Inherited dressers - help with identification/restoration?

Hi,
I heard the same story ONLY it was his wife which came up the mayo which she made not him.
greg

 

Probably.

 

Thanks, Greg, for a knowledgeable response. I was not the first one to inherit aunties chest, so not positive of past use and not happy with the rings. Wish I had your advice three years ago - before I realized I was - at one pack a day - spending three hundred dollars a month on cigs.

Thankfully I don't have the addictive gene and was able to quit after one box of NicoDerm patches. Not sure I can even find a friend or family member who can save cig. ashes. At least I hope not.

Thanks again, Greg.

 

Hi TOG,
I quit the first time after 45+ years of smoking. Quit for 7 years and started up again and smoked until my accident in 1999 and have not had one since, though they were always on mind for 5 to 6 years.
greg

 

I quit before I ever got started.

 

Hi,
You were lucky. I was 6 when I started to borrow (steal) my Dad's cigarettes. By second grade I was a smoker maybe 5 or six a day. When I was 12 smokes were 25 cents a pack in the machine and you got three pennies sealed under the plastic on the side. I remember the wonderful day I bought a pack and there was a 14-D penny on the pack.
greg

 

I wasn't lucky.
Two things did it.
My Dad and others smoked and it was disgusting to me, still is.
He suffered for many years with throat cancer. He lived on Carnation Instant Breakfast and God help him if he forgot to not yawn.
My step Mom died from it.
I was about 12 when read a story in the 'news'paper of a man who quit and every day saved the money he would've spent on cigarettes and then bought a new Cadillac with it.
Though not a Caddy fan THAT cost made an impression on me.

 

but I used cigarette ashes also as a very mild abrasive.

Hey Greg....you're not alone !
I was taught to use the ashes on tarnished silver ...on the makers marks , to make them clearer ...when I didn't want to disturb the patina of the rest of the item.