"Real" Telephones

Originally Posted by Pangloss62

Hey rkzen!

I know you can find a nice Western Electric 300 or 500 instead of going for the PB repros. Really, there's nothing like the real thing. I've got about 3 or 500 series desksets that I've found at thrift stores and yard sales. They all work and were wicked cheap too.


They made over a million of these babies. A dealer would sell you one for less than the PB repro.

That "Boomerang" pattern of Formica was called "Skylark." But most people call it boomerang for obvious reasons. I love Formica.

I know you can get them (lovin' the eBay), but the dial is painful for me, unfortunately, plus it is a pain with all the automated crap we do (I refill a ton of prescriptions).
So the repos are the way for me, sucks though.