Flintlock Combination

Shakethetrees · 24th September 2016, 04:53 PM

I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole! Strictly tourist.

The lock and iron bits appear to be cast. I doubt a file ever passed over any of the parts I can see.

There is no patina at the metal/wood interface. The trigger plate and lock do not appear to have been inletted into the stock.

There were legitimately old combination weapons but the workmanship is of a much higher quality.

kronckew · 24th September 2016, 06:30 PM

looks worse right way round....

Fernando K · 24th September 2016, 09:24 PM

Hello everyone.

I think it's a piece for tourists. A investugacion method is to place a stone and see if sparks. Typically, modern reproductions are iron rake, it does not produce sparks.

Moreover, any artifact of iron or steel can rust, as if it had 200 years. There are chemical methods, oxidizing mixtures

It would take more pictures.

CutlassCollector · 25th September 2016, 11:40 AM

Many thanks everyone, your input much appreciated and conclusive. It would have had me fooled. That is the best picture of the lock but here are some of the axe.

Regards CC

kronckew · 25th September 2016, 04:58 PM

somebody lost a good fire axe there...

Rick · 25th September 2016, 05:57 PM

The entire rig seems counterintuitive.

24th September 2016, 06:30 PM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	looks worse right way round.... Attached Images

25th September 2016, 11:40 AM	#4
CutlassCollector Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Scotland Posts: 357	Many thanks everyone, your input much appreciated and conclusive. It would have had me fooled. That is the best picture of the lock but here are some of the axe. Regards CC Attached Images

24th September 2016, 04:53 PM	#1
Shakethetrees Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Louisiana Posts: 363	I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole! Strictly tourist. The lock and iron bits appear to be cast. I doubt a file ever passed over any of the parts I can see. There is no patina at the metal/wood interface. The trigger plate and lock do not appear to have been inletted into the stock. There were legitimately old combination weapons but the workmanship is of a much higher quality.

24th September 2016, 09:24 PM	#3
Fernando K Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 671	Hello everyone. I think it's a piece for tourists. A investugacion method is to place a stone and see if sparks. Typically, modern reproductions are iron rake, it does not produce sparks. Moreover, any artifact of iron or steel can rust, as if it had 200 years. There are chemical methods, oxidizing mixtures It would take more pictures.

25th September 2016, 04:58 PM	#5
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	somebody lost a good fire axe there...

25th September 2016, 05:57 PM	#6
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,339	The entire rig seems counterintuitive.