I was born in August of '56 - three days before his passing. Kettle karma would suggest I should own this kettle.
No, really, thanks for digging into a proper restore and recording the process. Think of the stories of each layer you remove. Generations of stories. No NIB/NOS kettle of any age hold the kinds of tales a beauty like this can tell.
as a believer in destiny, cosmic distillation and otherwordly things, i must agree!
and so, with at least as much happiness as sadness, i hereby transfer ownership of this incredible treasure to...
ding ding ding goes the alarm clock.
as i was cleaning it i was thinking man, some of this might be 100% USDA beef grease from the year I (we) was born! ...thinking of a '55 chevy in the driveway, a baseball game on the transistor and a gyrating 16 yr old in cutoffs doing the hula hoop....
ding ding ding....