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The second one is by a well known British maker: Dixon & sons. It also bears an adjustable spout., that one measured in drams, from 2 to 2 3/4. The surface is not smooth as most flasks, but irregular, as if to give it an older look.

You probably already know this but somebody in India bought the Dixon & Sons and I think Hawksley tooling in the 1960's and started making flasks complete with original markings.

Who does that? Maybe they bought them for the tins way back when.

Nice pictures,  looks like a fun time.   What could more fun on a Sunday afternoon than box full of wieners.

I know you didn't just say that!

I suppose you're giving US measure. The British is a wee bit lower. I'm sticking out my neck here, but I think that for Ringo's spouts, some are in drams (the English?), some in grammes (the French?) and maybe some in grains. Probably the spouts graded 65 to 80 are grains, the spouts graded 8 to 9 to 10 are grammes.
Beautifully complicated.

Yes U.S. measure altho I believe the English used grains in the 19th century.

Crazy Crow is a good place too.   I used to get catalogs from them but they may have quit.   Everything is online now.  I haven't bought anything there for years so they may have dropped me from the list.

Some of their stuff is good, some of it's crap. You pays your money and you takes your chances.

I've been looking for accessories to go with my flintlock and came across this beaded neck knife sheath at a reasonable price. It beats the hell out of the homemade sheath I've been using. The knife is the first one I ever made and didn't really know what I was doing but it's a great patch knife. I made it out of a circle saw blade a long time ago. That's not rust on the blade it's some kind of stain. It will come off. Not that rust bothers me. Most of the knives I've rehafted have been rusty relics. Now that I have this snazzy sheath I may cut it down and add a poured pewter butt cap.

Quote from: Hawg on May 04, 2024, 06:29:03 AM

Thanks BC and Z. I made it years ago but it just had rough wood scales. I put the antler and pewter on it I guess about 8 or 9 years ago.

Hawg, The pewter is nice. Did you have to melt the pewter and make a mold or how/what did you do?

I wrapped brown paper around it and taped it down tight then poured the melted pewter in and filed it off smooth. It could use some more smoothing but if I haven't done it by now I probably won't.