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    Japanese!

    I purchased a case thats purported to be Japaneseicon but not sure on the markings,
    It has a stylised "S" then a 2 over a 17 with a small anchor on the base.
    The measurements are 25mm I.D neck and 165mm O/A which matches the size for a Japanese round.
    I'll clean up h base to see if there are anymore markings as it is pretty crudded up.
    What do you guys reckon.
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    I reckon a photo or two would be a lot more helpful but suspect you knew that already. Sounds like it's a possibility. I have one that sounds similar with an S beside a 5 over 17 and an anchor. It also has two kanjis. The primer also has an anchor and a kanji.

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    Thanks Aragorn its really crudded up but due to me working dark to dark I have little inclination to go out in my shed to try and get the base cleaned up I wont do anything to the case as its part of its life story, those that polish these things to within an inch of its life are only destroying its history.
    And I have passed many a shell by as I just don't want to wait another 80-100 years for the patina of being outside to return I'll see what I can do Saturday arvo after work I actually get home with the sun still shining

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    I joined a munitions group on facebook and I brought the subject of cleaning them up to see what the serious collectors think because a lot of them post these very nice photos of what look like brand new rounds. It appears that restoration is accepted in this field. General consensus is that if it's in decent shape leave it alone but if not, clean it, fill it, repaint it. There were a few that said they would not do anything to them unless they were really bad and it was important not to pass off something restored as something new. In any case, cleaning the brass was definitely not an issue. They said if you want the patina back, just set it outside for a couple of weeks.

    I recently purchased a 37mm round that was in good shape other than it was covered in reddish fingerprints. All over it. These will actually pit the shell if you don't do something about them plus they looked horrible. I cleaned the shell.

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    I have heard antique dealers say that you should never clean brass but I am not sure that I would agree with that. They have a point in that every time you polish brass, you remove a tiny amount of metal but I would say, in my opinion, that sometimes it is ok to polish brass and sometimes it isn't. It all depends on what the item is and it's condition.

    I recently purchased a WW2 Germanicon canteen that is reasonably well dented and also reasonably well tarnished/patina'd. The patina on it looks great for a dented aluminium canteen but if I was to clean it up and polish it, it would look wrong.

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    Sitting outside I've got a solid shot anti-tank shell for the 25Pdr. someone turned into a fishing weight by welding a loop on the side. Must cut that off sometime and carefully remove the traces of the weld.

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    It must have been a big fish they were after Surpmil perhaps "Moby Dick" would hate to try and pull that 25Pdr up from a 100 fathoms.

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    It takes some weight to get these trolling lines down where they need to be as the boat moves forward. Usually big lead balls and they don't call them "cannonballs" for nothing!

    Probably seemed like a good idea from a price and "hydrodynamics" point of view, but I expect it would tend to wander back and forth underwater. The rust would be a pain too, but our friendly fisherman apparently didn't want to shell out for galvanizing.

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    “There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized to what extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by shrewd persons operating behind the scenes.”

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    When you said "fishing weight" I thought that you meant with a rod.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Surpmil View Post
    Never fired
    Very nice projectile, really good buy on your part. I'd take one in a heartbeat if chance came too...and do exactly the work you suggest.
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