Trash to Treasure - 100 Year Old Hockey Puck!!

[romeo-1]

Picked up a box that was being thrown out from an old house and scored a ton of antiques including these...

The razor blades are cool but for me the hockey puck is the find of the day! It was made by the Canadian Rubber Company Of Montreal Limited which became the Dominion Rubber Company Limited in 1926. The previous owner even carved his initials in the side of the puck. Probably something that belongs in a museum!

 

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[qaela4]

Cool finds, I found the top of one of those Gillette razors in my backyard last year. Puck looks like it has beat to hell and back, must have a Gordie Howe "hat-trick" puck.

 

[romeo-1]

Cool finds, I found the top of one of those Gillette razors in my backyard last year. Puck looks like it has beat to hell and back, must have a Gordie Howe "hat-trick" puck.

Yep, the puck has been well used! The owner of the puck was a pilot in WWII so he would have probably used this puck before then...online research leads me to think that this puck could actually be 19th century...

 

[sutphin]

Whoa Whoa Romeo, neat ole hockey puck.vanzutphen

 

[romeo-1]

I read the history wrong...the company changed it's name from The Canadian Rubber Company of Montreal Limited in the early 1900s...this is very likely an 1800s hockey puck! To a Canadian such as myself this is nearly an historic find!

http://hockeygods.com/images/9311-Antique_Puck___The_Canadian_Rubber_of_Montreal_Limited

 

[DirtStalker]

What's Hockey?

 

[BuckleBoy]

Sweet finds! I love the puck, and of course the razor blades in their original packaging should be collectible too!

Congrats,

Buck

 

[Gridwalker306]

Holy puck! That's a great find. Yes, here in Canada that's an important piece of history, thanks for rescuing it!

 

[UnderMiner]

Trash finds are my favorite. Many people just don't realize how many treasures are indiscriminately tossed out every day. Nice score, that puck is part of your nation's history!

 

[romeo-1]

What's Hockey?

 

[The Patriot]

You're well on your way to the Pickers series...great score

 

[romeo-1]

You're well on your way to the Pickers series...great score

More likely "Hoarders" but I'm working on it...ha!

 

[ironhorse]

The birthplace of hockey is just a short drive away from you. It could very well be one of the oldest pucks around!

It pays to scrounge in the trash sometimes

 

[romeo-1]

The birthplace of hockey is just a short drive away from you. It could very well be one of the oldest pucks around!

It pays to scrounge in the trash sometimes

You may not be far off with that...I've been Googlin' like a madman and only found one other example...seems to definitely be from the 1800s.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

HE SHOOTS HE SCOOOOORES!

Nice save buddy!

Dave

 

[Honeyman]

Nice finds! That razor will probably still shave great! Clean it up and give it a try. I wet shave and go back and forth between an old Gillette like that, and a 1940's schick injector! But don't use the vintage blades. Even though they haven't been opened, the egde deteriorates with age.

 

[Iron Patch]

You may not be far off with that...I've been Googlin' like a madman and only found one other example...seems to definitely be from the 1800s.

Did you come across the square puck? I think it said it was the first.. 1886. So if yours is 1800s, it's likely late 1880s, or 1890s.

 

[Joe hunter]

I went to a fight ones and a hockey game broke out
Nice save my friends and I used to play hockey all the time
Those pucks are now antique as well lol

 

[Iron Patch]

1. Original square hockey puck (1886)

A true centerpiece of the museum’s display is the collection of late 19th century and early 20th century Kingston and Queens University hockey memorabilia featuring a puck used in the very first game recorded in Ontario in 1886! This is the earliest puck known to exist and it actually consisted of what was originally a lacrosse ball cut into a square-shaped puck. This antique 19th century puck is mounted on a trophy with a plaque.

The Top 10 Artifacts in the Museum

 

[pepperj]

Nice score on the punk! Hope you find out more about it and decide what you're going to do with it.