So not only am I a lead addict, I'm now addicted to pewter
I pulled out my pewter stash and weighed it tonight.
85 pounds of hallmarked pewter and I've only melted one beat up
candlestick so far.
I can't help myself .. I enjoy the hunt
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So not only am I a lead addict, I'm now addicted to pewter
I pulled out my pewter stash and weighed it tonight.
85 pounds of hallmarked pewter and I've only melted one beat up
candlestick so far.
I can't help myself .. I enjoy the hunt
Money in the bank. I made a few thousand bucks selling scrounged pewter here a couple years back. Did over 700 pounds. Now my stash is a little smaller but everything I kept for my own use is 97% Selangor.
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My Straight Shooters thread:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...raight-shooter
The Pewter Pictures and Hallmarks thread:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...-and-hallmarks
I wish I could find it here. I managed to find that pewter champagne bucket the other day. That was the first pewter piece in seven thrift store trips.
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last piece I found was at a swap meet 11 hours from home.
I feel your pain. I have about forty pounds that averaged out to six bucks a pound but have only melted down a beat up candle holder the same as you. I can not bring myself to melt the rest. ...yet.Originally Posted by 00buck
So not only am I a lead addict, I'm now addicted to pewter
Not going to melt a pitcher with "made specially for Gimbal's" on the bottom of it. It has a certain cool factor to me.
In about the same boat as you, 6mm. Weighed my total a couple of nights ago and it's 42 lbs. According to my spreadsheet, I'm spending an average of $4.37 a pound.
It's all melted though. I have one 23lb ingot I'm going to take and get XRF'd this week.
I envy you guys that can find pewter. Theres not much around here. Its just as well, I have mixed feelings about melting it down. I know its usually not worth very much but it seems a shame to loose whatever history it had and the workmanship that went into it. This is not intended as a slight to any of you guys that do
I hear you light man
I have a few pieces that look extremely old
and some are just to kewl looking to melt down.
It has taken me years to accumulate my pile .. I try to stay under 4 dollars
a pound. I've walked away from a lot of pieces. . They think it's gold.
I know what you mean about melting down a piece of history. I found a Stieff bowl, SI-6P-17, marked Smithsonian Institution, 19.5 oz, Not a whole lot of info about it on the net, other than Stieff has been out of business for a long time. I did find a couple of posts someone selling the same bowl for about $20-$25. I only paid like $2-$3 for it. It's not dented, although it has some stains inside.
I have felt guilty about melting down a few pieces.
I have no soul.
”We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, yet they are still lying.” –Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
My Straight Shooters thread:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...raight-shooter
The Pewter Pictures and Hallmarks thread:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...-and-hallmarks
Like I said guys, my feelings about this are just mine. I'm not judging anyone. I would gladly melt a simple plate or bowl but some of the pictures you guys post have some beautiful stuff that required lots of skill. Also like I said, I don't find any so it don't matter. But I'll drop a bar of solder into a pot quicker than quick can get ready!
Snagged five, smaller, but heavy, goblets today. All matching and .42 lbs a piece. $ 1.99 for all, at half price. Woodbury Pewter, I'm undecided.
I totally get it. I bought a piece off eBay for 99 cents shipped. Came all the way from Israel. Was very beat up, but still unique and beautiful. Wondered about the history of it for a while, then felt a bit guilty as I watched it melt in the pot. Really hope I haven't destroyed any pieces of history, but I do research everything before it goes in the pot.Like I said guys, my feelings about this are just mine. I'm not judging anyone. I would gladly melt a simple plate or bowl but some of the pictures you guys post have some beautiful stuff that required lots of skill. Also like I said, I don't find any so it don't matter. But I'll drop a bar of solder into a pot quicker than quick can get ready!
It will really be history when it goes flying down range and impacts the target. Yeah Buddy!!
I picked up a tall Salingor? pitcher and some napkin rings today, 3 lbs, 3 oz. total weight for $11.26. yeah, I can handle that.
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Score.
My treasure chest. Most of them have the Lee hallmark.
LOL..
Stopped at the salvation army thrift store yesterday.
They had a stack of 4 pewter cups for $5.99 each.
4 little wine glass shaped cups for $3.99 each.. one was missing the foot.
1 pewter cup with a glass bottom for $4.99
Are they nuts?
I have to go back and ask the manager if they really expect to sell this stuff for those prices.
Crazy
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