Powder Flask

Tony PP · 19th March 2013, 12:10 PM

Hello Fernando,
The body of the flask has been brazed together with brass/bronze, I have cleaned a little area on the measure and this looks like it is brazed to the body with copper. A mix of braze materials !!! Thanks for your interest.

Fernando K · 19th March 2013, 02:16 PM

Hello, tony

It strikes me, in the picture number 8 on the back plate, a perfect line, like the one seen in mechanical treatment ....

Affectionately. Fernando K

Tony PP · 19th March 2013, 04:32 PM

Hello Fernando,
Yes it certainly is a straight line. I presumed that they rolled the steel and the mark was left from that. The only straight line on the whole flask, the rest off the flask is all a little off centre, certainly not straight. I think more likely made by a blacksmith than a gunsmith.
Tony

19th March 2013, 12:10 PM	#1
Tony PP Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 26	Powder Flask Construction Hello Fernando, The body of the flask has been brazed together with brass/bronze, I have cleaned a little area on the measure and this looks like it is brazed to the body with copper. A mix of braze materials !!! Thanks for your interest.

19th March 2013, 04:32 PM	#3
Tony PP Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 26	The Flask ! Hello Fernando, Yes it certainly is a straight line. I presumed that they rolled the steel and the mark was left from that. The only straight line on the whole flask, the rest off the flask is all a little off centre, certainly not straight. I think more likely made by a blacksmith than a gunsmith. Tony

19th March 2013, 02:16 PM	#2
Fernando K Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 671	Hello, tony It strikes me, in the picture number 8 on the back plate, a perfect line, like the one seen in mechanical treatment .... Affectionately. Fernando K