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Re: Powder Horn and Shot?
« Reply #15 on: September 14, 2012, 03:21:40 pm »
Unlike today...they used to make the pictures on labels depict what was inside for those that couldn't read!
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Re: Powder Horn and Shot?
« Reply #16 on: September 14, 2012, 04:00:44 pm »
You can dust it off but no more !!
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Re: Powder Horn and Shot?
« Reply #17 on: September 14, 2012, 04:20:13 pm »
Mart - thanks.  I didn't want to do something stupid.

KC - True.  You would think then that their picture would be more along the lines of the powder than the result of that powder.

Bigwull - True.  I just find that as I am getting older, I am getting a little "softer" too.  I used to love to go dove hunting.  Not anymore.  My fishing is catch and release only.  I will leave the butchering to the professionals.  If I had to do it, I would be a veggie lover!
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Re: Powder Horn and Shot?
« Reply #18 on: September 14, 2012, 04:38:11 pm »
Agree - do not clean except with soft brush.
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Re: Powder Horn and Shot?
« Reply #19 on: September 14, 2012, 09:00:06 pm »
It is a metal flask.  There is no rust on the flask and it has not been painted. 

I am including close ups of the only hole in the flask and the ring and pin that are attached - just as it was from my great-grandfathers.

There are no "threads" per say, but I did include a close up of the neck of the flask.
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Re: Powder Horn and Shot?
« Reply #20 on: September 14, 2012, 09:16:14 pm »
What an exquisite piece.  I really like family pieces!
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Re: Powder Horn and Shot?
« Reply #21 on: September 14, 2012, 09:17:43 pm »
Those bishops must of had to drink a lot of wine to keep the armory going. ;D
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Re: Powder Horn and Shot?
« Reply #22 on: September 15, 2012, 03:21:12 am »
Quote from: greenacres on September 14, 2012, 09:17:43 pm
Those bishops must of had to drink a lot of wine to keep the armory going. ;D
Now you know, why they have that mitre on their bonce.....twas tae hide the extra bottle of Communion Wine... ;D
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Re: Powder Horn and Shot?
« Reply #23 on: September 15, 2012, 04:16:20 am »
Quote from: Kimmienemo on September 14, 2012, 04:20:13 pm
Mart - thanks.  I didn't want to do something stupid.

KC - True.  You would think then that their picture would be more along the lines of the powder than the result of that powder.

Bigwull - True.  I just find that as I am getting older, I am getting a little "softer" too.  I used to love to go dove hunting.  Not anymore.  My fishing is catch and release only.  I will leave the butchering to the professionals.  If I had to do it, I would be a veggie lover!
I,m the same....when i was a kid...looking back...i was an evil little so, & so..when it came to hunting with my air rifle or Daisy BB gun...which had about as much power as a slingshot...but now that i,m in my twilight years...i appreciate all the birds and animals that i shot when i was younger...as for becoming a veggie.....well,....like you, if it was me on the other end of the humane killer....i,d be the same.....but....i like a medium rare, steak too much, to never have one again....
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Re: Powder Horn and Shot?
« Reply #24 on: September 15, 2012, 05:19:03 am »
And while we are on the subject of Bishops piss,...have you ever wondered ,why it is that some of the best after dinner tipples,....are made by religious orders...i.e. Monks etc , take for instance....Benedic tine...a sweet golden honey liqueur,..then there,s Green Chatreuse,..which comes from a monastery in the Chartreuse Mts in France...and here in the UK,we have Buckfast...which is a fortified Plonk...much favoured by Weegie.Neds,.and to save KC..looking it up....Weegies is the slang name for the inhabitants of Glasgow...in Scotland....then there is the communion wine itself..the most common being Sanctifex No 3...which is 15% BV,.....small wonder why..Bishops piss gave gunpowder that extra oomph factor,... ;D.
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