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Powder can?
May 6th, 2018 at 10:35am
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I bought a box lot of powder and shot last week and ended up with this can that had a small quantity of FFFG in it.  There are no markings or label. It has a slip top cap, and is 4 1/4" dia. X 6 1/4" high. Is this commercial powder can, what era?
  
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Reply #1 - May 6th, 2018 at 11:06am
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Could have been from many of the BP companies over the course of years in the US ...
  
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Reply #2 - May 6th, 2018 at 1:15pm
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Is that a weld on the can, or is it solder that's blended with the rest of the outside? Without some marking it'll be tough to figure where the thing came from, but a weld would make it much too new, I'd guess.
  
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Reply #3 - May 6th, 2018 at 3:12pm
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All the joints are simple lap type and the 'solder' seems  to be tin.
  
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Reply #4 - May 6th, 2018 at 3:19pm
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OK, it was just that the colors were so similar that I thought I'd ask. Tinned/soldered is good compared to a weld.
  
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Reply #5 - May 6th, 2018 at 4:47pm
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How large is that can? Never seen anything like it, but it looks pretty neat!
  
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look at the first post, Vall, the size is there.
  
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calledflyer wrote on May 6th, 2018 at 5:00pm:
look at the first post, Vall, the size is there.


Duh! How did I miss those big numbers?
  
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Reply #8 - May 6th, 2018 at 9:51pm
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You were looking at the can? Roll Eyes
Don't worry in a few years, when you catch up with me, you'll miss stuff like that so often that you think you should get extra points when you do get it all at one take.

  
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Reply #9 - May 7th, 2018 at 8:58am
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Looks like an old smudge pot road flare can that is missing the wick assembly.
  
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BP wrote on May 7th, 2018 at 8:58am:
Looks like an old smudge pot road flare can that is missing the wick assembly.

That was my impression too.   a repurposed container.
  
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Smudge Pot? Well, that's not very glamorous.  Smiley
The condition of it leads me to believe that it's not.
 
  
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notlwonk wrote on May 7th, 2018 at 7:19pm:
Smudge Pot? Well, that's not very glamorous.  Smiley
The condition of it leads me to believe that it's not.
 

No offense intended, but it just doesn't look very glamorous.   Smiley
  
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notlwonk wrote on May 7th, 2018 at 7:19pm:
Smudge Pot? Well, that's not very glamorous.  Smiley
The condition of it leads me to believe that it's not.
 


Seems pretty small for a smudge pot?
  
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Reply #14 - May 8th, 2018 at 12:02am
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marlinguy wrote on May 7th, 2018 at 11:37pm:
notlwonk wrote on May 7th, 2018 at 7:19pm:
Smudge Pot? Well, that's not very glamorous.  Smiley
The condition of it leads me to believe that it's not.
 


Seems pretty small for a smudge pot?

I've got an old set of three that still have their nice shiny red paint and the mounting bracket that holds them to the kick panel, each is 4 1/2" in diameter and the same in height, not counting the neck.
  
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