I was doing a job 200 miles from home this week and had to pass through CT (I hate CT...idiot drivers...but I digress) Since they have a reputation for being such upiddy snobs, I figured they might have some good pewter donations so I checked out a local "Savers" donation center. I got 9lbs 12 oz of hardware for $33. Not a bad take if I do say so. I'm up to about 15lbs of Pewter now....I think I'm safe to slow-down a bit...that should last me for the next 5 years.
redhawk
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Nice score. You also sound like you have more discipline and sense than I do. Unfortunately I'm beginning to treat the collection of pewter like that for lead: once started it never stops, and I am never convinced I have enough.
Haha...I wouldn't say I have discipline as much as I'm running out of room to put stuff. I have over a ton of COWW, Range Lead, and Linotype. And now....Pewter. Fortunately, I only need a small amount of pewter to add to all this other stuff so...15 lbs every 5 years should be enough...however....If I'm in a donation store again and see something good...I won't pass it up.
redhawk
The only stupid question...is the unasked one.
Not all who wander....are lost.
"Common Sense" is like a flower. It doesn't grow in everyone's garden.
If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question. - Ronald Reagan
Good find. last pewter I found (4.2#) was a buck a pound at the scrap yard! I was smashed modern food service ware.
All the "thrift" stores around here think the stuff is silver and charge a fortune for anything stamped pewter.
Nice Score! Pewter is hard to find around here. Most of it is priced at antique prices. I have to depend on yard sale and flea market solder for my tin needs.
Yep, Savers is one of my known enablers. Sorry that their Henrietta NY (near Rochester) closed recently.
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Figure I have about 20 lbs. now. Pretty much cleaned out the local places. Got 300 lbs. of nice clean lead to alloy it with. If it's heavy and malable I buy it.
I`m down to about 50 lbs. +/- pewter to smelt down now that I let my Daughter and her 2 adult Daughters pick through the boxes I had set near the burner ready to smelt.Robert
That's why I plan on melting mine when nobody else is at homeOriginally Posted by Hardcast416taylor
Up here 90% of what you find are "modern" tankards for around $3/lb.
Last time i checked i was around 70lbs with no intention of stopping
It is a good currency for buying or trading.
I'm with you, Retumbo. I probably have enough to alloy 12 tons of lead, but I'd buy more if I saw it in a shop. It's always good "currency" in a trade.
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You can never have too much!
If you notice my picture....most of my Pewter is bent up....I do that on purpose so the wifey doesn't get any ideas. I generally store up enough to melt at one time. But with the Pewter, I'll just do it in small batches since I don't have/need that much of it.
And yeah...you guys convinced me...I'm gonna keep buying....its good to trade or barter with for sure....especially during a zombie apocalypse.I'll just have to get rid of the wife's shoes in the closet to store all the ingots. I'll make space for it. haha
redhawk
The only stupid question...is the unasked one.
Not all who wander....are lost.
"Common Sense" is like a flower. It doesn't grow in everyone's garden.
If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question. - Ronald Reagan
And yeah...you guys convinced me...I'm gonna keep buying....its good to trade or barter with for sure....especially during a zombie apocalypse.
redhawk[/QUOTE]
You do that and you may have a zombie apocalypse!
Yeah...you're right...after 29 years of marriage... I shoulda knowd better.You do that and you may have a zombie apocalypse!
redhawk
The only stupid question...is the unasked one.
Not all who wander....are lost.
"Common Sense" is like a flower. It doesn't grow in everyone's garden.
If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question. - Ronald Reagan
My wife is my main buyer for me
Unfortunately my wife wouldn't know pewter from pewteret. And I'm sure I'd end up with a pile of Wilson - Our Daily Bread platters. They are everywhere.My wife is my main buyer for me
redhawk
The only stupid question...is the unasked one.
Not all who wander....are lost.
"Common Sense" is like a flower. It doesn't grow in everyone's garden.
If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question. - Ronald Reagan
Do ya mean their not useable pewter????
What to do with a box of them?????????????
I guess I have personal bread plates for a convention meal.
Information not shared. is wasted.
I remember reading it has aluminum in it. It doesn't melt right.
There is a lot of great info in the Hallmark sticky thread...but its a lot to weed through. I also did some Google investigations. I stay away from all the Wilton RWP stuff from Columbia PA. (sorry...I typed Wilson before...its WILTON)
redhawk
The only stupid question...is the unasked one.
Not all who wander....are lost.
"Common Sense" is like a flower. It doesn't grow in everyone's garden.
If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question. - Ronald Reagan
True dat
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