Description
Item number : UK HAW CAP A63½ Standard
Origin : United Kingdom
Style : Cap- / Decapping tool
Gauge : 12
Maker : G. & J.W. HAWKSLEY, Carver street, Sheffield
Markings : “TRADEMARK“DESPATCH RECAPPER” G. & J.W. HAWKSLEY, 12”
Height : 132 mm
Weight : 409 grams
Materials body : Brass with steel pusher
Paint : The tool has not been painted. But only the bottom is red. The bottoms of most specimens are also painted red
Condition : Very good
Repairs : None
Remarks:
The Hawksley catalogue 1889 describes this tool as
A63½ “Hawksley’s “ Patent” Despatch” Recapper and Expeller”.
This is apparently the standard specimen of the A63½ tool. The pusher is made out of steel as most ones are. There is in this collection only one of this kind with a brass pusher