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    Things To Do With A Salad Fork/Spoon Set

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    I bought this vintage hollowware salad fork/spoon set on fleabay & a couple of FFFg flintlock priming valves from TOTW







    I then cut the wooden fork/spoon off from their hollow handles.






    I made a small wooden plug to fit inside the open end of the handle(s), drilled it for the priming valve, then epoxied it in place.





    And, VIOLA ! ! - A handy/compact flintlock pan priming tool !

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    Pretty fancy.

    They'll look good in one of those velvet lined wooden boxes with a pair of dueling pistols.
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    Make rings from the handles, a fishing spoon from the spoon head, & a hole spacer for leather working from the fork head. No waste!


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    Very nice and "classy"!

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    What's the base metal that those handles are made from?
    From what I've found some are plated while others are sterling silver. --->>> https://www.precious-metal-refining....ver-holloware/
    Last edited by arcticap; 09-17-2020 at 02:09 AM.

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    Welll...isn't that clever...and impressive!!!
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    Thanks for the kind sentiments, folks !

    The holloware handles are marked "sterling" in a band around the open end.


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    Those are snazzy dude!
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    Well great... Now my holloware fork and spoon collecting will become more difficult now that you pesky black powder folks will start a demand for them.

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    That is just flat cool.
    Well done sir!

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    how is it filled with 4FG. powder? just unscrew the plunger out? I think that I just answered my own question?

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    Those are really sharp looking Pete. Are you going to find a sterling gravy boat to make a powder flask for the main charge next?

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    Well done!!!

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    That was a great idea. Now the problem is you need a flintlock with sterling silver furniture.

    I am green with envy!
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    another cool and impressive idea from the imaginative minds at " Cast Boolits " thank you for this great idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lina Roth View Post
    Are you selling these pieces?
    Welcome to the forum, Lina !

    Nope, just playing around with ideas during my retirement.

    ( Tks for the kudo's, all )
    Last edited by pietro; 02-16-2023 at 03:13 PM.
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    Sweet! The ingenuity of some people just floors me!
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    Nice! Love that idea.
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    I would also like to know how do you fill it when you epoxy the plunger head into the wood plug? seems that if the plunger has to be unscrewed it would take a very long time to fill it through that pencil sized hole? just courious. thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by toot View Post
    I would also like to know how do you fill it when you epoxy the plunger head into the wood plug? seems that if the plunger has to be unscrewed it would take a very long time to fill it through that pencil sized hole? just courious. thanks.
    I don't know how he mounted his spout into the plug he put in, but on the commercial primer I have the spout unscrews. The primer may hold 50 to 60 grains of 4f, maybe more. When using it you are only putting 1 or 2 grains of powder (if that) in the pan per shot. So, you won't be refilling that often.

    Edit: I just reread the original post and I do agree if they are permanently epoxied in place, they would be almost impossible to refill.
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