Heavy Duty Antique Brass Plated Lid Stay - One Pair - Lid Support Hinges for Drop Front Desk, Trunk, Chest - SH2-SAB

We picked up these hinges to replace the 60+ year old original hinges on my wife’s childhood toy box. We were happy to find an exact replacement that looks good and works well.After multiple generations, the box, that was made by my wife’s grandfather, had begun to succumb to the ravages of kids and time. While the hinges did not come with screws—a bit of a sticking point for me when the item costs around twenty bucks, we simply reused the screws from the original hinges.Once you make it past the price, these are great pieces of hardware and have restored a cherished item from my wife’s childhood. We highly recommend these hinges— just don’t forget to order screws, too!

Product good for the cost

The hinges are very nice and exactly what I needed for an antique hope chest restoration project. However, I was really ticked off to find that there were no screws or any sort of instructions included in the package. I was able to use the screws from the old lid support and went to youtube to find instructions before I drilled new holes. But that wasted a lot of my time and was really not appreciated. If you're not going to include screws, SAY SO and offer a link for instructions. It's really not that hard to include that info in a listing. I hate bad customer service.

We inherited a drop down desk that had two broken chains for the latches. I bought these hinges, easy to put in. They are perfect. With a drop down desk, they need to be strong enough to hold the desk top while in use and after a month of daily use they have proven to be strong. They also look great, add to the antique desk rather than take away.

The brackets looks nice and seem very sturdy. One of the brackets is stuck in the closed position and no amount of force will open it so it's not usable.There are no instructions for how to install this and there are no screws. I ordered screws when I realized that this didn't come with them, but that was before I realized that one of the brackets is unusable. I called the company and left a message. Time will tell if they contact me back. I waited to hear back and when I didn't, I called Amazon. I was told that I had to return them and they'd send me a replacement but that I'd have to pay $7.99 for shipping. I told the man that was unacceptable and he put me on hold and came back and told me that he'd charge my credit card for the shipping charge and also issue me a $7.99 Amazon credit (with some limitations). He told me the credit was already issued, but as of two days later, it has still not showed up, so apparently I'm out the $7.99 shipping charge.The next day, the seller contacted me but the woman had such a heavy accent and poor grasp of English that I could only understand about 25% of what she said so I still have no idea what is going on there.

I enjoyed working with these hinges. I have never used them before.

Did not work out at all for my application

very sturdy

Le métal est robuste, le mécanisme solide et la finition est belle.Très contente de mon achat.

both for the same side so not able to use for the project I bought it for, otherwise seems to be ok