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FishyFolk
10-09-2012, 12:08 PM
Bumbled into a charity shop in town and found this old Norwegian army canteen with metal cup in the crusader style.

I think I'll just keep the canteen and pouch in my collection of junk, but the cup may see some action. Too bad it looks like aluminium not stainless steel.
The bottle looks soldered together, and is probably full of lead. The army used these right after WWII. I could probably ask the manufacurer as the company is still alive making high end pots and pans these days :-)

Anyway, paid 1£ for it (10 NOK) :-)

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FishyFolk
10-09-2012, 12:09 PM
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paulthefish2009
10-09-2012, 01:43 PM
That canteen looks like ally to me and that solder looks like weld. paul
FishyFolk
10-09-2012, 01:51 PM
That canteen looks like ally to me and that solder looks like weld. paul

Is that good or bad news?

I only plan to use the cup, which is obviously alu...scraped it a bit to test...
paulthefish2009
10-09-2012, 03:02 PM
Thats good Fishy,looks like it's been ally welded so should be perfectly safe to use( I hope!!!).let a local metal worker take a look though just to be safe. Paul
FishyFolk
10-09-2012, 03:07 PM
Thats good Fishy,looks like it's been ally welded so should be perfectly safe to use( I hope!!!).let a local metal worker take a look though just to be safe. Paul

Don't think I'll bother. I only wanted it for the mug :-)

I have a perfectly good current army style canteen bottle. But it only has a plastic cup....
Tigger004
24-09-2012, 11:09 PM
a great deal I'd say :)