« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Copper Powder Flask  (Read 2179 times)

Offline mountainad82

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 61
Copper Powder Flask
« on: May 22, 2020, 04:56:21 PM »
Recently acquired this powder flask. Appears to be made of sheet copper. The lid serves as the measure. Has anyone seen one like it?











Logged

Offline Bob McBride

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2840
  • TENNESSEE
    • Black Powder TV
Re: Copper Powder Flask
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2020, 05:02:27 PM »
Looks like a homemade flask made by a wiley old moonshiner. Has the look of an old Still. Very cool.
Logged

Offline alyce-james

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 909
Re: Copper Powder Flask
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2020, 05:05:28 PM »
mountainad82. Sir, I'm not convinced this flask was commercially manufactured. Have a great holiday, safe.Thanks for sharing. AJ.
Logged
"Candy is Dandy but Liquor is Quicker". by Poet Ogden Nash 1931.

Offline mountainad82

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 61
Re: Copper Powder Flask
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2020, 06:37:43 PM »
Thanks for the replies guys! I thought it was homemade when I bought it. Came out of Virginia.

Adam
Logged

Offline Crow Boy

  • Starting Member
  • *
  • Posts: 16
Re: Copper Powder Flask
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2020, 06:56:31 PM »
What a great find!  How much powder does the measure dispense?

-Caw
Logged

Offline mountainad82

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 61
Re: Copper Powder Flask
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2020, 09:03:12 PM »
Measure throws 30 grains of FFF.

-Adam
Logged

RoaringBull

  • Guest
Re: Copper Powder Flask
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2020, 03:34:15 AM »
I'm with Bob. Looks like a shiner made that one! Great find right there!
Logged

Offline Don Steele

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 689
Re: Copper Powder Flask
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2020, 12:32:37 PM »
That is a really interesting piece of work. Thanks for sharing. I'm not sure I'd categorize it as a "powder flask" without some evidence of it's being used in that capacity.
Logged
Look at the world with a smilin' eye and laugh at the devil as his train rolls by...(Alison Krauss)

Offline MuskratMike

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2260
Re: Copper Powder Flask
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2020, 07:01:42 PM »
Is there any owner of a .32 "poorboy" who wouldn't want this hanging by their side? Love it I also think it is home made but seriously cool! Thanks for sharing this.
Logged
"Muskrat" Mike McGuire
Keep your eyes on the skyline, your flint sharp and powder dry.

Offline Crow Boy

  • Starting Member
  • *
  • Posts: 16
Re: Copper Powder Flask
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2020, 02:57:55 AM »
Quote from: MuskratMike on May 23, 2020, 07:01:42 PM
Is there any owner of a .32 "poorboy" who wouldn't want this hanging by their side? Love it I also think it is home made but seriously cool! Thanks for sharing this.

What he said...
Logged

Offline Nordnecker

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1244
Re: Copper Powder Flask
« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2020, 03:30:49 PM »
That is a very nice piece. I really like that it came out of VA.

Please explain how the strap attaches. Does one end attach to the soldered ring on the body, and the other directly to the cap/ measure? or is there another strap for the cap?
« Last Edit: May 24, 2020, 03:45:32 PM by Nordnecker »
Logged
"I can no longer stand back and allow communist infiltration, communist indoctrination and the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids."- Gen Jack T. Ripper

Offline mountainad82

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 61
Re: Copper Powder Flask
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2020, 05:20:52 PM »
Nordnecker,
The shoulder strap attaches to the soldered loops. There is a separate strap sewn to the shoulder strap that attaches to the stopper/measure.

Adam
Logged

Offline mountainad82

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 61
Re: Copper Powder Flask
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2020, 05:23:47 PM »


Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »