Ethnographic Leather Cannon with photos.!!!

Berkley · 5th May 2005, 01:49 AM

Fascinating. The one on the left with thick walls looks like it could be used with some degree of safety, assuming fairly weak powder. The thin-walled one looks like a demo piece for the original meaning of "hoist by one's own petard"!

All muzzle-loading cannons are supposed to be swabbed out between rounds with a wet sponge to extinguish sparks, which is undoubtedly a good idea with these.

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5th May 2005, 01:49 AM	#3
Berkley Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Austin, Texas USA Posts: 257	Fascinating. The one on the left with thick walls looks like it could be used with some degree of safety, assuming fairly weak powder. The thin-walled one looks like a demo piece for the original meaning of "hoist by one's own petard"! All muzzle-loading cannons are supposed to be swabbed out between rounds with a wet sponge to extinguish sparks, which is undoubtedly a good idea with these.