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Offline Ky-Flinter

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Is this a gun part?
« on: December 02, 2017, 07:26:46 AM »
What is this?  Measures 5 13/16 in. long and 1 7/8 in. wide at widest point







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Re: Is this a gun part?
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2017, 07:51:52 AM »
My guess is probably not, looks too flat to me.  How thick is it? 

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Re: Is this a gun part?
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2017, 07:57:53 AM »
not from a gun but maybe from a case box set. The piece looks like it was made to be nailed down or riveted in place
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Re: Is this a gun part?
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2017, 04:29:51 PM »
It COULD be if you have some nails and a hammer.... ;)
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Re: Is this a gun part?
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2017, 04:59:01 PM »
Is that ole George Washington on their you suppose? To me the engraving looks like something you would expect to find on a military piece. Sword scabbard maybe?
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Re: Is this a gun part?
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2017, 06:00:43 PM »
Quote from: Curtis on December 02, 2017, 07:51:52 AM
.....  How thick is it? 

Curtis

Thin.  About 1/16"

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Re: Is this a gun part?
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2017, 06:58:38 PM »
Perhaps an overlay for the end of a belt or strap, like a sword baldric or belt.  Very fine engraving...look at the rings around the holes!
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Re: Is this a gun part?
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2017, 10:08:00 PM »
These show up on ebay from time to time, usually called a Kentucky rifle "side plate"
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Re: Is this a gun part?
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2017, 10:58:36 PM »
It looks acid etched to me instead of engraved.  James Levy
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Re: Is this a gun part?
« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2017, 12:21:57 AM »
 A peach colored leisure suit, a lava lamp and a spirit of 76 flag would match that perfectly.
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Offline Cory Joe Stewart

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Re: Is this a gun part?
« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2017, 02:08:30 AM »
I have seen those on ebay listed as a patchbox. 

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