Description
Item number : UK DIXON CAP 1101-01
Origin : United Kingdom
Style : Cap- / Decapping tool for pin fire
Gauge : 12
Maker : James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield
Markings : “12”, “MADE BY JAMES DIXON & SONS SHEFFIELD”,
“FOR THE INVENTOR” on the bottom
Height : 108 mm
Weight : 178 grams
Materials body : Brass with hardened steel spring
Paint : N.a.
Condition : Very good
Repairs : Missing is the screw to fasten the pin. Most probably the inside is missing.
It is not known how the missing part looks like.
Remarks:
It does not have a catalog number.
Baker (page 2) states””Messrs. trulock and Harris have invented a very ingenious little machine for effecting this (re-capping) operation. The mode of using is will scarcely be understood without an instection of the article itself.
One example known
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