like the idea though. Saw a piece of trench art many years ago at a gun show, the Brodie helmet stop a brass artillery shell casing. The casing had some imbellishment hammered into the sides, scenes if soldiers in a trench and was dated WWI, but forget the location or date. Must have taken the soldier many hours tap-tapoing the design into the brass. Always wondered if he maybe used mess kit utensils and a bayonet as a hammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted June 19, 2025 Report Share Posted June 19, 2025 On 6/13/2025 at 7:49 AM, full auto 45 said: That means I would have to drink the bottle I have. That would take me a while to drink that much Vodka and tequila. Mike, I know you can do this, or perhaps you could get some help Saturday night after the show. David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit57 Posted June 19, 2025 Report Share Posted June 19, 2025 Years ago, when I was collecting AKs, I saw a pretty good sized wooden chest with a bottle of vodka shaped like an AK-47 in it. It was pretty detailed, I remember that. It also came with a bottle shaped like a hand grenade filled with a dark vodka, I guess to finish you off if the AK vodka did not! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68coupe Posted June 19, 2025 Report Share Posted June 19, 2025 I must not be a big enough fan if I have to ask, but I have to ask, "Where does one get a bottle like this?". Karl, 68coupe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted June 19, 2025 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2025 1 hour ago, Rabbit57 said: Years ago, when I was collecting AKs, I saw a pretty good sized wooden chest with a bottle of vodka shaped like an AK-47 in it. It was pretty detailed, I remember that. It also came with a bottle shaped like a hand grenade filled with a dark vodka, I guess to finish you off if the AK vodka did not! Mark Like this one... 6 shot glasses too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit57 Posted June 21, 2025 Report Share Posted June 21, 2025 Richard, that is it! I have looked for that chest for more than a few years, no luck. I did find a bottle of vodka in a glass bottle shaped like an AK, but it was smaller, and just did not have the wow factor of the chest. Good for you sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted June 24, 2025 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2025 Just found a Tommy gun bottle, unfortunately already empty ? But it is a start to my project. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted June 27, 2025 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2025 I am curious of the origin/ history of the Tommy gun bottles. Does anyone know who made them and when? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Countryboy77 Posted June 27, 2025 Report Share Posted June 27, 2025 Ive seen real thompsons mg34s and mp40s as lamps in the 80s-90s gun shows made from decomissioned guns.Really cool stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68coupe Posted June 27, 2025 Report Share Posted June 27, 2025 4 hours ago, rpbcps said: I am curious of the origin/ history of the Tommy gun bottles. Does anyone know who made them and when? My Google searches have found that the most common is the clear glass, containing Tommy Gun Vodka. Also available, but not as common are green glass containing whiskey, and red glass with tequila. They all still available at prices ranging from $35-$90. I have absolutely no idea if they are still being made, or are just still available. Empty bottles can be found on fleabay, in all three colors, with price tags that would make one think that the bottles weren't empty. Karl, 68coupe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted June 28, 2025 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2025 On 6/27/2025 at 3:56 PM, 68coupe said: My Google searches have found that the most common is the clear glass, containing Tommy Gun Vodka. Also available, but not as common are green glass containing whiskey, and red glass with tequila. They all still available at prices ranging from $35-$90. I have absolutely no idea if they are still being made, or are just still available. Empty bottles can be found on fleabay, in all three colors, with price tags that would make one think that the bottles weren't empty. Karl, 68coupe Thanks Karl. Looked on line they all look slightly different from the one I found. Screw tops, rather than smooth top for a cork and writing in the glass, mine does not have any. Guess there has been a few versions made over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted July 16, 2025 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2025 Well just found myself a WW2 steel helmet shell, in good condition. So another piece for my project, although this one will be for the winter months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Fliegenheimer Posted August 17, 2025 Report Share Posted August 17, 2025 1969 "I Dream of Jeannie" episode. Now this a Thompson lamp! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACARLG Posted August 19, 2025 Report Share Posted August 19, 2025 (edited) On 7/16/2025 at 5:15 AM, rpbcps said: Well just found myself a WW2 steel helmet shell, in good condition. So another piece for my project, although this one will be for the winter months. Older than that Brodie helmet - Wikipedia Glass 1921/28 Thompson w/ drum + Brodie helmet = "Sand Pebbles" lamp Bonus - spiff it up with some brass Navy Brass Insignia for sale | eBay Edited August 19, 2025 by ACARLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted August 19, 2025 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2025 On 6/13/2025 at 1:49 PM, full auto 45 said: That means I would have to drink the bottle I have. That would take me a while to drink that much Vodka and tequila. Invite a few friends around, if they are anything like mine, I'm sure they would make short work of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firearm Posted November 18, 2025 Report Share Posted November 18, 2025 I picked up 3 of these years ago from a good friend who owned a liquor store in Houston, Texas. Kept one Vodka and one Tequila. Gave Gordon the other Vodka. Not too many around as they were not popular with the liquor stores. Very fragile and many were destroyed in shipment. The Vodka came from Poland. The Tequila from Mexico. Never have seen the whiskey variety. All varieties were imported for Alphonse Capone Enterprises, Chicago, IL. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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