Screwy thing...CASE CLOSED...or not...yes...CASE CLOSED!

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I know it like I know my sisters face......dang....It has to do with civil war and a weapon......but which one....PBK will jump this one before I can finish typing probably! :D ;)
 

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Brass butt cap....sometimes used on flagstaffs......but wait.this type is from an a handle on civil war knives....I believe ???
 

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could even be one of these......
 

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Uh....It looks like a brass ground wire keeper to me. You stick the ground wire through the hole in the side and screw it down on your ground rod, keeps it from coming loose.....or not? Monty
 

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howi through the hat: looks like a old school welding tip bushing (?) you thread the welding tip into it and it onto the fuel source, the holes provide oxygen.
 

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We have found a bunch of these things in the middle of civil war sites also....this one is really worn.....
 

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hollowpointred said:
PBK.............where are you??? ;D
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He's watching and CHUCKLING :D :D :D.....Am I closer when I say it came from a bowie knife handle or maybe a sword.....COME ON PBK......YOU HAVE TO KNOW THIS ONE!!!!!! I give. ??? ;)
 

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The plot thickens! The only reason that I find this peculiar is the fact that we found two of them in the same field but almost a quarter mile apart. What are the odds?...
 

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Michelle said:
We have found a bunch of these things in the middle of civil war sites also....this one is really worn.....
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Is this threaded?
 

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I know that the one I have seen on a bowie knife once , was threaded...I can't find an example bowie to show you, the one I saw was one we had sold awhile back.Still looking!
 

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Hi TTramp....sure does as some/most do....I am speaking of a bowie handle........How and where have ya been Pal ole' Bud o' mine? Have you ben peddlin' them BARSHOT...... ;) ;)...???
 

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